
Kodandarama swamy Temple
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One of the inscriptions in the temple says that Sri Venkateshwara Swamy is incarnation of Sri Rama, and  Padmavathi whom he married was at the time of Ramavatara a woman named Vedavati, who was substituted for the real Sita at the time of Ravana abduction. It is believed that Narasimharaya Mudiliyar started the temple construction.

The pilasters found on the walls of the garbhagriha and antarala have Vijayanagara capitals. There is a projecting cornice above the wall with its outer surface decorated with Simhalalata gables and its surface cut into compartments by vertical and horizontal rafters. The Vimana is of the ekatala type containing the series  kuta, panjara, sala, panjara and kuta. Above this tala, there is a phalaka containing lions in the Four Corners. The sikhara is round and contains vertical ribbon cuttings and belongs to the vesara order. There is a single metal kalasa above the sikhara.

How to Reach
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The Temple is about 3 km from Tirupati railway station. The Temple is well connected by road and there are frequent buses. 

Hare Rama Hare Krishna Mandir
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In Hare Rama Hare Krishna temple every morning Pooja is conducted at 6:00 a.m, their religious and moral preaching takes place followed by Bhajans of Shri Krishna, his life and Bhagavad-Gita. Recitation takes place throughout the day.

How to Reach
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The Temple is about 9 km from Tirupati railway station. The Temple is well connected by road and there are frequent bus service
 
Contact
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E.O:  Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Phone No.08574-20124

Sri Kalahasthisvara Temple, Kalahasthi 
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The temple has four huge towers on all its four sides. A huge tower of  height 120 ft.  known as Raja Gopuram gives the temple a majestic look. The Gopura of the temple is adorned with various sculptures of Gods and Goddesses.The temple stands close to Swarnmukhi River. The earliest inscription in this temple belongs to the period of Rajaraja Chola. It is a repository of artistic excellence in Pallava, Chola and Vijayanagara tradition.


Vijayanagara Structures in the Kalahastisvara Temple, Kalahasti
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Kalahasti,  a taluk headquarters Chittoor district is about twenty-four miles from Tirupati. The town is famous for the Kalahastisvara temple, which is situated amidst a singularly picturesque setting at the foot of a curved hill, named Daksina kailasam. The temple is visited by a large number of devout Hindus from all parts of India. There are about seventy Vijayanagara inscriptions in this temple covering the reigns of Harihara II, Devaraya II, Krishnadevaraya, Achyutaraya, and Sadasivaraya. The earliest Vijayanagara record found in this temple is dated in 1401 A.D., while the latest is dated in 1569 A.D. It is evident from the large number of inscriptions found in this temple that it received active patronage of the Rayas of Vijayanagra. 

The entrance to the first enclosure is surmounted by another gopura of the Vijayanagara period. In all probability this gopura was constructed by one of the predecessors of Krishnaraya. This gopura faces the North and has a narrow pillared mantapa in two sections, on either side of the passage in the front covering the adhistana. In a niche in the back wall of the mantapa to the right of entrance is a fine icon of Durga. Correspondingly in a niche to the left of the entrance is the icon of Nrtta-Ganapati. Each of the two sections of the mantapa contains two pillars each with a pillaret projecting from the main block. The pillars have Vijayanagara capitals. 

The second gopura, which gives access to the second enclosure, seems to belong to the pre-Vijayanagara period. To the south of the gopura, built against the prakara wall are two small shrines, one dedicated to Ganapathi and the other to Lord Shiva. The Ganapathi shrine consists of a mantapa in two sections and the garbhagriha built in the back section of mantapa. The front section of the mantapa contains two rows of four round pillars with Cola capitals. The back section of the mantapa contains two rows of two round pillars with Cola capitals. There is a pradakshina round the garbhagriha. 

The walls of the garbhagriha are plain and the roof is flat. The lintel above the entrance of the garbhagriha contains the Gajalaksmi. The shrine which is to the south of the Ganapathi shrine consists of a garbhagriha and antarala whose walls are plain and the roof flat.

How to Reach 
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The Temple is about 38 kms. from Tirupati. Srikalahasthi is well connected by Road & Rail and there are frequent buses from Tirupati. Private transport is also available from Tirupati

Nagalapuram
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The temple is a perfect example of the Vijayanagara Art. The mulabera is Lord Vishnu in matsyavatara form. The priests here believe that Swayam Pradhana temples for matsyavatara are rare. The temple is said to have been constructed by Krishna Raya in memory of his mother Nagalamba. This temple contains few rare Stone images such as Vinahara Dakshinamurthi, Hayagriva Bhuvarala and Trivikrama.

How to Reach
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The Temple is about 70 kms from Tirupati railway station. The Temple is well connected by road and there are frequent buses. 

