'Tirupathis'. Since Tirumalai and Tirupathi have been passed from the Tamil-majority Madras State to the majority-Telugu Andhra State , Tirumalai is now officially known as Tirumala . [ edit ] History The Sangam literature of Tamil such as Silapadikaram and Satanar's Manimekalai , dated between 500 B.C to 300 A.D, mentions