Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala: Media
Hindu temple, Tirumala, India
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Standing on Venkata hill in Tirumala above Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, the Venkateswara...
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A Jain sculpture of Kubera from Varuna, Karnataka, India, c. 1050; in the Los Angeles...
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The gold-plated dome above the central shrine of the Venkateswara Temple is called...
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The face of Venkateswara, painted black and covered by a large sectarian tilak...
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The Statue of Equality (216 feet [66 meters] tall), depicting 11th-century social...
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Devotees at the Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala waiting, sometimes for many hours,...
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Devotees break coconuts and offer camphor at the large ever-burning lamps called...
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A family of devotees with shaved heads walking barefoot through the Venkateswara...
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Venkateswara Temple is known for its special laddus, an Indian sweet.
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