-: Chilkur Balaji Temple

The Balaji Temple is located at Chilkur Village in the Hyderabad district. It is 33 Kms away from Mehedipatnam.

The best way to reach chilkur Balaji temple is, if you have your own vehicle then it becomes easy. If you go by bus, then the best route is to reach Mehedipatnam. The frequency of buses to Mehedipatnam is high from almost all parts of the city. So your travel becomes easy if you reach Mehedipatnam.Public transport is easily available from Mehedipatnam to chilkur. Approximately 75,000 to 1,00,000 devotees visit in a week. Devotees throng to this place especially on holidays.

First time when I visited there, I was thrilled to see the arrangements here like avoiding hundi, dakshina etc. The nice concept is implemented in darshan of the lord Balaji, is that all people must stand in queue with discipline.

It is really good. I hope all temples in India need to be like chilkur temple.

sri balaji at chilkur is very powerful god. In this temple all are equal and everyone follows it systematically.

The History behind this temple goes like this.A devotee who used to visit Tirupati every year could not do so on one occasion due to ill-health. Lord Venkateshwara appeared in his dream and said, "I am right here in the jungle nearby. You don't have to worry." The devotee at once moved to the place indicated by the Lord in the dream and saw a molehill there, which he dug up. Accidentally, the axe struck Lord Balaji's idol covered by the mole- hill below the chin and on the chest, and surprisingly blood started flowing from the wounds, flooding the ground. The devotee could not believe his eyes when he saw this. Suddenly he could not believe his ears also when he heard a voice from the air, which said, Flood the mole- hill with cow's milk. When the devotee did so, a Swayambhu idol of Lord Balaji accompanied by Sridevi and Bhoodevi (a rare combination) was found, and this idol was installed with the due rites and a temple built for it.

This temple is also popularly known as Visa Temple because many devotees come here with the wish of going abroad.

It's customary to go around the temple (known as pradakshina) eleven times and pray to god for a specific wish. Once this wish comes true, the devotee has to go again and take 108 pradakshinas.

Chilkur Balaji temple is one of the most famous temples in Hyderabad

There is a Shiva temple in the complex.