Chilkur Balaji Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Lord Venkateswara
Location
Location	Chilkur Village,Gandipet,Ranga Reddy District,Telangana
State	Telangana
Country	India
Shown within Hyderabad
Coordinates	17°21′30″N78°17′55″E / 17.35833°N 78.29861°E /17.35833; 78.29861
Architecture
Completed	14th century
Website
chilkurbalaji.com

Chilkur Balaji Temple is an ancientHindu temple ofLord Balaji on the banks ofOsman Sagar inRangareddy District inTelangana. It is one of the oldest temples in theHyderabad Dist earlier now in Rangareddy Dist, built during the time ofMadanna and Akkanna, the uncles ofBhakta Ramadas.^[1]

C.S. Rangarajan is the current head priest of the Chilkur Balaji Devasthanam.^[2] The temple has nohundi and does not accept any money from devotees.^[3] The temple also has no green channel or privileges for VIPs.^[4] The only other such Hindu temples are the Jalaram temple in Virpur (Rajkot), Gujarat and "Ramanuj Kot", a temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.^[1] This temple fought and won the right to stay out of government control.^[3]

During a visit the devotee goes through the usual rituals of prayer, including 11circumambulations of the inner shrine, and makes a vow. Once the wish is fulfilled devotees then walk 108 times around the sanctum sanctorum. The majority of wishes by devotees arevisa related, thus Chilkur Balaji is also referred to as 'Visa' Balaji.^[5][6]

• Official site
• Chilukur Balaji Temple
• Chilkur Balaji Temple Timings
• Chilkur Balaji Temple Information

• 14th-century establishments in India
• 14th-century Hindu temples
• Hindu temples in Hyderabad, India
• Hindu pilgrimage sites in India
• Venkateswara temples
• Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, India

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