History of Tirupati Balaji Temple
                     HISTORY OF TIRUPATI BALAJI TEMPLE
Tirupati Balaji Temple better known as Shree Venkateshwara 
temple in one of the most famous & crowded pilgrimage centers in 
India. Devotees are attracted here from all over the world, in the 
belief that their prayers get answered. Most of the scriptures 
described it as the place where Lord Vishnu resides in Kali Yuga.
Deity to be the self-manifested statue of Lord Maha Vishnu, who 
presented himself in this temple to help his devotees from the evil 
of kali age. The temple is a crucial milestone of the Hindu 
mythology, which holds a glorious place in the Tirumala Hills in 
Chittur district of Andra Pradesh.
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THE GREATNESS OF THE TEMPLE
It is one of the popular temple inviting several 
devotees in a day. The Vishnu’s vaahana ‘Garuda’ 
welcomes devotees to the temple flushed with legend 
and faith. Thousands of devotees wait outside 
patiently to get the blessing of Lord Maha Vishnu.
Hundreds of devotees drawn to this sacred temple and 
their offering ranges from coconut to gold, and there is 
an interesting myth behind this too. Believed as to be 
a contribution to the lord Shree Venkateshwara for a 
loan he took from ‘Kubera’, the god of wealth to marry 
Lakshmi in the form of Padmavathi.
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An age-old practice, hair donation followed here. 
Many people shave their head for the prayers they 
made before having the blessing from inside the 
temple. It represents a sacrifice of material beauty 
and giving up of one’s false ego.
This temple is referred to as ‘Temple of Seven Hills’, 
since situated on the hill and spread over 26.75sq.km 
of area. Everything about Tirupati temple is alluring 
from the idol to the aura around the deity. ‘Laddu 
Maha Prasadam’ from here is very famous all over. 
Brahmavotsavam and Vaikunta Ekadashi are the 
main festivals conducted here.
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HISTORY
The Shree Venkateshwara temple has held in great 
reference through history. The construction of the 
temple began in 300AD, and it continued with the 
contribution from many kings from time to time. 
Many of the ancient texts have mentioned about the 
prominence of the temple.
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TIRUPATI TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION
Believed, Lord Vishnu once appeared in King Thondaiman’s, 
dream who was the king at that time and had asked him to 
construct the temple. King Thondaiman then started with the 
construction of precincts and towering gateway of the temple. 
He wanted his subjects to worship the Lord regularly. The 
Pallava kingdom donated a lot for the temple. Later on, the 
temple then developed by Chola and Vijayanagara Empire. 
Several kings supported the temple until it gets passed to the 
control of East India Company.
Later on, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam(TTD) took the 
administration of the Tirupati Temple. TTD was intuited in 1932. 
The Lord Venkatesa’s statue, located inside the temple in the 
Sanctum Sanctorum is called Ananda Nilayam. This gold-plated 
tower, “Ananda Nilayam” housed the main Deity and is 
constructed around the 12th century A.D. The temple built as 
per the Dravidian architecture.
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HISTORY AND LEGENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEMPLE
Puranas says that Lord Vishnu came to Tirumala hills in 
human form for serving some purpose. After that, God 
remained on the hills. To help humanity in the dark age, the 
Lord turned Himself into stone.
The Hindu scripture mentions the story of Balaji as follows. 
Sage Brighu once went in search to find out who is the 
supreme one in the Hindu triad Gods, the ‘Trimurti’. He was 
not satisfied with the way he got treated by Brahma and 
Shiva. He approached Lord Vishnu in anger and kicked the 
chest of the Lord to grab his attention. Goddess Lakshmi got 
insulted as she resides in the chest of Maha Vishnu and that 
Lord didn’t utter a word at the Sage. She left Vaikunta and 
went to earth. Lord Vishnu then came to earth in search of 
Lakshmi, who was named as Padmavathi and got married to 
her.
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THE GLORY OF THE TEMPLE
Everything about Shree Venkateshwara temple is 
lordly from its non-stop reciting of ‘Om Namo 
Venkatesaya’ to the 8-feet tall idol of Lord 
Venkateshwara. Believed that, Tirupati Balaji Temple 
is a place where Lord Vishnu will reside during this 
Kali Yuga.
The temple premises provide food to all pilgrims and 
also include lodging centers and hair tonsure 
buildings.
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