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The Sri Venkateshwar Temple is built on the hills of Tirumala, located at an altitude 3200 feet above sea level.
Tirupati Balaji Temple Management of Andhra Pradesh is preparing to remove its 18 employees. All of them have been found guilty of working against the rules of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).
The trust has placed two conditions in front of all 18 employees- or all take transfer to another government department or take VRS (voluntary retirement). This is being done to maintain the sanctity of the temple.
TTD said in the statement-
The action was taken on the instructions of TTD President BR Naidu. The institute has taken action against 18 employees who followed non-Hindu religious practice during work. All these are following non-Hindu religious traditions despite working in TTD. Now orders for disciplinary action have been issued against them.
January 13: The temple’s laddu counter was on fire
On 13 January, there was a fire near the Laddu distribution center of Tirupati Temple. The fire broke out when there was a crowd of people taking holy offerings on a large scale at the laddus counter. As soon as the fire broke out, there was chaos in the devotees.
According to Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam temple administration, the UPS associated with computer setup caught fire due to short circuit. The accident took place during the 10 -day Vaikunth Dwar Darshanam festival. Read full news …
January 8: 6 killed in stampede in temple
On January 8, there was a stampede near the Vaikuntha Darsh Ticket Center in the temple. The devotees were in line for tokens for a 10 -day special darshan in the temple. During this, there was a stampede. 6 people were killed in the incident, while 40 people were injured.
Trust member Bhanu Prakash had said that 91 counters were opened for the ticket. More than 4 thousand devotees were standing in line near the counter. They were asked to queue at Bairagi Pattida Park. In the race to go ahead, there was chaos and people climbed on each other during the escape. Read full news …
Tirupati world’s richest temple trust According to the report in April 2024, the temple trust had filed an FD of Rs 1161 crore in 2024. This is the highest amount of FD ever. After this, the total FD in the trust’s banks has increased to Rs 13287 crore. It is the only temple in the country which is depositing an amount of 500 crores or more in the bank year after year in the last 12 years.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam is one of the most famous pilgrimage centers in the world. It is situated on the Mount of Seshachalam in Andhra Pradesh. This temple of Lord Venkateswara was built by King Tondman. The temple was presented by Ramanujacharya in the 11th century.
It is believed that when Lord Venkateswara was marrying Padmavati, he took a loan from Kubera, the god of wealth. God still has that debt and devotees donate to help them in paying interest. The Tirumala temple gets about one ton of gold in donations every year.
All the devotees visiting Tirupati are given in the famous Laddu Prasad here. Around 3 lakh laddus are made here every day. Laddus are made from gram gram flour, butter, sugar, cashews, raisins and cardamom and its recipe is about 300 years old.
Hair is donated here It is believed that a person who leaves all sins and evils from his mind, ends all his sorrows. Therefore, people leave their hair in the form of all their evils and sins here.
Venkateswara is called Lord Vishnu It is said about this temple that it is built on the Sapta peaks of Meruparvat, its seven peaks are said to be a symbol of seven fans of Sheshnag. These peaks are called Seshadri, Niladri, Garudri, Anjanadri, Vrishatadri, Narayanadri and Vyankatadri.
Of these, Lord Vishnu is enthroned on the top of Vyankatadri and that is why he is known as Venkateswara.
The entire idol is seen only on Friday Balaji is seen three times a day in the temple. The first philosophy is called Vishwaroop, which is in the morning. The second darshan is in the afternoon and the third darshan is at night. The entire idol of Lord Balaji can be seen only at the time of Abhishek on Friday morning.
Lord Balaji gave Ramanujacharya to see the truth Apart from the temple of Balaji, there are many other temples, such as Akash Ganga, Papatask pilgrimage, Vaikuntha Tirtha, Jalvitirtha, Tiruchanur. All these places are associated with God’s pastimes. It is said that Sri Ramanujacharya lived for almost one hundred and fifty years and served Lord Vishnu all his life, as a result of which God gave him a true darshan here.