The Lord at Tirupathi and his Temple is the most sacred Vaishnavite Temple of South India. Lord Venkateshwara the giver of boons who is cherished as Lord Balaji in the northern India is at 2800 feet above, and one should ascent 7 hills which represent 7 heads of Adisesha to reach it. The temple is constructed with Dravidian Architecture, and the main tower faces East/ The Vimana Gopura. the Dwajasthamba, and the doors leading to the Sanctum are covered by Gold Plates.
There are numerous temples at the the city, below to Tirumala, namely
- Govindaraja Temple
- Alamelu Mangapura
- Srinivasa Mangapura
- Kalyana Venkateshwara
- Kodanda Ramaswamy
- Narayana Vana
- and more…
Lord Vishnu at the standing pose, is very popular in South India as Venkateshwara and there are many temples of Lord Vishnu in South India popular consecrations through rulers of south India. Kote Venkataramana Temple in Bengaluru is one such, as you can see ancient temples of such type on Lord Srinivasa in every city of India.
The Sanctum or Garbha Gruha of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirupathi has a Silver version of Moola Vigraha, the Utsava Murthy, Images of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Sugreeva and Images of Krishna and Rukmini, along with Sudarashana Chakra inside the Sanctum Sanctorium. One who takes a Srivani Darshan at Tirupathi will be able to concentrate on these.
Statue of Krishnadevaraya and his consorts who did multiple piligrimage to the Tirumala can be seen at the Northern side of the Temple.
Lord Vishnu who is known by the layman for his Dasa Avataras, has taken numerous avataras as per the Vishnu Purana and other allied scriptures. The Lord with thousands of names, as evident from Vishnusahasranama is at the 13th step at Vaikunta (his Heavenly Abode).