Tirumala Venkateswara Temple at Tirupati

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is operated by a Board of Trustees of the Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. Initially, the Trustee board of TTD was organized by the Government of Madras in 1933 AD. Thereafter in 1956, Andhra Pradesh was formed, and the TTD Board came under its governance. Today, the entire management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is the responsibility of an Executive Officer by of Andhra Pradesh government and other body member with about 14001 fulltime employee.

This board of trustee provides lots of facilities to make a comfortable trip to the temples. You will found a frequent bus services from Tirupati to Sri Varahaswami temple and many guest houses near temple by the TTD Trustee. There have 12 temples and small shrines under TTD trustee board, from where lots of donations (average annual profits INR 100 Crores) are collected. Besides of temple maintenance, the trustee also takes part in many social, religious, cultural and educational activities within the state Andhra Pradesh and also different state of India.

TTD Board of Trustee, Tourist Information Contact No:

Call Centre Numbers
(+91) 877-2233333, (+91) 877-2277777, (+91) 877-2231777,
(+91) 877-2231901, (+91) 877-2232813 (10 am to 5pm)

Online booking:
Call: (+91) 877-2263883, (+91) 877-2263281
Web: www.ttdsevaonline.com

The Climate adjacent to the Venkateswara Temple remain hot & wet in summer and dry & pleasant in winter. Usually, three major seasons are observed in this region namely summer, winter and monsoon.

Summer Season: Normally, the summer season of this region continues from end-February to June. During this season temperature ranges varies between 26°C and 38°C. Average temperature during this season is about 34°C.

Winter Season: Normally, the winter season of this region continues from November to mid-February. During this season temperature ranges varies between 18°C and 29°C. Average temperature during this season is about 20°C.

Monsoon Season: Normally, the monsoon season continues from mid-Jun to end-September. In this season, weather of Tirupati Balaji Temple sarrounding remains hot and humid. The average annual rainfall during this season is about 91 cm.

The people of Tirumala town or adjacent to the Venkateswara Temple mainly follow the Hindu religions. And maximum of them survive with the professions which usually related to the temple. Telugu is widely used by the native as the official language and spoken dialect of the town. Some other uses languages in the Tirumala Town or Adjacent to the temple are Tamil, English and Kannada.

There have some rules to enter the temple and you have must be followed these. Some important of these are put on a formal clothe (Dhoti, Saree, pants or Salwar), don’t take alcohol, eat vegetarian food, etc. You are not allowed with a mobile phone or any types of camera while you going for Darshan (watching Lord Venkateswara) inside the temple, it will be banned by authority.

The early morning prayers or Subha Prabhatam start at midnight (3 am) and it continue throughout the day until the day ends (1 am) with Ekanta Seva (putting the Lord to sleep). Besides of this daily prayer, the temple trustee board organizes an annual festival during September which is called as Brahmotsavam and it continue for nine days. During this festival time the temple receive maximum of devotees and tourists.

Travel by Roadways 
If you planned to visit Venkateswara Temple then best option is to reach at Tirupati Town first which is located about 22 km away from the Temple. From here, you will be found two different hilly roads towards the temple, first one is provided to carry the passenger’s cars and another road is for only walking journey. It takes around 3 hours (distance 10 km, from Alipiri to the Temple) to reach the temple on foot from Alipiri, Tirupati. TTD Trustee Board or the Andhra Pradesh State Government provides regular bus services from Tirupati town to the temple with a frequency of a bus in every 2 minutes. Except the time period during 1 am to 3 am (only three hour), buses are available every time in a day to the Venkateswara Temple. There have 4 Bus stations between Tirupati and Tirumala respectively Sri Venkateswara Bus Státion, Balaji Link Bus Státion, Sapthagiri Link Bus Stâtion and Sri Padmavathi Bus Stâtion.

Tirupati is directly connected to the other major cites of south India through the National Highway No. 205 and several State Highways. The regular bus services from the city Chennai (5 - 6 hrs), Hyderabad (11 - 12 hrs), Vijayawada, Vizag, Bangalore (6 - 7 hrs), Vellore, etc are available here. Lots of Government and Private Bus services are provided to the temple by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (APTDC, Mobile: 9840580577), India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (ITDC, Phone: 044-28257214), Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), Tamilnadu Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (TTDC, Phone: 044-24343535) and lots of Private automobile Ltd.

Travel by Railways 
There have no railway station in Tirumala hilly area. Tirupati Railway station is the closest station located about 27 km away from the temple. Tirupati Railway Junction is well-connected to the other major stations in South Central Railway of India. The station is directly connected with the stations of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Jaipur and Dehradun. On the way to Tirupati Railway Station trains can be boarded at Renigunta (10 km away) and Gudur (101 km away) as well. From here, you easily get lots of bus services between Tirupati, Renigunta and Gudur city.

Travel by Air 
There have no airport in Tirumala town. Airport of Renigunta in Tirupati Town located about 41 from Sri Venkateswara Temple is the nearest airport. It is a domestic airport and a daily flight of King Fisher air service from Hyderabad (8:10 am) is available here. Nearest international airport of Tirupati Balaji Temple is located in Chennai about 131 km away. Other important neighboring airports to the temple are Bangalore International Airport (228 km) and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (572 km) of Hyderabad city.

If you wish to visit to Sri Venkateswara Temple by airways then any one airport of above mentioned would be suitable for you. Above three cities (Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) are well-connected to Tirupati Town by roadways. Among these three cities Hyderabad make a long distance (551 km) from the temple. So, you can also take another flight from the airports to Tirupati Town. Important operators of Renigunta Airport of Tirupati Town are Indian Airlines, Jet Air Ways, King Fisher, etc.

Akas Ganga (Akas - sky and Ganga - a river) is a beautiful waterfall located about 3 km away from the temple and its holy water is used for the bath of Balaji or Venkateswara every day.

Papavinasanam (Papa - sin and Vinasanam - which ended sins) is a large holy pond for bathing the devotees. Hindus believed that a holy bath in these waters would relieve the sins of their mortal lives and brings success and peace.

Geological Arch or Silathoranam is a beautiful geological arch located very close (about 1 km) to the temple the temple. This arch is 25 ft in length and l0 ft in height.

TTD Gardens are created to solve the daily demands of flowers in the temples of Tirumala and is maintained and these lovely gardens are carefully treated by the TTD Trustee employees. 

Some other important spots close the Venkateswara Temple are Govindaraja Swami Temple, Kodandaramaswami Temple, Sri Kapileswaraswami Temple, Padmavati Temple, Sri Venkatesvara Museum, Chandragiri Palaces & Fort, Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswami Temple, Sri Prasanna Venkateswaraswami Temple, Kailasagiri hills, Thalakona forest, Vaikunta Tirtha and Horsley Hills.

There have no public hotels or accommodations in Tirumala. You will find lots of Guest Houses which are under the control of TTD (Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam) Trustee. There is a list of Guest Houses and contact details bellow.