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Tradition says
Vishnu is held to have come to Tirumala at the onset of the Kali Age to remain close to his worshippers, on Narada's direction.
Historians say
The principal temple, on the seventh peak of the Seshachalam range at around 853 m, on the southern bank of the Swami Pushkarini. Two circumambulation paths - Sampangi and Vimana. Over a thousand inscriptions on its walls in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit.