It’s green carpet welcome for the pilgrims who throng from across the country and overseas with its serene and aesthetic atmosphere providing a soothing feel to the visitors as soon as they stepped in the Hill Town. The ambiance of pink, red, yellow gold, purple aromatic flowers and green leaves coupled with rhythmic chant of […]
As per the Hindu Dharma, the offering of food items forms part of the ‘Upacharas’ or Services offered to a deity who has had the Prana Prathistha ritual performed to it. Therefore the murthi or vigraha is revered as a living entity who is offered food, fruits etc. among others and it is considered as […]
Swacch Bharat Abhayan-the ambitious Keep India Clean slogan mulled by Central Government of India, has the hill town of Tirumala as one of the ten sites chosen for prestigious Swacch Iconic Heritage Sites in the country Its not an exaggeration to mention here that the sacred Hill Town was even complimented by the honourable Prime […]
Tirumala, 20 September 2017: Apart from its basic tenets of performing rituals in the temple of Lord Venkateswara as per Vaikhanasa Agama, providing darshan and other facilities to multitude of visiting pilgrims across the globe, the propagation of Hindu Sanatana Dharma and vedas, TTD has also taken up the noble task of preserving the unique […]
The rituals introduced by Bhagavat Sri Ramanujacharya in Tirumala are innumerable. JIYAR MUTT ESTABLISHED He entrusted the divine responsibility of performing all rituals as per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama to Jiyars, which is a bold step taken by him. Thus the Jiyar mutt in Tirumala was established under the aegis of Venkatanatha Satagopayati or […]
“Meals on Wheels” is the innovative concept mulled by TTD to feed more number of pilgrims instantly which has received huge reception from the pilgrims in the recent times. The Lord of Seven Hills at Tirumala is best known for many things Darshan in spite of heavy influx of pilgrims, round the clock tonsuring activity, […]
The hoary Lord Venkateswara Temple in the hill shrine of Tirumala is an amazing complex of history, culture and traditions. Almost every brick speaks volumes of the cultural journey of the temple from the past several centuries. MANDAPAMS ACTED AS SHELTERS FOR DEVOTEES According to saint poet Sri Tallapaka Annamayya, the various Mandapams and constructions […]
• TTD sculptors transforming rocks into devotional Icons • Sculpting deities to world since 1977 • Global demand for TTD Idols The hard rocks here turn in to beautiful idols of various deities. And these idols have a huge demand not only in Indian market but overseas. Sculpting these live statues are none other than […]
Tirumala, 19 September 2017: Among the 450 odd religious events that are being observed in Tirumala temple all through the year, the nine-day mega religious fete observed in the month of Aswayuja as per the Hindu Lunar Calendar is considered to be most important of all as this is the festival believed to be conducted […]
“Sodasa Kalanidhiki Sodasopacharamulato Jaadatoda Nicchalulu Samarpayami” Tirumala, 12 September 2017: This sankeertan was penned by Padakavita Pitamaha Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya while describing the various sevas that are being rendered to Lord Venkateswara. Sodasa means sixteen in Sanskrit. The Lord takes celestial ride on sixteen different vahanams during the Navahnika Brahmotsavams. In 2013 TTD has prepared […]