How to reach:
By Air: Tirupati Airport (39 km from Shri Venkateshwara Temple)
By Rail: Tirupati Railway Station (22 km from Shri Venkateshwara Temple)
Where to stay:
TTD Accomodation
Booking for Darshan and Accomodation:
Website for booking online: https://www.ttdsevaonline.com/
Registration: First the devotee needs to get registered with the above mentioned site. Apart from general details like Name, Address, DOB, Phone Number, devotee should have soft copy of photo and a photo id like Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Voter ID, Passport, Driving License, Ration Card.
Once the devotee is registered, he/she can do bookings. Please have ID details of the people for whom bookings are done along with yours.
Reviews:
Since this is one of the holiest places in India, a large number of people visit this place every year, every month and every day. Hence one should do online booking for Darshan and accommodation especially if you are visiting the shrine with older people. We only had Darshan booking (eSpecial Entry Darshan) as the accommodation was booked till the time we checked accommodation availability for booking. Our booking was for 11am Darshan and we reported at 10am at the mentioned location.
We booked a cab from Renigunta Railway Station for 1 day excursion including visit to Shri Venkateshwara temple, Shri Govind Raja Swamy Temple and Shri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple and back to station for catching our next train.
The temple complex is huge. We visited Shri Varaswamy temple before visiting Shri Venkateshwara temple as it is believed that Lord Vishu took permission from Shri Varahswamy before taking abode on hills, hence people follow this order during their visit to Shri Venkateshwara temple.
eSpecial Entry Darshan ticket costs INR 300 per person and includes 2 prasad ladoo with it along with darshan. One can collect the prasad after darshan by showing the ticket.
Visited in June 2015