ISCKON,Tirupati

Iskon is located at a distance of 3 km from Railway station,Tirupati.It was in the year 1974-75; His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada made a visit to Tirupati-Tirumala as a special guest of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. During his stay at Tirumala, Srila Prabhupada was extremely pleased to have Darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara. He was also pleased to see hundreds and thousands of pilgrimage devotees visiting the divine place daily.

Karvetinagaram

Karvetinagaram is near puttur at a distance of 58 km from Tirupati. The temple here is dedicated to Lord VenuGopalaSwamy with Rukmini and Satyabama. This was maintained by the Narayanavanam rulers in the olden days. It also houses a shrine with monolithic idols of Sita, Rama, Lakshmana and Anjaneya.

Appalayagunta

The Lord  Prasanna Venkateswara swamy is located at Appalayagunta, 15 km from Tirupati. Festivals like Brahmotsavam are being celebrated on a grand scale. The idols of Goddess Padmavathi and Sri Andal are also seen in the ancient temple. The temple is constructed by the Rajas of Karvetinagaram consists of shrine for Anjaneya. The imposing mammoth image of the wind-god is worshipped by devotees for relief from ‘Chronic diseases’.

Nagalapuram

The scared temple dedicated to Lord Veda Narayana Swamy is situated here. Nagalapuram is about 65 kms , south east of Tirupati. However its centre ofattraction is the temple Sri Vedanarayana swamyTemple which is fine specimen of the Vijayanagara style. The sanctum sanctorum houses an image of the matsyavataram form of Vishnu accompanied by Sri Devi  Bhudevi on either side.

Sun worship is an important aspect of this temple. Every year in the month of March the rays of the Sun pass through the Gopuram entrance for 3 days and fall on the idol in the sanctum and this is considered as an act of adoaration by the Sun. The temple is said to have been constructedby Sri Krishna DevaRaya , the vijayanagara emperor at the behest of his mother. 

Narayanavanam

Narayanavanam is a small town about 22 kms south east of Tirupati. A shrine dedicated to Kalyana Venkateswara is located here. Puranas and legends claim that lord Venkateswara married Padmavathi Devi, the daughter of Akasa Raja, at this hallowed place and that to commemorate this great event, Akasa raja built the Temple.

Srinivasa Mangapuram

Srinivasa Mangapuram, a small village, is 12 kms to the east of Tirupati. Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy temple is located South-east of this village. Legends say that Lord Venkateswara after his marriage with Padmavathi Devi stayed her for some time before proceeding to Tirumala . In srinivasa mangapuram there is way to Tirumala known as srivari Mettu , which is very shortest footway to Tirumala. According to puranas Lord has reached Tirumala after his marriage along with Padmavathi Devi through this footway. The shrine was renovated by Talapakka Chinna Tiruvengatanatha in the 16^thcentury .It is now under the Archaeological Department of India. Around the Srinivasa mangapuram there is a entrance for Chandra giri Fort, which was built by Vijayanagara emperors.

Alemelumangapuram (Tiruchanur)

Tiruchanur, also known as Alamelu Mangapuram, located about 5 kms from Tirupati is also known as ancient sacred place. The temple of Sri Padmavathi Devi, the consort of Lord Venkateswara is situated in this place. It is said that the visit to Tirumala is fruitful only after a visit to sri Padmavathi DeviTemple at Tiruchanur. Therefore after visiting the temples at Tirumala  and Tirupati , the piligrims proceed to Tiruchanur to worship Goddess Padmavathi Devi. The sacred tank adjoining the Padmavathi Devi Temple is called Padma Sarovar. The legend is that the goddess revealed herself on a lotus in the sacred tank.