Tirumala Tirupati Online Blog
The Asthana Mandapam in Tirumala is an enclosed auditorium run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) where daily devotional and cultural programmes — Veda parayanam, Harikatha, classical music (Sangeeta kacheris), pravachanams (discourses), bhajans and...
The Vaibhavotsava Mandapam is the dedicated hall at Tirumala where the daily Arjitha Brahmotsavam — a short, ticketed “mini Brahmotsavam” also known as Vaibhavotsavam — is performed. Standing just outside the main Sri Venkateswara...
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) runs one of India’s largest religious publishing programmes, printing roughly 4,000 titles across Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, philosophy, children’s books, calendars and its flagship monthly magazine Sapthagiri. Devotees can read hundreds...
The Tirumala Tirupati laddu is a Geographical Indication (GI)-protected prasadam that is prepared only inside the temple’s own Potu kitchen and sold only at official TTD counters at Tirumala and Tirupati. There is no...
Is there TTD accommodation at Tiruchanur, right beside the Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple? Yes. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) runs pilgrim guest houses and cottages in and around Tiruchanur, and it also operates large accommodation...
Kanipakam Ganapathi Homam: Seva Guide, Timings and How to Reach The Ganapathi Homam at the Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy temple in Kanipakam is a fire ritual (homam) offered to Lord Ganesha, whom devotees invoke...
The Kalyanotsavam — also called the Thirukalyana Urchavam — at the Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple, Tiruttani, is a ritual re-enactment of the celestial wedding of Lord Murugan, performed inside the hill temple as one...
The Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple is one of Tirupati town’s most important Vaishnavite shrines, and for most pilgrims it is open for darshan from early morning until night, roughly 5:30 AM to 8:30 PM,...
The Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple at Tiruttani (Thiruthani) is generally open daily from about 5:45 AM to 9:00 PM, with darshan available through most of the day and a fixed cycle of six poojas...
The Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple opens every day at about 2:30 AM with the Suprabhatam (the ritual of waking the Lord) and stays open through the day until the night ritual of Ekanta...