Rare video of Tirumala Brahmotsavam

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Tirupati Govindarajaswamy temple

I and my uncle left for tirupati to attend kalyanotsavam seva. we had booked our seva tickets and accomodation tickets online at http://www.ttdsevaonline.com/ . we left by Mysore-Tirupati express from bangalore and reached tirupati at 5:54am next day. We took  room for 1hr in the nearby lodge to refresh ourself and the charges were nominal 100 for 1hr. We left to Govindarajapatnam which is very close to the tirupati railway station. Saint Ramanujacharya consecrated the temple in 1130 AD.

The festivals and functions are similar to those conducted in the Sri Venkateswara temple. The annual Brahmotsavam at this temple is celebrated in the month of Vaisakha every year. The annual float festival is also celebrated every year.

The sub-temples in its premises are:

• Sri Parthasarathiswami Temple
• Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswami Temple
• Sri Andal Temple
• Sri Salai Nachiyar Ammavari Temple
• Sri Ramanuja Temple
• Sri Vyasaraya Anjaneyaswami Temple (Near Dwajasthambham)
• Sri Tirumangai Alwar Temple.
• Sri Kurath Alwar Temple
• Sri Madhurakavi Alwar Temple
• Sri Chakrathalwar Temple.
• Sri Mudal Alwar Temple.
• Sri Manavala Mahamuni Temple.
• Sri Vedantha Desikar Temple.
• Sri Woolu Alwar Temple.
• Sri Anjaneyaswami Temple(Near outer Bugga).
• Sri Nammalwar Temple.
• Sri Sanjeevarayaswami Temple (opposite the Hathiramjee Mutt) 
• Sri Eduru Anjaneyaswamy Temple.

There was no crowd and we had a nice darshan and we were offered sweet pongal as prasadam. Then we left to Srinivasa mangapuram by bus.

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Tirumala Ratha Sapthami festival

The festival is observed on the hills annually for the last several centuries on the day of ‘Surya Jayanthi’, temple sources said.

As per the Telugu Calendar, Ratha Sapthami is celebrated on the seventh day of the ‘Magha Masa’ (starting from February 3, and ends on March 4, 2011).

As part of the festival, the centuries old ‘utsvav’ (festival) idol of Lord Venkateswara is adorned with many diamond set ornaments mounted on ‘Seven Sacred golden Vahanas’ (chariots) separately at different intervals from dawn to dusk.

The festival commenced with the procession of ‘Surya Prabha Vahana’ and ended with ‘Chandra Prabha Vahana’ Chinna Sesha, Hanuman, Garuda, Kalpavriksha and Sarvabhupala Vahanas were also taken out during the festival.

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