Tell about Tirupati Balaji ?

Displaying an interesting sight of incredible India, a visit to Tirupati Balaji temple is a must during your trip to this wonderland. Here are 20 interesting facts about this temple which has been alluring tourists all around the world.

According to the latest estimations, the Tirupati temple has its gold reserves and almost 52 tonnes of gold ornaments worth over INR 37,000 crores approximately.

The idol has real hair and they never get tangled. According to a legend, Gardhavan princess cut her hair and gave it to Swami, when he was hit by a shepherd and lost some of his own.

Every year around 3,000 kilograms of gold are received from pilgrims in Hundi with nationalized banks which is referred as gold reserve deposits.

The idol appears to be standing in the middle of the sanctum from outside whereas the idol is actually slightly towards the right-hand corner of the Garba Gudi.

Currently, the approximate annual income of this wonderful temple is around $ 600 Million which means that the temple has its daily earning of $ 1.5 Million.

Nobody knows when was the lamp lit before the idol but everybody believes it has never extinguished and has been alive for thousand years.

The temple is also one of the most visited sacred place in the entire world at an average rate of about 50,000 to 1,00,000 pilgrims on a daily basis for visiting this place.

Tirupati Balaji holds the record of being the richest as well as the most visited temple of India. The shrine receives offerings from devotees in cash, jewellery, gold, silver, property deeds, and Demat share transfers and the per day offering is around 22.5 million.

And this number increases immensely on festivals and special occasions. The temple gets an average of 30 Million to 40 Million visitors every year.

The “Prasad” offered here is a registered Geographical Indicator (GI) and was done after black market boomed during the preparation and distribution of these sweets.

The Tirumala Temple arranges a vast daily programme of food service called “Nitya Anna Danam” conducted by TTD serving 1,20,000 people approximately on a daily basis.

The main idol of Balaji is alive! People believe it because when you place your ear on the back of the main idol, you can hear the sound of a roaring ocean.

Devotees of Tirupati temple can never go back without getting the Srivari laddu prasadam which is the most delicious and best naivedyam of Lord Balaji.

All the garlands, flowers, milk, butter, holy leaves, everything which is offered to Balaji, comes from a secret village. The only information the outsiders have, about this village, is that it is located somewhere around 20 kms away and nobody is allowed to enter or visit this village except the residents.

Indian Goddess Laxmi still lives in the heart of Balaji. Literally! According to the priests in Tirupati Balaji, during NijaRoopa Darshanam on every Thursday, the main idol is decorated with white wood paste. After the paste is taken off, the imprint of the Goddess is left.

The renowned sweet is enriched with dry fruits and nuts which is a registered Geographical Indicator (GI) after a serious issue of black market which was developing around the preparation and distribution service of these laddus.

A strong belief on a legend about the actual existence of Swamy is found in the region. The incident goes like there was a king of unknown name who killed 12 people for a crime they committed and hanged them on the gates of this temple. The temple got closed for 12 years and Swamy made an appearance.

It is said and believed that Lord Balaji idol has real hair which never tangles and are super silky smooth always.

The surroundings of this temple appears normal but when you explore it, the place becomes fascinating. Not far, the Garuda Hill in Tirumala is quite interesting to sight. The hill got its name because of the shape of a Garuda (An Eagle). What’s interesting is the fact that Garuda is considered an abode of Lord Venkateshwara.

Another similar fact about hills is, one of the hills have a face of Swamy. It appears as if he is sleeping and you can actually see the face.

A very surprising fact about Lord Balaji Tirupati temple is that there is a waterfall behind Lord Balaji idol and all the flowers that are used for worshipping Lord’s idol are thrown in the waterfall.

The entrance of the Tirumala hills has a rock formation which appears to be like a serpent hood. The distance of this formation is same as the height of the main idol.

One can hear the sound of roaring ocean placing an ear on the back of Lord’s i

At the main gate of the temple (Mahadwaram) one could find a stick. According to the beliefs, that stick was used by Ananthalwar to beat Swami when they were children. During this, one day swami got hit on his chin which oozed blood. Since then the ritual of applying Chandan on Swami’s chin came into existence.