Tirumala venkateswara temple is a Hindu temple in the hill town of Tirumala, near Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra pradesh . the tirumal hill is 853 m above sea level and is about 10.33 square miles (27 km) in area. it comprises seven peaks, representing the seven heads of adisesha, thus earning the name seshachalam. the seven peaks are called seshadri, neeladri, garudadri, anjanadri, vrushabhadri, narayanadri, and venkatadri.
the temple is the richest pilgrimage center, after the sree padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, of any faith and the most-visited place of worship in the world. the temple is visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily (30 to 40 million people annually on average), while on special occasions and festivals, like the annual brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000 making it the most-visited holy place in the world.
the names ascribed to the main deity are balaji, srinivasa, venkateswara, edukondalavadu(lord of seven hills in Telugu) and venkatachalpathy or venkataramna. the goddess sri of lakshmi resides on the chest of venkateswara; thus he is also known by the epithet srinivasa
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