Venkateshwara Temple, Narayanavanam
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The Main Shrine: 
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The main shrine is situated in the centre of the courtyard, faces the East and consists of the garbhagriha antarala mukhamantapa and an open pillared mahamantapa at a lower level. The length of the shrine is seventy-two feet. 

The mahamantapa is at a lower level than the other three members on the axis and contains four rows of four pillars each. It is open on all the sides. The pillars have Vijayanagara capitals. The mukhamantapa is a square structure measuring forty feet on each side and has entrances in the East, North and South, those in the North and South having a porch. The South porch contains two pillars in the Vijayanagara style on the edges of its floor. The entrance in the northern porch is closed. In the interior, the mukhamantapa contains four pillars in the centre having Vijayanagara capitals. The antarala entrance is guarded by dvarapalakas. The garbhagriha houses a standing image of Lord Vishnu.

Tiruchanur
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Tiruchanur is of great importance in the history of Tirupathi region, particularly for the evolution of religious activity therein. This region came under the influence of Vaishnavism as early as the Eight Century. There was an important Vaishnava settlement at Tiruchanur by the beginning of the Ninth Century. Though Tirumala and Sri Venkateshwara were known by this time, the hill continued to be inaccessible and could not attract many pilgrims. The Vaishnavas at Tiruchanur established a Tirumantrasalai and carried on proselytising activity. They also constructed a Tiruvilankoil and set up in it an image of Sri Venkateshwara as a representative of the original God of the vedangam hill. 

Tiruchanur being situated in a plain country, this proxy temple of Sri Venkateshwara attracted large numbers of Pilgrims who came here to pay their homage to the Lord. The Cholas conquered Tondamandalam in which the Tirupati-Tiruchanur area was situated by the end of the ninth century. They were patrons of Shaivism and Shaiva influence reached this erstwhile Vaishnava stronghold of Tiruchanur. A Lord Shiva temple, named after Parasareswara, was constructed in the western part of the village (in the present hamlet Jogi-Mallavaram) and it soon grew popular. 

The decline of Chola power about the middle of the thirteenth century led to the rise of many local chieftains to independence. Tiruchanur is important for five temples, four of which exist even to this day. These are the Tiruvilankoil, the Krishna temple, The Parasareswara Temple, the Varadaraja temple and the temple of Padmavathi.

How to Reach
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The Temple is about 5 km from Tirupati railway station. The Temple is well connected by road and there are frequent buses from Tirupati

The Padmavathi shrine
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The Padmavathi temple  situated to the North of the Alagiyaperumal shrine, is the object of main attraction for the pilgrims at Tiruchanur. Sri Padmavathi, housed in it is described as the consort of Sri Venkateshwara. 

The Garbhagriha contains the image of Sri Padmavathidevi, seated in Padmasana and holding a lotus in each of the two upper hands. Her lower hands are in Abhaya and Varada mudra 
 
Other temples in Tiruchanur
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The Alagiaperumal Shrine
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This is the earliest of the three shrines found inside the compound at Tiruchanur. The entrance of the compound, surmounted by a big gopura, faces this shrine and not the other two as is the case with the same Parthasarathi shrine and the Govindaraja shrine situated in the same compound at Tirupati.

Alagiayaperumal or Krishna, installed in this shrine, is referred to in ten inscriptions found at Tirupati and Tiruchanur. The earliest of them is dated in the 5th year of Rajaraja III, corresponding to 1221 AD. The latest dated in 1552 A.D. there are two later fragments but they are undated.

This deity and this temple seem to have been in existence by 1221 AD. The origin of the shrine may be ascribed to about the middle of the twelfth century. A certain Pokkiran spent his money and levelled a piece of land and made it fit for cultivation. He gave it to the shrine and its servants agreed to conduct the panguni festival for the deity, in the name of the donor

The Varadaraja shrine
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This shrine is situated to the South of the shrine of Alagiyaperumal and is now known as Sundararajaswami shrine. Three inscriptions refer to the deity of this shrine. The earliest of them dated 1541 AD, mentions the car festival of Varadaraja Perumal. The second, dated 1547 AD mentions the Brahmotsavam of this God and the celebration of Vidaiyyarri festival. It is evident from these records that the shrine came into existence some time in the 16th Century.

Inside the sanctum in the centre is the image of Varadaraja standing in samabhaga holding samkha and Chakra in the two upper hands, keeping the lower right in Varada and the left hanging by the side. Sridevi and Bhudevi stand on his sides.

Sir Parasareswara temple, Jogi-Mallavaram
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This temple is situated in Jogi-mallavaram, a hamlet to the south of Tiruchanur. It is inhabited by the weaver community, which plies a busy trade. The temple consists of a mantapa cum shrine of Vijayanagara times, a Nandi-mantapa behind it and the main shrine behind, which faces the East. The main shrine is in a rectangular enclosure with an only entrance in the South. It is surrounded by a prakara built of large blocks of stone. There is a narrow extension to the North enclosing a small shrine of Devi
