Lord Venkateswara, with the financial gain of the temple, is really maintaining the University referred to as €The Venkateswara University' in which sciences and humanities square measure tutored. in addition, there is an €Oriental Manuscripts Library' at Tirupati, wherever research into ancient manuscripts is carried on. The Temple remains very active and live, and is maybe the richest temple in Andhra Desa, and maybe within the whole of india.
Tirupati lies within the thick of seven peaks or teams of hills within the jap Ghats vary, and lies within the North Latitude 13'41' and East line of longitude 79'24'. The jap Ghats chop up into variety of parallel ranges within the region south of the watercourse Krishna. The central cluster is named Nallamalais within the Kurnool District, and these meet the jap vary, round the cluster of hills at Tirupati. the highest of the Tirumala Hill is 2 thousand feet above water level, and the nice temple of Lord Srinivasa or Venkateswara, as he's otherwise referred to as, is on the highest of the height. The group of hills is additionally referred to as Seshachalam Hills and these seven peaks square measure same to represent the seven hoods of Lord Adisesha the king of serpents. The consort of Lord Srinivasa isn't with him on the highest of the hill, but is idolised at Alamelumangapuram, at the foot of the hills. The shrine of Lord Venkateswara stands over a ciuster of seven hills, that are said to make the Meruparvatha.

According to the legends, this temple may be a sacred place altogether the four yugas, and was referred to as Vrishabhachala within the Krithayuga, Anjanachala in the Tretayuga, Seshachala in the Dwaparayuga and Venkatachala in the gift Kaliyuga. there is a gorgeous legend that the seven Tirupati hills represent the seven heads of Adisesha, Ahobalam, wherever Lord Narasimha murthy is worshipped, representing the centre of Adisesha, and Srisailam representing the tail end of Adisesha.

One of the legends current at the temple is that a contest once arose between Adisesha, the God of serpents, and Vayu, and therefore the God of winds. Lord Vayu tried as a vicinity of the competition to blow out all the thousand peaks of Meru Parvata however Lord Adisesha covered them together with his thousand heads and guarded them. Lord Vayu being disappointed in his attempts to destroy the mount, insincere exhaustion, and interrupted his processing. Adisesha, thinking that each one was safe, raised his head, once Vayu another time blew out the peaks, one among that fell at the spot of Venkatachala or Tirupati. This stunning legend accounts for the connection of Tirupati hills with the Meru Parvata, tho' geographically they're somewhat distant.

The Sanskrit literature conception of the hills is that they represent the body of Adisesha on that Lord Hindu deity, the defender of the planet is alleged to rest. The seven hills of Tirupati square measure same to represent the seven hoods of Adisesha on that Venkata - chalapati dances, and Adisesha, together with his many coils, denotes limitless time as a cosmic construct.