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So you can plan this Pilgrimage by 3 ways.
- Your own Vehicle
- KSRTC Tirupati Package
- By booking a bus from KSRTC/APSRTC Website or you can choose the local vehicle
Note: Dress code for the Male: Shirt/Kurta/T-shirt and Dhoti/Lungi Female: Saree/Suite
Your Own Vehicle: So, you need to start around 11 O’clock at night from Bangalore for the Tirupati Darshan.
Here you have the purchase a Special Entry ticket in advance 30 days before your pilgrimage, if you want early Darshan the next Morning else you need to wait in queue for 6 Hours to 24 Hours. For booking the special entry ticket you can use this link or if you need any accommodation for all the bookings you can use this link else you don’t need any special entry then you can plan for this Pilgrimage any day.
https://tirupatibalaji.ap.gov.in/#/login
It will take around 5 Hour to reach Tirupati so, first if you are planning to take bath directly on sapatgiri Hill then try to reach around 6 O’clock morning to the Thirumala and park your vehicle. Before entering to the Thirumala your vehicle and your luggage will pass the security check and then only you can proceed for the Thirumala. Or (if you are planning to visit Sri Padamavathi Temple is a temple dedicated to Padmavathi, the wife of Venkateshwara, situated at Tiruchanur which is 5 km from Tirupati.) Then you need to take bath near to Tirupati Bus stand or railway station and then first resume your journey towards “Padamavathi Darshan” and then resume your journey for the Lord Venkateshwara Darshan.
(You will get here 1 Laddoo as prasad if you need more you can purchase from the Laddoo counter)
On top of hill “Kalyan Kantapa “facility is available based on the people’s wishes; people are bald here. After baled need to take a bath and you need to put your all belonging in the locker after you that you can proceed to the Lord’s Darshan else you can keep your all Belongings in your own vehicle.
After Lord Venkateshwara Darshan you will get prasad as Laddoo and if you need more Laddoo you can purchase from the Laddoo counter.
If you want to taste the local food the Tirupati city you can try the below restaurant and you can see my reviews Southern Spice https://goo.gl/maps/fnU1TZBEB7rK6LrZ6
Note: Using any facility of the Thirumala Trust, you don’t have to pay anything.
KSRTC Package: Book your ticket 7 days in advance from the below website
https://ksrtc.in/oprs-web/ and you will get your ticket over email or SMS. On the day of the journey, you will get BUS and driver details half an hour before your journey time. BUS is a mini sleeper, and they will provide a blanket and sometimes a water bottle.
Mostly journey will start night 11 O’clock and it will reach next morning 4 O’clock to the hotel and KSRTC will handover you to the APSRTC guide. Here you will get the 30 Minutes to take bath and morning fresh. Before resuming your journey APSRTC guide will give you special Darshan entry and guide will take you first at Padamavathi Temple after Darshan of Devi they will take you by same bus to the APSRTC BUS stand and here you need to board on the APSRTC bus service and will go for the security checkpoint. From the security checkpoint it will take 40 minutes to reach the top of the hill here Guide will ask to have breakfast in the APSRTC lounge and here only you need to hand over your belongings to the guide who will take of your mobile and other items. (If someone has wish to baled out then Guide will take him to the Kalyan Kanta for the spiritual activity). After having breakfast around 8 O’clock guide will leave us at the Special entry Darshan and here get will open around 9 O’clock in the morning for the Special entry. You have to cross 3 security checkpoints before reaching the temple. It will take a minimum of 1 an hour the in the queue and after that finally, you will get the Darshan of the “Lord Venkateshwara” and after that take a tour inside the temple if you want to donate anything you can put it in the “ Dan/Dakshin Hoodie”. take your prasad and thank the lord and take a small tour of the campus or you can go for the local purchase and around 1 O’clock again you need to reach the same APSRTC lounge for the lunch and after that guide will take you down to the hill station and handover to the KSRTC bus. On the same day, you will reach Bangalore around 7 O’clock evening.
By booking bus from KSRTC/APSRTC Website or you can choose the local vehicle : You need to book your bus ticket AC/Non-AC from there website https://www.apsrtconline.in/oprs-web// or https://ksrtc.in/oprs-web/ choose your date and bus type, bus fare AC 600/ Non-AC 300 and board on the date of the journey. You will get a ticket over email and SMS. On the day of the journey, you will get the BUS number and driver’s mobile number and they also inform you before reaching your pickup point.
Here you have the purchase a Special Entry ticket in advance 30 days before your pilgrimage, if you want early Darshan the next Morning else you need to wait in queue for 6 Hours to 24 Hours. For booking the special entry ticket you can use this link or if you need any accommodation for all the bookings you can use this link else you don’t need any special entry then you can plan for this Pilgrimage any day.
https://tirupatibalaji.ap.gov.in/#/login
The bus will take 5 hours to reach the Tirupati BUS stand and from here you need to go with APSRTC BUS service and bus only runs from the Tirupati bus stand to the Thirumala Bus stand and the BUS fare is 75/Person INR.
APSRTC bus service will go to the security checkpoint. From the security checkpoint, it will take 40 minutes to reach the top of the hill. If you wish you can go for the baled out or you can take bath here and proceed the submit your belongings to the counter and you can go for the queue or if you have a special entry ticket you can go for the special Darshan. Special entry Darshan and here get will open around 9 O’clock in the morning for the Special entry. You have to cross 3 security checkpoints before reaching the temple. It will take a minimum of 1 an hour the in the queue and after that finally, you will get the Darshan of the “Lord Venkateshwara” and after that take a tour inside the temple if you want to donate anything you can put it in the “ Dan/Dakshin Hoodie”. take your prasad and thank the lord and take a small tour of the campus or you can go for the local purchase. At your convenience, you can come down for the return journey.