Tirupati

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city pilgrimage centre

Tirupati is a major pilgrimage city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, best known for the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu and revered as one of Hinduism’s holiest sites.

Aliases (1)

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → pilgrimage centre →
airportType	domestic airport →
annualPilgrimFootfall	millions of devotees →
climate	tropical wet and dry climate →
connectedBy	air → rail → road →
consideredOneOf	holiest pilgrimage sites in Hinduism →
country	India →
deityWorshippedAtTirumala	Vishnu → surface form: "Lord Vishnu" Vishnu → surface form: "Venkateswara"
district	Tirupati district →
economicActivity	hospitality industry → religious services → tourism →
educationalInstitution	Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam → Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences → Sri Venkateswara University →
elevation	approximately 161 metres →
famousFor	Tirupati → surface form: "Tirumala Venkateswara Temple"
formerDistrict	Chittoor district →
governingBody	Tirupati Municipal Corporation →
hasAirport	Tirupati Airport →
hasRailwayStation	Tirupati railway station →
hasUrbanAgglomerationStatus	yes →
knownFor	laddu prasadam from Tirumala temple →
locatedIn	southeastern India →
locatedInTimeZone	IST →
majorFestival	Brahmotsavam → Brahmotsavam → surface form: "Rathotsavam" Vaikunta Ekadasi →
majorHighway	National Highway 71 → National Highway 716 →
majorTempleManagingBody	Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams →
municipalCorporationStatus	2012 →
nearbyHillRange	Seshachalam Hills →
nearbyHillTown	Tirumala →
nearbyWildlifeSanctuary	Sri Venkateswara National Park →
nickname	Spiritual capital of Andhra Pradesh →
officialLanguage	Telugu →
otherSpokenLanguage	English → Hindi → Tamil →
region	Rayalaseema →
religiousSignificance	major Hindu pilgrimage centre →
state	Andhra Pradesh →
utcOffset	+5:30 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	AP →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tirupati → famousFor → Tirupati →

this entity surface form: "Tirumala Venkateswara Temple"

Hinduism → hasSacredGeography → Tirupati →

Andhra Pradesh → majorCity → Tirupati →

Sriharikota → nearbyCity → Tirupati →