India is the land of gods and Goddesses. People worship nearly hundreds of different gods, based on their culture, religion and beliefs. Walking barefooted, climbing hills or shaving heads, people do everything to please their gods. However, the temple of Chilkur Balaji is somewhat different.

Also known as the Visa God, Chilkur Balaji is believed to have the helped several people with their Visa problems, especially with US visas. But, can faith really help you get a visa to the country of United States?

Location

The temple of Chilkur Balaji is located in the outskirts of Hyderabad, on the beautiful banks of the Osman Sagar Lake. The temple located in the Chilkur temple became widely famous as India’s ‘Visa Temple’ and attracts almost hundreds of youngsters from all across the country to visit the Balaji Temple of Chilkur. According to the locals, every IT professional who visited the temple got the opportunity to fly away to the other countries within a year’s time. According to the locals, if a worshipper circles 11 times around the temple, then they are fit to worship the god. If the wish comes true, then the worshiper or follower should make a total of 108 rounds around the temple.

However, there is no real story about this temple being the Visa God, but people come and worship the Chilkur Balaji temple due to their strong faith. Every week, the temple is visited by almost 8,000 to 10,000 students in the hope of getting a high profile job and a Visa to USA.

The story of Chilkur Balaji, the visa god became extremely famous in the recent times and also drew due attention of the journalists at the Wall Street Journal.

History of Chilkur Balaji

An old man in the village wanted to visit the Tirupathi temple. However, due to his old age, he was not able to travel and worship Lord Tirupathi Balaji. One night, while he was sleeping, Lord Venkateshwara Swamy came in his dream and asked the old man to dig the earth at a special place in the Chilkur village. He got up and started digging at that place and heard a cry when the iron digging rod mistakenly struck on a stone like structure. After they removed it from the soil, they found the idol of Lord Venkateshwara Swamy with a bleeding forehead. Soon after that, the temple of Balaji was constructed at the Chilkur village.

The temple is also one of the only shrines in India that does not accept any monetary donations. The temple circulates a monthly magazine called ‘Vak’, meaning Speech of god at the nominal price of just rupees 5/- only.