Took an APTDC govt bus package. Left at 7 pm and returned next day at 6 pm. Included a room to freshen up in tirupati, padmavati darshan for suprabhatam, tirumala temple darshan with a special door opened for our bus crowd and darshan done in under 2 hrs, kalahasti temple. Food stops wer decent. Guides excellent and included two dladdus.... More

I have booked the Cab from chennai to tirupati through online @ http://www.tirupathionlinebooking.com/. At the time of booking the agent has assured me Mahendra Logan car but they have sent the Innova vehicle which was very big for 2 persons and also they have assured me for special darshan which will be taken care by them. To my surprise when... More

Well, this was my 2nd visit to Tirupati temple a few days ago. Just before I started I came across this blog and author has written, if you are planning, don't plan just go!!! I reached Tirupati at about 11pm in the night got fresh in the vishnunivasam, had dinner and then started at 12 :15am midnite. This time I... More

Tirumala temple is my first choice of temple&i am totally freed from all my worries once I see my lord

There are temples everywhere in India. There are gazillion devotees everywhere in India and also there is God everywhere in India. But this place gets tons of devotees. It's one of the top most place in world visited by huge number of devotees. I believe in God. I also believe in basic things like sanitation and cleanliness. The administration is... More

As a Indian, but foreigner, feeling like Sri Venkateshwara was calling me to visit...i made my way there. Obviously the number of people visiting this place is intense. Even if you buy the Rs 300 special darshan, I still waited 3 hours. And then, when you finally get there inside the temple, after being pushed around by the people, you... More

I guess the title says it all. We walked up starting from Alipiri. My two daughters were with me. My co brother too chose to walk up with us. There are 3550 steps to climb and let me tell you that it wasn't difficult at all; in fact, the children enjoyed it very much (though we adults were puffing a... More

Frequent busses available from tirupati to tirumala even in the night. Rooms are available in plenty from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Also there are many locker rooms near bus stand and at the main entrance. One advice for all, never go on a weekend. It took us around 6-7 hours for actual darshan(while we were standing in special darshanam... More

It is popular & hence super crowded! If you manage to get darshan with special sevas you are good! It is sure commercial! It's quite a wait..but, I promise you will forget it all once you enter the main temple.. Toatlly divine experience... A place where you will experience great energy! Something totally special about this place you will surrender!