5 Wealthiest Temples of India

Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple, Andra Pradesh

Tirupati temple is the most sacred and second richest temple of India. It is situated in Andra Pradesh and is the major pilgrimage destination of South India also known as 'Tirupati Balaji Temple.' Lord Balaji is worshipped in this temple, popular bollywood actor Amitabh Bachhan is a devotee of the diety and has reportedly donated around Rs 51 lakh to this temple.

Interesting Facts: Tirupati's Venkateswara deity is clad with about 1000kgs of gold! Every day around 150,000 laddus are made at the temple to serve the devotess

The revenue from the sale of laddu annually is more than 11 million rupees. It is said that people drop bags of gold and at times even diamonds at the feet of Sri Venkateshwara. Around 50,000 pilgrims visit the temple every day and The temple gets up to Rs 650 crore in donations every year.