Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

Incorporated in 1932 as an act of the then Madras Presidency, The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams was formed as a religious organization meant to administer the rituals, day to day administration, and supervisory responsibilities of the Vaishnava Temples in Tirumala, Tirupati, and Tiruchanur to start with. Later on in 1967, the Temple in Srinivasamangapuram, Narayanavanam, Nagalapuram were added. In 1980s, The temples in Karvetinagaram, and Appalayagunta were added as the organization's revenues also grew. Today, the TTD (as it is affectionately called) is a Behemoth organization managing more than 17 temples spread across India, more than 20 educational institutions, 3 major hospitals with specialty services, 3 Universities of which one each is engineering and medicine, and more than 1000 real estate assets spread across the entire breadth of the Indian subcontinent. They also help propagate the glory of Sri Venkateswara - the presiding deity of the Temple at Tirumala, and Goddess Sri Padmavathi at Tiruchanur through their wholly owned broadcast channel SVBC in multiple languages. They also manage a full-fledged dairy farm, and gardens spread over 50 acres at various places on the top of the Tirumala Hills at elevations of over 3000 feet above Sea level, hundreds of dorms for devotees who come visit The temple, including huge kitchens for feeding hundreds of thousands of devotees every single day. It is not exaggerating when we say the TTD is like a government on its own and never sleeps, literally. They have their own security and vigilance departments, and also handle millions of rupees in cash every single day that come as offerings from devotees.