Jammu: The Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, famously known as the Tirupati Balaji temple, situated in Jammu is going to be inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday through video conferencing.
Located amid the scenic Shivalik forests in Majeen, the temple falls on the route between Jammu and Katra, where the Vaishno Devi temple is also located. The temple has been built on a 62-acre land at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore.
If records are to go by, the temple is also set to become one of the largest temples in the Jammu region, and will likely boost religious and pilgrimage tourism in the union territory.
While inspecting the temple in Jammu, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) chairman YV Subba Reddy added that the system and practice followed in Tirumala will be followed here as well.
Also, the temple’s construction is part of a broader initiative by the TTD to establish multiple Balaji temples across the country.
If reports are to go by, the TTD is building Balaji Temples all across the country, so that those who are unable to visit the Tirupati Balaji Temple in Andhra Pradesh can visit these temples in other cities.
The Jammu temple will be the sixth Balaji Temple constructed outside of Andhra Pradesh, with the TTD having previously built temples in Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Delhi, and Bhubaneswar.
