the garbha griha usually contains the murti (idol or icon), the primary focus of prayer. in temples with a spire or vimana, this chamber is placed directly underneath it, and the two them form a main vertical axis of the temple. these together may be understood to represent the axis of the world through mount meru. the garbha griha is usually also on the main horizontal axis of the temple which generally is an east-west axis. in those temples where there is also a cross-axis, the garbha griha is generally at their intersection. tirumala venkateswara temple is a hindu temple in the hill town of tirumala, near tirupati in the chittoor district of andhra pradesh. it is around 600 km (370 mi) from hyderabad, 138 km (86 mi) from chennai and 291 km (181 mi) from bangalore.