Sri Venkateswara temple received offerings worth Rs 112 crore in February this year from more than 19 lakh devotees. Over 2.1 million devotees visited Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala during the month of January.
Temple reports billions in wealth
The temple budget is estimated at Rs 5142 crore for the year 2024-2025 with slight increase of previous year’s Rs 5123 crore. The temple has earmarked Rs 2500 crore annually for salaries and material supply only.
India’s richest Venkateswara Swami temple reported an astonishing set of wealth consisting of 10.3 tonnes of gold deposits in nationalised banks and a cash deposit of ₹15,938 crores ($1.94 billion). The total worth of temple assets has been pegged at ₹2.26 lakh crore ($27.56 billion).