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The Tirumala Venkateshwara temple is 3200 ft above sea level, and is about 10.33 sq miles in area. It comprises seven peaks, representing the seven hoods of Adisesha, thus earning the name, Seshachalam. The seven peaks are called Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrishabhadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri. It is around 500 km (310 mi) from Hyderabad, India  where my parents stay. Legend has it that anyone visiting this temple will be cleansed of all their sins. Since my childhood we have visited this temple once every few years and the last time I had visited here was in 2007, Learn about the temple at the website of the temple : http://www.tirumala.org/maintemple_about.htm The Wikipedia page of the Tirumala Venkateshwara temple   provides a interesting read. Some points of interest from the wikipedia page: Most visited temple with over 30-40 million visitors a year Second richest pilgrimage center  in the world ( just moved to 2nd place after t...