THE CONTINENT OF CONTRAST WORLD'S RICHEST TEMPLE

Lord Balaji's temple at Tirumala is immune to the recession. The world's richest temple has an annual budget of 1400 crores= 200 Mio euro ( 1 crore = 10,000,000 rupies= 142,000 euro). And now, another 1000 crores are being donated by devotees.

The additional money will be used to add gold to the interiors of the temple, especially to the walls of the inner sanctum devoted to Lord Balaji. The goldplating will be completed by the end of next year.

Eighty kilograms of gold have already arrived at the temple. That's being converted into gold plates for the walls at a high-security workshop at Tirumala.

There'll be additional upgrades after that. " Once we start the work, we can do for adjacent places as well," promises D K Adikesavulu Naidu, the chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which manages the affairs of the temple. The committee also promises that current inscripttions on the wall will be preserved and the new gold plates will not cover these.

An equally grand offering is being planned in the form of composer AR Rahman setting to music the lyrics of saint - poet Annamacharya, who had sung over 33,000 songs
in the praise of Lord Venkateswara. Lata Ma
The Lord of Tirumala is the all-pervading Lord of the Universe.A large number of devotees-daily 30,000 on an average, visit the sacred shrine of Lord Venkateswara to pay their homage to Him.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams are in turn dedicated themselves to these devotees by providing facilities for darshan, accommodation as well as for sevas.The aim of the Devasthanams has always been to improve these facilities for making the pilgrimage a spiritual experience.
This site is a revised edition containing more detailed information about the accommodation, the sevas and festivals in Tirumala in which they can participate and general information about what to do and what not to do on the Holy Hills.
The host hopes this site will serve as a valuable guide to the pilgrims.

Nobody even comes to the idea to spent it to help the 26 Mio of Indian living on the street with an income of less than 1 euro/day. But of coarse the WEST can spent for the poor, Indians prefer to spent for the deities. For them the poor are animals.And I am stipulating that being now 5 years in India !!!

The Lord of Tirumala is the all-pervading Lord of the Universe.A large number of devotees-daily 30,000 on an average, visit the sacred shrine of Lord Venkateswara to pay their homage to Him.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams are in turn dedicated themselves to these devotees by providing facilities for darshan, accommodation as well as for sevas.The aim of the Devasthanams has always been to improve these facilities for making the pilgrimage a spiritual experience.