Tirumala Hill: Tirumala Hill or Saptagiri is located on Eastern Ghats Mountain Range about 22 km away from its foothill town, Tirupati. (Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati Town, Andhra Pradesh) You will found three fields inside the temple which are called as Prakarams and a dome on the main temple called as Vimana.

There have several small shrines inside the main building ground and the temple was constructed in Dravidian style. Today, the temple has become the richest pilgrimage site in the world and second most visited spot in the world. It is one of the most sacred Hindu temples in India which dedicated to Lord Venkateswara (also called as Lord Balaji, Srinivasa, Govinda, Seshadri or Venkataramana), the last avatar of Lord Vishnu. Venkateswara Temple or Tirupati Balaji Temple is located on Tirumala Hill (Sapthagiri of Eastern Ghats Mountain Range) about 22 km away from Tirupati Town in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh State, India. Latter on, the rulers of Vijayanagar Empire (specially King Krishnadeva Raya) during 14 th to 15 th century had donated lots of gold and jewels. After that, the Cholas (during 301 BC to 1279 AD) and Pallavas (during 9th century) greatly developed the temple and gave a new look. Initially, a Gopuram (mean, entrance of any temple) and Prakaras (means, outer walls of any Temple) were built by Thondaiman.

There have no exact evidence about the creation time of the temple, but, it is believed that the temple was originated near about 500 BC. Venkateswara Temple, also called as Tirupati Balaji Temple, was constructed by Thondaiman, the ruler of Thondaimandalam, ancient Tamil State.

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