page_title: Chikka Tirupati
section_title: Worship practices and festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Chikka Tirupati / Worship practices and festivals
caption_attribution_description: English: Chikka Tirupathi
context_page_description: Chikka Tirupati is a religious place having Venkateshwaraswamy temple. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. It is located in Chikka Tirupathi hobli of Malur Taluk, in the outskirts of Bengaluru in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is considered similar to the Tirupathi Venkateswara temple. Vishnu is worshipped as Venkateshwara and his consort Lakshmi as Alamelumangamma.
  The temple is open from 6.30 am to 7:30 pm and has four daily rituals at various times of the day. The Brahmotsava, the major festival, is celebrated annually during Shravana Shaniwaara during which the festival images of the presiding deities are taken in a parade around the streets of the temple in a chariot.
  An interesting part of this lord Venkateshwara idol is that it is an Abhayahastha whereas in Tirupathi at Andhra Pradesh, Lord's hand is showing downwards. Hence this is considered to be special.
  Visitors can continue their holy travel towards Kolar where they can have good time in visiting Koti Lingas, Mulabagilu, Antharagange much more.
context_section_description: The temple priests perform the pooje (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. As at other Vishnu temples in the nearby state Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Vaishnavaite community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed four times a day: Ushathkalam at 8 a.m., Kalasanthi at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 7:00 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: alankaara (decoration), neivedhya (food offering) and deepa aradane (waving of lamps) for both Venkateshwara and his consort Alamelumanga. During the worship, religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text) are recited by priests, and worshippers prostrate themselves in front of the temple mast. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple.
  The temple is considered holy as the Tirupathi Venkateswara temple and devotees from other states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu visit the temple. As of November 2012, the temple had an annual revenue of ₹1 crore. The Brahmotsavam, the major festival, is celebrated annually during Shravana Shaniwara during which the festival images of the presiding deities are taken in a parade around the streets of the temple in a chariot.
caption: Image of the shrine around the sanctum
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