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Location: 67-km From Chittoor,
Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh
Famous For Having: World's
Richest Temple
Famous As: A Pilgrimage Centre
Nearby Attractions:Sri Kalyana
Venkateswaraswami Temple, Sri
Venugopalaswami Temple,
Srikalahasti. Tirupati City is
located in the southeastern part
of Andhra Pradesh State. It lies
about 152-km northwest of
Chennai in the Palkonda Hills.
Tirupati is known as the abode
of the Hindu god Venkateshvara
(also spelt as 'Venkatesvara'),
"Lord of Seven Hills". About 10-
km northwest of Tirupati, at an
elevation of 750m, is the sacred
hill of Tirumala, which was
considered so holy that before
1870 non-Hindus were not
permitted to ascend it.
Food: Vegetarian & non-
vegetarian dishes are available in
hotels ofTirupati. Hotel Bhimas is
reasonably reputed for lodging
and veg dishes. Peacock
restaurant is reputed for non-veg
plates. Opp APSRTC Bus Stand
Dwaraka & Laksluni Narayan are
always crowded by vegetarian
dish lovers.
Konai Waterfalls: On Chennai-
Uthukottai- Tirupati Rd, if one
goes 90 km to the S-West of
Chennai, immediately after
Nagalpuram one reaches
Narayanawanam. Getting down
then moving about 2 ken, he will
find this waterfall at a deserted
place. It can be seen while on the
move. Between October to
February flow increases in view
of rain, whereas during winter
visitor increases. According to
local legend, Lord Venkateswar a
married Padmavati here only. A
temple was built to
commemorate the event.
Pushpagiri : Pushpagiri, i.e,
mountain offlowers. There are 8
well decorated temples on the hill
and about a dozen down the hill.
Episodes of Gita, Ramayana &
Mahabharata are depicted in
these temples. Carving is unique.
II km to the south of Tirupati is
Renigunta & 131 km to the east
of Renigunta is Kudappa, 16 km
to N-East of Kudappa is
Pushpagiri.
Temples in Terupati:
There are 31 temples and 7
kundas in Seven hills. Interested
persons can ride a bus from
Thirumalai and visit Pap
Vinasham Tirtha and can attain
emancipation by taking a holy
dip in the stream. Akashganga
fountain is located on top of this
place about 3 km to the south of
the temple. Climbing the steps
one can see that Ganga flows
from Lord Vishnu's feet. Besides
this Go-Garbha is 1 km away
from the temple where there are
hills all around and springs run
through them. Small idols of 5
Pandab brothers and impression
of Lord Vishnu's foot prints are
also found here.
There are numerous temples in
Lower Tirupati, i.e, the industrial
township ofTirupati- Thirumala.
It is said that without the
darshan of wife of Lord Balaji
Sree Padmavati Devi, i.e,
Alamelumangapuram, the visit to
Tirupati remains incomplete.
There is a golden Vimana on top
of it as well as4 lions at 4
corners. Devi Lakshmi made of
black stone is in the Garbhagriha,
only the two eyes are made of
silver. After the wedding Lord
along-with the wife lived in
theSrinivash Mangapuram, the
village 12km to the west of
Tirupati. Hence it is a holy
place.There is also a temple
here.ThetempleofSree
Govindarajswami, the brother of
Lord Venkatesh was built in 16th
century by Nayak Kings.This
temple is also attractive looking.
There is a museum in the temple-
yard Gopuram of the temple is
also beautiful. Lower Tirupati
also has Kapileswar Temple, holy
Kapila Tirtham Pushkarini. The
legend is that Lord Shiva himself
came down to see Kapil Muni
here, in this holy tankcreatedby
streamsof hills. Agasthya Swami
Templeis 1Okm away &
KalyaniDamis 18km away.
Interested tourists may visit
these places
Transports:
Air: Indian Airlines IC aircraft on
46day leaves Tirupati at 9-20 and
arrives Hyderabad at 10-15. It
arrives Tirupati at 17-45 from
Hyderabad. Jet Aitways 9W
aircraft leaves Tirupati at 14-
Flemingo dance at Plllikllt Lake a
Ph-Tourism Dept. 45 and arrives
Hyderabad at 16-05. It arrives at
Tirupati from Hyderabad at
12-55.
Train: Tirupati is directly
connected by bus and train from
hyderabad and Secundarabad.
Tirupati is connected by railway
with rest of lndia via Renigunta
on Bangalore-Chennai railway
line. 7406 Krishna Exp leaves
Hyderabad at5- 30 and arrives
Tirupati (532 km) at 21-30 via
Secundrabad (6-05), Vijayawada
(13-15), Gudur(19-10); 7429
Royla seema Exp leaves
Hyderabad at 17-25 and reaches
Tirupati at 9-00 Next day via
Raichur(23-17), Guntakol (2-25
nextday), Raniglinta (8-37). 7424
Narayanadri Exp leaves
Secundrabad at 18-00 & arrives
at Tirupati at 7-30 (next day) via
Guntur (23-25), Gudur (5-00,
next day), Renigunta (7-05);
7497 Vennkatadri Exp leaves
Kacheguda at 20-00 and reaches
Tirupati at 8-30 (next day) via
Kurnool-Guntakol. 2764
Padmavati Exp leaves
Secunderabad (2 4 5 6 7 day) at
19-00 and reaches Tirupati
at7-40 (next day). Krishna at
5-30, Padmavati Exp. (13 5 67) at
17-05; Venkatadri at 17-40;
Narayanadri Exp at 19-15.
