Chilkoor Balaji Temple

Chilkur Balaji Temple, popularly known as "Visa Balaji Temple'', is an ancient Hindu temple of Lord Balaji on the banks of Osman Sagar in Hyderabad. It is one of the oldest temples in Hyderabad built during the time of Madanna and Akkanna, the uncles of Bhakta Ramadas.[1]

Chilkoor Balaji Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DeityLord Venkateswara
Location
LocationChilkur Village, Gandipet, Hyderabad
StateTelangana
CountryIndia
Geographic coordinates17°21′30″N 78°17′55″E
Architecture
Completed14th century
Website
chilkurbalaji.com
Gopuram at Chilkur Temple

This temple has no hundi and neither accepts any money from devotees.[2] VAK Books also known as the Voice of Temples with religious news is available here. This is one of the special Temples in India with no green channel or privileges for VIP's.[3] The only other such temple is the Jalaram temple in Virpur (Rajkot), Gujarat. This temple fought and won the right to stay out of government control. The only another such temple is "Ramanuj Kot", a temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.[1]

Circumambulations

During a visit the devotee goes through the usual rituals of prayer, including 11 circumambulations of the inner shrine, and makes a vow. Once the wish is fulfilled devotees then walk 108 times around the sanctum sanctorum. The majority of wishes by devotees are visa related, thus Chilkur Balaji is also referred to as 'Visa' Balaji.[4] The 11 circumambulations represent the secret of creation — 11 means "1 soul and 1 body" — uniting both with devotion and full determination to fulfill wish, dedicate on the lord; there is no second, everything is god. In the 108 circumambulations, 1 represents the Existence, Almighty, God (Paramathma, Balaji in the minds of the devotee), 0 represents Creation (Illusionary World, Jagath) and 8 represents the time Human Body takes to come to this universe-8 months (Jivatma).

References
  1. TNN 17 Mar 2008, 01.10am IST (17 March 2008). "Chilkur temple weaves dress code". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. "Telangana / Hyderabad News : Autonomy granted to Chilkur Balaji temple". The Hindu. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. "Chilkur Balaji temple of Hyderabad gets fame as 'visa god' temple". news.biharprabha.com. ANI. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. Visa Temple, The Times of India, by Vamsee Juluri, 30 March 2006

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