Know Bala Ji

There are as many as 330 million deities in Hindu religion but most significant are the ‘Avatars’ of Trinity - ‘Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva’. In a Hindu scripture called Sri Varah Purana’, is mentioned about the Deity Sri Venkateshwara Swami who was the re-incarnation of Lord Vishnu of the 'Trinity’. Lord Venkateshwara Swami is more commonly known as Bala ji or Tirupati Balaji. In fact, one can even say that he is loved by the followers and devotees as Balaji. Legend goes that Lord Vishnu took an Avatar in form of Venkateshwara Balaji on the request of ‘Naradji’, the saint to destroy the sins of human-beings in Kalyug.

Balaji dwells in the ‘Venkatam’ hills near ‘Tirupathi’. The temple there called ‘Tirupati Balaji’ witnesses no less than 30,000 devotees each day coming for the ‘Darshan’ and to pay homage to Lord Bala ji. The famous temple is considered to be one of the wealthiest temples across the world. It is said that a secret donation of 50 gold bricks worth 1,100 crore rupees was dropped in front of Tirupati Balaji temple by a devotee. Such is the faith of devotees on Balaji. Tirupati Balaji is situated in the Chittoor district of Sothern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Chilkur Balaji temple in Hyderabad is also very popular. It is also called the Visa temple because of the belief that devotees looking for approvals of visas should pay their homage to the deity here and Lord Bala ji will bless them so that they get their much-wanted Visas... This Temple is also known as the Visa BalajiTemple. Devotees have such a great faith in the Visa temple that around 1 lakh devotees visit here every week.

Hindu God ‘Hanuman’ is also known as Bala ji in some parts of the country. He is considered to shield his devotees and save them from the evil and negative mystic powers. ‘Mehndipur Balaji’ temple in Rajasthan is where Lord Hanuman resides in his Balaji form. Many mentally unwell people are brought here under the shade of Lord Balaji so that he saves them from the evil spirits and magical powers.