Royalseema Exp (18-50) return
from. In 6351 Nagerkoel Exp
leaves Tirupati at 13-00 (37 days)
and reaches Nagerkoel at 6-00
(next day) via Trichi, Madurai-
Tirunelveli on 47 day; it returns
to Tirupati from Nagerkoel at
4-50. 1081 Mumbai-
Kannyakumari Exp leaves Tirupati
16-30 and reches at 12-40. 6354
Mumbai Exp leaves Tirupati at
21-40 (15 day). From Mumbai
Tirupati Exp returns to Tirupati at
12-1O (26day).
6057 Saptagiri Exp leaves
Chennai at 6-25 and reaches
Tirupati at 9-30 at a distance of
147 km. 6053 Tirupati Exp
reaches at 17-00 from Chennai at
13-50, 6203 Intercity Exp
reaches Tirupati at 20-00 from
Chennai Central at 16-30.
Saptagiri Chennai Exp Intercity
Exp leaves Tirupati at 17-20,9-55
&6-45. 6359 Ernakulam- Tirupati-
Varanasi-Patna-Rajendranagar
Exp leave Emakulam on Saturday
& Rajendranagaron Tuesday and
travel via Guntakol & Tirupati.
214 Tirupati-Mysore Fast Pass
leaves Tirupati at 22-30 and
reaches Mysore (514 km) next
day at I I-10 via Reniguntal
Katpudil Bangalore. From Howrah
7479 Tirupati Exp leaves at 23-40
reaches Tirupati (1650 km) at
16-00 on the day following the
next day via Gudur (1525 km) at
13-55. It returns Howrah at 9-45
(7480 Howrah Exp). From Gudur
on Howrah-Chennai rly line
Tirupati can be reached by bus!
train. Gudur In is 294 km from
Vijayawadaand 138 km ahead of
Chennai. From Gudur at 0-15,
3-00, 5-00, 5-38, 9-17,14-00,
17-30, 19-10,22-45 the train
leaves for Tirupati, 8439 Puri-
Tirupati leaves Puri every Friday
at 8-45 & reaches Tirupati at
8-10 (next day) via Khurda Rd,
Brahmapur- Vijayawada-Gudur. It
returns to Puri leaving Tirupati
on Saturday 14-50.7487 Tirumala
Exp leaves Tirupati I9-30 and
reaches Visakhapatm at 10-30
via Vijayawada- Kakinada, it
returns Tirupati from leaving
Vlshakhapatnarn at 14-10.7315
Haripriya Exp leaves T.irupati
at .18-50 and reaches Kohlapurat
I6-20 (next day) Via Bellan (3-43),
Hospet (5-13), Gadag (6-41),
Hubli (8-30), Londa (10-30),
Mirage (15-00). Haripriyaretums
Tirupati from Kohlapur at 13-05.
Moreover Guntakol-Tirupati
VenkatadriExp& Pass, Bellari-
Tirupati Pass, Bhillupurarn-
Tirupati Pass, Katpadi- Tirupati
Pass, Pondichery- Tirupati Pass
also reach Tirupati & return
respective places as usual.
Buses: From Gowliguda bus
terminus Hyderabad Govt. buses
and from railway station private
buses travel to Tirupati in 9 hr's.
However it is convenient to
board the APSRTC buses from TIC
bus stand in Chennai for Tirupati.
First starts at 4-30 and last
service at 20-00. Bus leaves at an
interval of 1 hr. The distance by
road from Chennai to Tirupati is
170 km via Renigunta. Fare Rs 70
to 175 depending on the quality
of service. From Chennai, one can
return on the sameday after
visiting Tirupati. The distance by
road from Tirupati. Gudur (94
km), Bangalore (260), Hyderabad
(617), Vijayawada (385 km).
From Nellore one can reach
Nayudupet by bus along NH-5.
The distance is 65 km. Tirupati is
another 65 km from here.
Regularbus services are available
on this route. Srikalhasti is 28 km
away from Nayadupet.
TIDC, ITDC, APTDC, organise
conducted tour by bus from
Chennai everyday by Deluxe and
AC buses. The cost is Rs 540
(deluxe) and Rs 675 (AC bus)
including Darshan. They return
Chennai in the same evening.
Time of return to Chennai varies
depending on the time taken for
Darshan. TIDC arranges night
package at Rs 350, APTDC offers
2 days package. From Hyderabad,
every Friday APTDC offers 4days
package to Tirupati at a cost of
Rs 1000. APTDC also offers
package to Tirupati from
Bangalore, Coimbatore etc. But
since the distances of all these
places from Tirupati are more, it
is better to go for the package
from Chennai, APSRTC buses ply
between lower Tirupati and hills
very frequently from early in the
morning to night. APSRTC/TTC/
PAT offer frequent services to
Chennai available between
5-30-20-30; to Bangalore 6-00,
7-00,10-00, 11-OO, 13-00, 18-30;
to Pondichery 9-30 & 13-00; to
Kannyakumari. 13-45; to Mysore
21-30; to Madurai 16-30, 19-30.
Despite such frequent services,
the bus tickets are always in
great demand. The queue
becomes longer & longer. Hence
on way back it is better to stay
overnight after confirming return
journey. Clock -room services are
available in both bus stand &
railway station for 24 hours.
List of Tirupati Hotels
Bliss Hotel Tirupati
PLR Grand Hotel Tirupati
Fortune Kences Hotel Tirupati
Hotel Kalyan Residency Tirupati
Ramee Hotel Guestline Tirupati
Bhima's Deluxe Hotel Tirupati
Hotel Sindhuri Park Tirupati
Hotel Mayura Tirupati
Hotel Bhimas Paradise Tirupati
Poojith Residency Tirupati
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About Tirupati
History Overview
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Brahmotsavam Festival
Tourist Office & Guides
Tirupati Map
Dinning in Tirupati
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Emergency Services
Hospitals List
Tirupati Darshan Timings
Travel Resources
Do's and Dont's
Tirupati Distance Chart
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