TIRUPATI URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - TIRUPATHI ...

Tirupathi Urban Development Authority
SECTION 2
INTRODUCTION
2.1 Tirupati
Tirupati is a sacred place of pilgrimage and is situated at a height of 500 feet above the
mean sea level in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Tirupati is famous for the temple of
Lord Venkateswara, which is the richest shrine in the Hindu world and is the second
richest religious shrine after Vatican. It is an important pilgrimage place with pilgrims
climbing several hills to arrive at the hilltop town of Tirumala where the famous temple is
situated. It is estimated that more that 50,000 people visit the temple everyday
Tirupati city is the seat of the administration of Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam’s
management as several of its offices are located here. It derives its importance and
growth mainly due to its location as a pilgrim centre. It has also grown up as an important
centre of education with the location of Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Padmavathi
Mahila University, N.G. Ranga Agriculture University, Veterinary, Medical and several
engineering and educational colleges.
The population of Tirupati city is 227,657 (2001 census) spread over an area of 16.28
square kilometers. Tirupati city is easily accessible by train and road. Renigunta junction
on the way to Tirupati is on the Mumbai-Raychur-Chennai broad gauge line. It is also
connected to the capitals of three southern states by road. It is about 580 kilometers from
Hyderabad; 137 kilometers from Chennai and 248 kilometers from Bangalore. The district
headquarter Chittoor is about 69 kilometers south-west of Tirupati.
2.2 Project
Tirupati being one of the most visited holy places in entire India requires a huge
supplementary infrastructure to provide a better and superior tourism and religious
experience to the tourists.
TUDA has the freehold rights over land of about 140 acres at Surappakasam village,
near Gazulamandyam, approx 9 km from Tirupati city. A site map is given in Exhibit 11.
Tirupati Urban Development Authority now plans to develop an Integrated Tourism
Temple Township, over this land, with state of the art infrastructure designed to support
the tourist population of Tirupati along with world class four-star hotel, commercial space,
community hall, prayer complex, entertainment malls, dormitories, combined with
luxurious residential neighborhoods woven throughout the area, providing the best in
tourist enjoyment and living environment. A road of 3 kms connecting the Integrated
Tourism Temple Township to the highway at an estimated cost of Rs 6 crores would also
be required to be built by the developer.
Request For Proposal
Development of Integrated Tourism Temple Township on Public Private Partnership Basis
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