The word Tirupati means the Lord of Lakshmi and the word Tirumalai means Load of Highness in Tamil. Tirumalai is called as Tirumala in Telugu.
Tirumala tilt is 3200 ft over sea level. It comprises seven peaks, in place of the seven hoods of Adisesha, correspondingly earning the name, Seshachalam. The seven peaks are called Seshadri, Vedadri, Garudadri, Anjandri, Vrishabhadri, Narayandri and Venkatadri (Adri in sanskrit means Bank).
Ode Moment of Tirumala Hills (The Seven Deified Hills)
Lord Venkateswara is referred in Vedas, Tirupati is restrained as Kaliyuga Vaikuntha (Paradise on the earth). The Tirumala hills are the world's update oldest take the stones out of mountains.
The venkatam tilt is supposed to be a part of the space increase meru brought to the earth from vaikuntam by Garuda (Lord's automobile), say the puranas. The Hills are expected to be a explanation of Adi Sesha (the gigantic serpent). The Seven hills of the Tirumala are the expected to intend the seven hoods of Adi Sesha.
The sacred temple of Sri Venkateswara is located on the seventh peak, Venkatdri and present-day are many legends associated with the explanation of the lord in Tirumala. The memorial of the lord is very ancient and present-day are overweight references to it in the embryonic inscriptions belonging to the Chola and Pallava periods as well in the Sangam literature.
Tirupati survived the Muslim invasions of South India, not the same other temples such as the Meenakshi temple in Madurai and Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam. It is supposed that from beginning to end the invasions the deity of Sriranganatha from Srirangam was brought to Tirupati for trust. To scratch this justification, a hall in Tirupati is quiet recurring as the Ranganatha mandapa.