A first: Documentary to give inside view of Tirupati temple

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 26

National Geographic India for the first time has made a film giving inside glimpses of the TirumalaTirupati temple under the title — “Inside TirumalaTirupati”. The premier show of the film is scheduled for Monday at 9 pm on National Geographic Channel.

The temple is considered to be one of most revered among the Hindu pilgrim destination and the temple administration never ever allowed anybody to take camera inside before the national capital-based based award-winning documentary film-maker Rajendra Srivathsa Kondapalli was permitted to shoot the film.

According to an official release by the film-maker, the documentary exclusively offers a journey into what the faithful believe is the spiritual home of Sri VenkateswaraSwamy, the benevolent form of the Hindu god Vishnu.

“While most pilgrims wait in line for hours for a fleeting glimpse of the deity, this film allows viewers to experience the temple and its surroundings like an insider would, including getting a front-row seat to witness the spectacular annual celebration of Brahmostavam – an event that attracts such massive crowds that it makes the Tirumala temple one of the most visited Hindu pilgrimages in the world,” it said.

The film, as it is claimed, takes viewers inside the most memorable experiences, presenting the magnificent sanctum and its setting through time-lapse and hyper-lapse photography. “We walk alongside devotees who scale the Seshachalam or Seven Hills on foot to reach the hilltop temple for a coveted spiritual sighting of Lord VenkateshwaraSwamy,” said the director of the film.