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TIRUPATI, or TRIPETTY

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1013 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIRUPATI, or TRIPETTY , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:North See also:Arcot See also:district of See also:Madras,with a station on the Madras railway, 84 m. N.E. of Madras See also:city. Pop. (1901), 15,485. It is famous for a See also:temple on the neighbouring See also:hill of Tirumala, 2500 ft. above the See also:sea, which is one of the most frequented places of See also:pilgrimage in See also:southern India. The town contains numerous temples connected with the See also:shrine of Tirumala, and is noted for its See also:brass-See also:work and See also:wood-See also:carving.

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