<p>There's a book by K. Jamanadas "<a href="http://www.satnami.com/Tirupati%20a%20buddhist%20srine.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine</a>", whose preface starts with,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[This book] has potential credibility to create
  controversies unknown to historical writing and the Hindu common folks who flock to worship Tirupati Balaji
  as one of the supreme deities. It is also a new challenge to indologist at a time when politically imbued
  scholars are engaged to wash out their hands by proving and disproving claims of Hindus and the Muslims
  against each other as they did over the issue of Ayodhya Shrines.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Its conclusion is that</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The image of Lord Venkatesvara was not sculptured by the artist as an image of Vishnu, but that of
  Avalokitesvara, sometimes in the reign of Kalabhras, after the period of Mamulanur, and before the period of
  Silappadhikaran, around 3rd to 5th century A.D.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>I had read occasionally on internet that <a href="https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=v9bsWODMNKfT8geD94_QAw&amp;gws_rd=ssl#q=tirupati+balaji+" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tirupati Balaji</a> was a Buddhist Shrine. So Was Tirupati Balaji a Buddhist Shrine ?</p>

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FYI, unlike the policy on other SE sites, posting questions so that you can self-answer them is discouraged on this site: [May I share my research, by posting questions on this site and self-answering them?](https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1784/254)
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Downvoted , please follow @ChrisW suggestion
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Was Tirupati Balaji a Buddhist Shrine?
# Was Tirupati Balaji a Buddhist Shrine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-11)

I had read occasionally on internet that [Tirupati Balaji](https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=v9bsWODMNKfT8geD94_QAw&gws_rd=ssl#q=tirupati+balaji+) was a Buddhist Shrine. So Was Tirupati Balaji a Buddhist Shrine ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: FYI, unlike the policy on other SE sites, posting questions so that you can self-answer them is discouraged on this site: [May I share my research, by posting questions on this site and self-answering them?](https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1784/254)  
> **username_2**: Downvoted , please follow @username_1 suggestion  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-04-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There's a book by K. Jamanadas "[Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine](http://www.satnami.com/Tirupati%20a%20buddhist%20srine.pdf)", whose preface starts with,

> [This book] has potential credibility to create
> controversies unknown to historical writing and the Hindu common folks who flock to worship Tirupati Balaji
> as one of the supreme deities. It is also a new challenge to indologist at a time when politically imbued
> scholars are engaged to wash out their hands by proving and disproving claims of Hindus and the Muslims
> against each other as they did over the issue of Ayodhya Shrines.

Its conclusion is that

> The image of Lord Venkatesvara was not sculptured by the artist as an image of Vishnu, but that of
> Avalokitesvara, sometimes in the reign of Kalabhras, after the period of Mamulanur, and before the period of
> Silappadhikaran, around 3rd to 5th century A.D.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is a copy-and-paste of http://creative.sulekha.com/dr-k-jamanadas-proves-tirupati-temple-as-a-buddhist-shrine_295854_blog or some other similar source. Please read my comment on Ajay's answer, and edit your answer to reference+quote+summarize like I edited Ajay's answer.  

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