Welcome to Tirupati

TIRUPATI:

Geography:

Tirupati is a major pilgrimage and cultural city in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It has an average elevation of 162 metres (531 feet). The Tirumala Hill is 3200 ft above sea level, and is about 10.33 sq miles in area. The seven peaks, represents the seven hoods of Adisesha (Seshachalam) Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrishabhadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri.

History:

The word Tirupati is derived from both Telugu and Tamil. Pati means husband and is used here as Pati of his Pathni Sri Lakshmi devi. Tiru means 'holy' or 'sacred'. Tiru means holy and mala means hill. There is no clear history on the origin of the temple of Lord Venkateshwara, but it was maintained and upgraded by various kingdoms like the Pallava Kingdom, Chola Kingdom around and the Vijayanagara Empire.

Culture:

People from different places of India lives in tirupati and Telugu is the language spoken by most of the people. All major Hindu festivals including Deepavali, Sankranti, Vaikunta Ekadasi, Rama Navami and Krishnashtami with gearter joy. BRAHMOSTAVA is the most important festival in tirumala. Because of its devotion,tradition and culture many piligrims from all over world visits Tirupati.

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Temples & Monuments

Tirupati is well renowned as the "Temple City" of India. There are many temples in and around tirupati. The major temples are Tirumala, srikalahasti temple,srinivasa mangapuram,sri padmavathi devi alayam(alamelu mangapuram), sri govinda raja swamy temple,sri kodanda rama swamy temple,sri kapileswara swamy temple,iskcon. The places like Chandragiri Fort and sri venkateswara zoological park are the oldest tourist places in tirupati

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Restaurants & Malls

Tirupati being worlds famous piligrimage centres serves all kinds of foods for people from various countries. Top restaurants are known for its western, chinese and italian dishes. For bookings in the best hotels & restaurants click on 'view more'

Malls like Reliance fresh, Seasons Value Mall are one of the lovable places for Tirupati people, No sooner Tirupati sees the finest Wallmart, IONOX Halls to be opened.

Emergency contacts

One can proudly say that there is no fear in residing at Tirupati. There are 24*7 availability of emergency Ambulance drivers through out the District.

Tirupati Police are very smart in dealing many issues in less time. Their initiative of promoting traffic awareness through social media is one of the trademark of Tirupati police.

Travels & Services

As everything is getting a pace running to catch this fastest world, there are many travel services for fast moving people. The beginning of Temple cabs-one of the fine private travelling company till now. There also a few services added like fastrack cabs to connect few cities & Airport at Renigunta and private travel agencies like Morning Star, Greenline, Kesineni, VRL serves great for the pilgrims.