Chikka Tirupathi

Chikka Tirupathi

Chikka Tirupathi is a mini version of Tirupathi. A legend attached to this place is that Agni, the god of fire, hurts the Serpent God “Takshaka” when he is burning the herb jungles.

Lord Takshaka is angered by this and in-turn curses Agni that Agni will lose its ‘tej’. And so Agni goes to Lord Krishna who suggests that the only way he can get the ‘tej’ back is by pleasing Lord Vishnu. Agni performs a penance and succeeds in pleasing Lord Vishnu. As part of the penance he constructs a temple for Lord Venkateswara at Chikka Tirupathi and the idol came to be known as ‘Prasanna Venkateshwara swamy’.

An inscription says that a Chola king named Janmajaya also visited the temple in 11th century.

How to reach Cikka Tirupathi temple:

Bangalore> Marthahalli> Whitefield> Hope Farm cross> Channasandra> Saniatamallasandra> Ettukodi> Kalkunte Agrahara> Chikka Tirupathi.

Cikka Tirupathi Temple timings:

Open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm without a break.

Cikka Tirupathi temple address:

Sri Prasanna Venkateshwara Temple

Chikka Thirupathi, Karnataka - 563 156


Below photos taken - July 2016