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Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati
One of the world's richest temples and oldest shrines, dedicated to Lord Venkateswara on Venkatadri hill.
Vinayaka Chavithi falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Chittoor district and the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Called Vinayaka Chavithi. Clay idols, the 21-leaf puja and undrallu are central. Community mandapams run for days, the Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad being the largest and drawing the biggest immersion procession.
The regional form observed across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
31 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
39 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Chittoor — Andhra Pradesh, 31 મંડળો, 827 ગામો (—). વસ્તી: 41,74,064 (વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011) · — km². Chittoor ના સૌથી મોટા ગામો: Venkatagirikota (12,803, Venkatagirikota મંડળ), Karvetinagar (12,031, Karvetinagar મંડળ), Gollapalle (9,452, Bangarupalem મંડળ).
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Tirupati temple, one of India's richest and most visited pilgrimage sites, attracts millions of devotees annually.
One of the world's richest temples and oldest shrines, dedicated to Lord Venkateswara on Venkatadri hill.
Historic 16th-century fort built by the Nayak rulers with panoramic views of surrounding plains.
Ancient Shiva temple famous for its architecture and spiritual significance in the southern region.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Chittoor district.
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