Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala – Daily, Weekly & Annual Sevas / Festivals

Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala – Daily, Weekly & Annual Sevas / Festivals

The Tirumala Venkateswara temple (or Sri Venkateswara Swami temple) is a landmark Vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to exist here to save mankind from trails and troubles of Kaliyuga. There are many rituals and festivals performed in the temple round the year as per Vaikhanasa Agama. These rituals and festivals are performed on a daily, weekly and periodic basis. Few of these rituals are also termed as Seva as these are performed by devotees (also called grihastha) on payment. All these rituals are organized by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams which administers the temple.

Daily Rituals

Daily rituals are performed to all the deities in the temple as per Vaikhanasa Agama. Devotees are allowed to view and sometimes perform few of these rituals.

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https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2019/01/Venkateswara-temple-tirumala-daily-sevas.html

Weekly Rituals

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https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2019/01/venkateswara-temple-tirumala-weekly-sevas.html

Annual Sevas

The main annual festival of the Tirumala temple is the Brahmotsavam festival coinciding with the Dussehra festival, though Brahmotsavam function is carried out twice in the temple (the lesser known of the Brahmotsavam occurs earlier in August–September). The Temple also celebrates all Vaishnavite Festivals.

For brief details, please refer below link;

https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2019/01/venkateswara-temple-tirumala-festivals.html