Venkateshwara Temple (popular as the TTD Venkateshwara Temple)
Archana RaviArchana Ravi|Guest Contributor|SIGHTSEEING IN BANGALORE Updated : May 25, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
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This is the temple of the lord of the seven mountains (Saptagirisha), Sri Venkateshwara. Lord Venkateshwara is one of the incarnations of Lord Sri Vishnu. The very name of Lord Venkateshwara flashes the temple of Tirupati to our minds. This temple is constructed in a similar manner, under the able guidance of the TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam) committee. The temple houses 7 deities—Lord Venkateshwara, Goddess Padmavati, Andal Ammavaru, Lord Rama, Goddess Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Lord Ganesha, Radha and Krishna. The stone carvings and the way the Pooja is performed here are kept mostly similar to the way it is done in Tirumala.
The temple has been recently built (in 2010) and is located in the Vyalikaval area of Bangalore (well within the old Bangalore locality). Temple is open to public all through the year and sees extreme crowd influx during Saturdays and on Vaikunta Ekadashi day. Through the booking centre within this campus, one can pre-book darshan and seva tickets for the main Balaji temple of TTD located in Tirumala.
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