The Tirupati Venkateswara Temple is a famous building dedicated to the deity of the same name and is located in the town of Tirumala in Province of Andra or Andhra Pradesh, South of India. This temple is located in the Venkatachalam Mount which is part of the seven hills of this town, so sometimes also called the Temple of the Seven Hills.
According to legend, the temple is the divine image of the deity VishnuAs well believe that therein lies the whole time of Kali Yuga.
This has become the most visited Hindu temple for worship, receiving about 60,000 pilgrims a day, while on special occasions can become more than 200,000, making it the second most visited religious site in the world in the year, after the Vatican.
This temple of Tirupati is possibly one of the most organized to carry pilgrims to see the deity Venkateswara including making advance an individual record of each person who goes to visit to avoid major congestion and rows. During that record takes a photo and fingerprint visitors to prevent third parties to swindle tourists
Deidades a la entrada del Templo
The deity in the temple can be seen in two waysOne is free where visitors and pilgrims have to be online 10 hours, which is a long time but not so bad because there are places for sitting, watching religious programs on television, serve free food and coffee and tea each pair of hours. The other is to pay and that line only lasts about 3 or 4 hours.
And after being inside the temple, the line delay of about 60 to 120 minutes to reach the sacred place where Venkateswara. On an average day visitors can see only the deity about 60 minutes, is forbidden to take pictures of it, and there are several volunteers who are responsible for the row to advance at a good pace.
By visiting the temple there are several things you can not forget, one is buy one of the images of the deity, because throughout history have taken only two photos. They also sell a sweet sake, called Tirupati Laddu, Which is one of the main offerings in the temple, but you can also buy some for personal consumption.
In the city of Tirupati are some rules to be followed out of respect for its inhabitants which are: no drinking, eating only vegetarian food, no flowers be because they are all unique to the deity and not spitting or littering on the streets of the population.