Lord Venkateswara Temple

Snapshot: Sachin Tendulkar visits Tirupati

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with TTD Chairman Bapiraju at the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Tirupati. ...  

Sachin Tendulkar worships at Lord Venkateswara temple

Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara here in the wee hours on February 2. Tendulkar arrived on a 10-hour maiden pilgrimage on the hills at midnight. ...  

Darshan on wheels at world's richest temple

Bangalore: A freewheeling darshan - that's what a Bangalore company is promising pilgrims at the famed Tirupati temple in a few months from now. No, it doesn't mean an end to the long queues at the temple that sees about 70,000 pilgrims per day but it'll at least mean a darshan devoid of pushing and jostling in the final leg of the temple's aisle, where crowd control has always been...  

Tirupati: Gold plating of richest temple shelved

New Delhi: Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam (TTD) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has shelved the controversial decision on gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati, the world's richest temple. The decision to reconsider the move was taken in deference to the sentiments expressed by thousands of devotees and the Andhra Pradesh High Court's judgement quashing the earlier resolution passed by the...