Tirupati replica in Kurukshetra

With 20 million visitors per year,it is regarded as the most visited shrine in the world. Now to cope with the huge pilgrim rush,the Tirumala temple authorities of Tirupati,Andhra Pradesh,will set up a new shrine at Kurukshetra in Haryana. This will be the first full-fledged temple of Lord Venkateshwara outside Andhta by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

A meeting took place between Adikeshavulu Naidu,TTD chairman,and Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Delhi on Thursday. The Haryana government has agreed to give five acres of land free of cost to TTD at Kurukshetra.

Tirumala is the richest shrine in the world. Two years ago,it had overtaken Vatican in terms of donations and earnings.

The Kurukshetra temple is expected to come up in three years time and will be an exact replica of the famous Lord Venkateshwara shrine. “We will depict the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu in this temple. Just like Tirupati,Lord Balaji will be in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Kurukshetra is a place of religious significance. It is the land of the Mahabharta,the place where Lord Krishna gave his Gita message,” said Naidu.