Places to See at Tirupathi & Tirumala

Places to See at Tirupathi

Tiruchanoor, also known as Alamelumangapuram. The temple of Sri Padmavathi Devi. It is said that a visit to Tirumala is fruitful only after visiting the Sri Padmavathi Devi temple.

Sri Govindarajaswami Temple

This Temple is the main attraction for pilgrims at Tirupati and the biggest in town. Here the sleeping posture or Anantha sayanam posture of Lord Govindarajaswami is different to that of all other posture bec Lord Govindaraja  has the MARAKA as his head rest. As he is tired of Counting the money  he borrowed from Kubera for Marriage so resting in this posture.

Sri Kapileswaraswami Temple

Situated about 3-km to the north of Tirupati, at the foot of the Tirumala Hills, is the only temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, in Tirupati. The sacred waterfall called "Kapila Teertham " (also known as "Alwar Teertham") is located here. It is also the venue of many festivals.

Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswami Temple

This sacred temple is located 12-km to the west of Tirupati at Srinivasa Mangapuram and it is believed that Lord Venkateswara stayed here after his marriage with Sri Padmavati Devi, before proceeding to Tirumala.

Iskon Temple (Lotus Temple)

The famous Krishna temple - ISKON is now at Tirupathi.  It has wonderful arts and crafts indicating Krishna's leelaigal...

Places to See at Tirumala

Sripadam & Sila Thoranam

As per History, Lord Venkateswara came to Tirumala in search of his wife. She He had reverence towards the sage Brigu Maharshi, even though the sage had insulted him by kicking Him on the chest, the place where his wife Mahalakshmi was thr. He stood at the Top of Tirumala, which is now called SRIPADAM

On the way down from Sripadam to Tirumala, there is a place called SILA THORANAM. Here natural rock depicts Lord Vishnu’s Sangu, Sakram, Thiruman and his Abhayakaram.

During excavations in the 1980's on a mound of earth in the jungles 1 km. North of the temple where it was believed that some information lied buried about the Lord's transformation into rock, a very rare phenomenon of two different sets of rocks connected together in the form of a thin link was found. This formation is known to exist elsewhere only at the 4 fingers of Texas and somewhere in Australia. This is pretty small in size relatively but what makes it unique and astounding is that nowhere in rock formations known to exist on the Indian soil have been found to be of this type and also, the height of The Lord confirms exactly to the distance of the pinnacle of the arch from the foot of the same! Also, two other formations excavated along with resemble the celestial conch and the discus that are the Lord's possessions. These have not been carved even remotely. They are formed naturally very mysterious indeed! This geological arch is a very rare spectacle in the world. This arch (older than the Jurassic age) is 25ft in length, l0ft in height. Pilgrims must make it a point to visit this wonder of the world during their Tirumala trip.


From there Lord Vishnu came down to Tirumala and there Varaha Murti gave him this piece of land to abode and search his wife. That’s why elderly people ask us to first see Thayaar get her blessings, come to Tirumala and see Varahar (as he gave place to our Lord) and then worship Lord Venkateswara by informing him that we saw his wife so that he feels happy and bless us with prosperity.


Siva Temple – Suyambhu Lingam and Chakrathazhvar

From Silathoranam, if we cross the Small river ganga thro the bridge, we will be able to get the dharshan of Lord Shiva and Lord Chakrathazhvar (both Suyambhu)

Akash Ganga

This is very famous for the prime reason is that its waters are used for The Lord's bath every day. In the olden days, the priestess took turns to carry the water all the way from this part of jungle to the temple but now TTD has laid water lines into the temple and thus simplified. In rainy season Akashganga's gushing waters provide a beautiful sight and a bath here at that time is really refreshing.


The Papa Vinashanam (cleanser of Sins)

5 Kms north of the Tirumala temple is a deep bowl formed by the surrounding hills that created a reservoir ages ago and many a mountain stream emptied into it – Papa Vinasham - The Cleanser of sins.

A dam was constructed across but the pilgrims, thus preserving the tradition, provided a bypass for bathing. It is believed that the holy waters of this place dissolve the sins of the devotees. Hence this place is known as Papavinashanam. A dam constructed here regulates the water flow.