7 interesting miracles of tirupati balaji

Whenever you visit South India, you would most probably hear the name of Tirupati
Balaji temple. In this post, I will tell you about Tirupati Balaji and some amazing miracles of him. 
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This temple is one of the wealthiest and popular temples of India. Tirupati Balaji is a very famous temple located in the hill town of Tirumala in Chitoor District in
the state of Andhra Pradesh. 
This temple is known for its richness and uniqueness. It is a Vaishnava Temple which is dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara which is a form of Lord Vishnu.

This temple is so special that it has been referred to as the present Vaikuntha of Kaliyuga.

It is said that Lord Vishnu himself incarnated as Venkateshwar and presided in this town.

This temple is the second richest temple of India. It has assets worth over 320 crores in rupees, which is almost 3.2 billions.

Over 50,000 to 1,00,000 people visit this temple on a daily basis. While on special functions, the visitors shoot up to 5,00,000. This temple gets donations of almost 650 crores annually. 

7 Amazing facts about Tirupati Balaji

Secret of an unknown village
For the worship of the deity housed in the Temple, the flowers, clarified butter, milk, butter-milk, holy leaves and more such accessories are sourced from a secret village located about twenty-two kilometers away from Tirupati Balaji. This little village has never been seen or visited by any other person except its own local villagers.

The Vigraham is not in the centre
The vigraha of Lord Venkateshwar placed can appear to be kept in the center of the sanctum sanctorum, but technically, it is not. The vigraha is actually placed in the right hand corner of the Garbha-Gruha.

Real hair of Balaji
The hair worn by Lord Balaji is silky, smooth, and absolutely real! The story behind those real locks is very interesting. Once, Lord Balaji, during his regime on earth, lost some of his hair in an unexpected accident. A Gandharva Princess named Neela Devi came to know of this incident, and cut a portion of her hair. She offered those chopped hair of her to the deity and requested him to plant them on his head. Pleased with her devotion, the god accepted this kind offering of her. He promised that whoever visits his temple and sacrifices his/her hair at his feet will be blessed. Ever since, it has been a tradition among the devotees to shave their head off in the temple before or after their desires are fulfilled.

Sea waves behind Lord Balaji’s idol
You may want to hear to believe, but a fact about this temple is that the sound of the enormous sea waves can be heard if one puts his/her ear on the back of the deity’s vigraha housed in the shrine.

Perpetual lit lamps
The light of a devotee’s heart for his Lord never gets extinguished, so does the earthen lamps placed before the vigraha of the deity in the sanctum sanctorum of the Temple. There are no reliable records about the time when these lamps were lit.

Venkateswara Swamy had once appeared in real 

In the 19th century, the King of this region imposed death sentence on twelve people for committing a heinous crime. The twelve of them were hung by their necks until death. After the death, the body of the criminals were left hanging on the walls of the Tirupati temple. It was at that time the god had himself appeared.

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