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Word: tirupati (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four-armed idol of Lord Venkateshwara (one of Vishnu's aliases) lives in a mammoth temple atop a 2,500-ft.-high hill at Tirupati in South India. In the temple court stands a big metal receptacle known as a hundi; into it pilgrims drop offerings of jewelry, money and gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Divine I O Us | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

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