Tirumala Silathoranam Timings Routes History Visiting Details
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Tirumala Silathoranam Timings Routes History Visiting Details
We would not often identify Tirupati with anything other than temples, therefore it is interesting to hear that the temple is next to one of the world’s oldest and rarest geological structures, a natural stone arch.
Sila Thoranam roughly translates as “rock garland or festoon.” It is a natural stone arch that archaeologists discovered while digging a geological fracture in the region. This arch, located around 1.5 kilometres from the Venkateswara Temple, is naturally likened to the celestial snake Adishesha. Legends have lately sprouted around the area, with similarities drawn between the many rocks that make up the arch and the Lord’s conch, discus, and so on, spreading the notion that here is where the Lord entered Tirumala! Legends are born in this way!
However, the tales about the arch are perhaps more intriguing. The formation is pre-Cambrian in age and goes back millions of years. The rock’s age is considered to be over 2500 million years, while the arch’s age is estimated to be around 1500 million years!
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The Sila Thoranam is no longer a closely guarded secret. TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam) buses travel regularly to this location, and automobiles are also accessible from the temple. A garden has grown up around it, and it’s great to see that this unique landmark is being given the attention it deserves!
Tirumala Silathoranam Timings:
Sila Thoranam is open everyday from 7AM to 7 PM
Tirumala Silathoranam Routes:
Sila thoranam is located 2 kilometres from Tirumala Bus Station and 2.5 kilometres from Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple. This location is located on the road to Srivari Padalu. Because the Chakra Teertham is in the same compound, you should go there as well. There are various taxis accessible from the main temple to this location, both shared and private.
There are only two other places like this in the whole globe, according to legend. The other two are the Rainbow Arch in Utah, USA, and the Cut Through in the United Kingdom. The greatest time to see the arch is between 6 and 8 a.m. around dawn or sunset, when the Arch appears even more beautiful and mysterious in the light of the sun.
Mythology associated with the arch:
There are three variations of Sila thoranam, which is tied to Lord Venkateswara’s famed Tirumala highlands shrine.
According to one story, the arch resembles the hood of a snake, a conch (Sanskrit: Shank), and a discus (Sanskrit: chakra) – all Hindu religious symbols – and is said to be the source of Lord Venkateswara or Lord Balaji’s Idol at the Tirumala hill temple.
According to the second account, the main deity in the Tirumala temple is the same height as the arch.
The third version holds that Lord Vishnu, known as Balaji or Venkateswara (the central deity of the Sri Vaishnava tradition) at Tirumala temple town, is said to have placed his first foot at Padalu or Srivari Padalu (Divine foot prints), the highest point of Tirumala hills, and his second step at the location of the arch. The following step is said to have been put where his idol is presently worshipped in Tirumala’s shrine.
