Balaji Temple of Ketkawle, is copy of the original

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple The Venkateswara Temple of Tirumala or Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the hills of Tirumala, Tirupati Urban Mandal in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is dedicated to Venkateswara, a for ...

located 60 km from

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. It is on Pune-Bangalore highway.

History

* This temple is a replica of the original Tirupati Temple located in Tirumala. * Everything is perfect copy of the idol, Sanctorum, wood work, priests are abode of the Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala. * The Venkateshwara charitable trust built the temple from 1996 to 2003. * Created by the V H Group spending 27 Crore Rs.

References

Mahesh Pathak
"Prati Balaji temple – Ketkawale near Pune"
''TrekBook India'', 23 May 2018 Hindu temples in Maharashtra Venkateswara temples {{India-Hindu-temple-stub