Places I visited near Tirupathi

I was getting bored these days without any excitement, so I have decided to go on a tour.

I was basically interested in tour locations which have some historical importance. So I was googling through many tour websites of Andhra Pradesh.

Finally I’ve decided to visit places in and around tirupathi. Also I had a pending offerings (“Mokku” in telugu) to be completed. (Head shaving in tirupathi).

I have booked my tour tickets in Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (http://www.aptdc.gov.in/intro/index.html). I was very lucky to get a ticket at the last moment.

This was my bus for these 2 days:

I got my accommodation in Bhakta markandeya padmashali satram tirupati. It was newly built so it was very clean & tidy

Following are the places I have visited.

First Day:

1. Swayambhu Varasiddi vinayaka, Kanipakkam (81 Km from Tirupathi)

2. Kalyana Venkateswara swamy temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram (11 Km from Tirupathi)

3. Sri Kalahasti temple (37 Km from Tirupathi)

Second Day:

1. TTD Balaji darshanam, Tirumala

2. Sri Kapileswara swamy temple, Kapilatheerdham Tirupathi

3. Alivelu mangamma temple, tiruchanoor (5 Km from Tirupathi)

A view from my accommodation

While traveling to Kanipakkam

Vinayaka idol in Koneru in Kanipakkam

Raja Gopuram - Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple

A long view of the Kanipakkam temple

Children playing in the Koneru of the temple

Huge Ammavaru idol - Newly built temple near Kanipakkam

Gopuram view behind Nandi - Newly built temple near Kanipakkam

Siva parvathulu idol - Newly built temple near Kanipakkam

Huge Shive idol - Newly built temple near Kanipakkam

Huge Ganapathi idol - Newly built temple near Kanipakkam

Newly built temple near Kanipakkam, yet to be opened for Public

A Pooja store near Kanipakam

Lemon Soda - Steet vendor

Temple details of Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupathi

Raja Gopuram - Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupathi

Dwajasthambam - Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupathi

Gopuram - Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupathi

Most of the south india vaishnavite temples have garuda image in the scriptures.

These temples were built by Vijayangara Kings.

As i am a Numismatist (of course not an expert :p), i know that Garuda in commonly minted on the vijayangara coins.

Here is a Vijayanagara coin minted with Garuda on it.

You can see a similar posture of Garuda on the temple as well.

Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasa Mangapuram near Tirupathi

I could not get any pics of Sri Kalahasti & Alimelu mangamma temples as photography was strictly prohibited. But i could get some details of Gnanaprasoonamba of Sri Kalahasthi.