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An illustration of a south Indian gopuram, standing for Chilkur Balaji Temple

Vaishnava · Ranga Reddy, Telangana

Chilkur Balaji Temple

Venkateswara with Sridevi and Bhudevi, worshipped by walking the prakaram

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The temple in short

Deity
Venkateswara with Sridevi and Bhudevi, worshipped by walking the prakaram
Where
Ranga Reddy, Telangana · 17.36N 78.30E
Usual hours
6 am – 1 pm, 3 pm – 8 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Guru Sukran
Visited for
The temple that takes no money and keeps no hundi: eleven rounds for the wish and a hundred and eight when it is granted. Students and travellers walk it before setting out.
Kept for Jupiter and Venus, 2 of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.

Where it is

Chilkur Balaji Temple, Ranga Reddy, Telangana. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

Others within reach

Nearest first, by straight-line distance

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.