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If you decide to offer a dress to the Lord, pay now and wait for your opportunity! It will be a few years, before your name appears in the list!!
One set of add-on outer garments (Mel Sathu Vastrams) used to cost Rs. 20,000, but present cost is unknown; check with the temple authorities.
Every Friday about 15 such outer garments are accepted for offerings. Presently the waiting period exceeds 10 years from date of remittance!!!
Other than the clothes offered by the devotees, the government of Andhra Pradesh also offers ONE SET of dress twice a year.
Abhishegam needs you to wait for 5 years for Tirupati Balaji
The waiting period for common man desirous of offering an Abhishegam to the Lord, is beyond 5 years.
Many of the items required for the Abhishegam (Sacred Bath) are imported from abroad, e.g. saffron is from Spain, Kasturi (wastage from the body of musk deers) from Nepal, Punugu (wastage from the body of civic cats) from China, and certain fragrance materials from Paris etc. These items are used to be mixed with sandal paste prepared on a golden plate. 51 small kalasams of milk are offered in the Abhishegam. Then they apply Kasturi and Punugu to the idol.
From 4.30 to 5.30 every morning the Abhishegam is performed. The cost of each Abhishegam is around Rs. One Lakh.
Specially picked Roses are air-freighted from Amsterdam by the Lord’s devotees. And the cost of each rose is above Rs. 100.
Many fragrant items are sent from China to Lord Balaji. These include the Chinese Camphor, Aghil (a scented wood) resembling sandalwood, Sandalwood, Amber, Thakkolam, Lavangam, Kumkumam, Thamalam, Niryasam etc.
