The Temples of Tirupati – The innermost courtyard

This contains, in its southern part, a small open mantapa, the temple kitchen, a mantapa converted into rooms, the Kalyaruimantapa and the yagasala. There is a narrow open pillared mantapa on the west. There is a long pillared mantapa in the north, now walled and converted into rooms, and a small open mantapa. In the centre of this courtyard is the double shrine of Krishna or Pardiasarathi and GoVindarajasvami.

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