been passed from the Tamil-majority Madras State to the majority-Telugu Andhra State ,Tirumalai is now officially known as Tirumala History : The Sangam literature of Tamil such as Silapadikaram and Satanar's Manimekalai , dated between 500 B.C to 300 A.D, mentions Tiruvengadam (now named Tirupati) as the northernmost frontier of the