Three new temples of Lord Balaji coming up in Amaravati, Raipur and Gandhinagar

Lord Balaji is the world's richest God and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam TTD is fanning out to other parts of the country with temples of Lord Balaji temples and Balaji Bhavans. The TTD has decided to construct temples dedicated to Lord Sri Venkateswara (also called Lord Sri Balaji) in Andhra Pradesh's proposed capital Amaravati, apart from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur and Gujarat capital Gandhinagar.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 2 October 2015.

The work on Lord Balaji temples is currently underway in Kurushetra, Delhi and Kanyakumari. The TTD, which manages the world's richest temple in Tirumala, already runs Sri Balaji temples and Balaji Bhavans in Chennai, Bangalore and Hardwar.
TTD wants to increase its reach and the governments of Chhattisgarh and Gujarat have agreed to donate land for the proposed temples. Other states like Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim have earmarked parcels of land in state capital cities.
The requirement of land is five to seven acres and, once the state government hands over the land, TTD will begin work – it will bear the entire cost of the project.
Right now, an average of 50,000 pilgrims visit Tirumala every day and, this goes up to one lakh during weekends and holidays Therefore, the proposed temples will be of great help to the devotees, who cannot make it to Tirumala for the darshan.
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