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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Nandyal Balaji Temple
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| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh
| map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|15.6764025|N|78.4375141|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = India
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Nandyal district|Nandyal]]
| locale = Bilakalaguduru village
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| deity = [[Venkateshvara]] ([[Vishnu]])
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'''Nandyal Balaji Temple''' is a Vishnu temple located in Bilakalaguduru village of [[Nandyal district]] in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="thehansindia">{{cite web |title=JSW Cement Company dedicates Balaji temple in Nandyal |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/jsw-cement-company-dedicates-balaji-temple-in-nandyal-630309 |website=www.thehansindia.com |publisher=The Hans India |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The main deity of this temple is [[Venkateshvara|Venkateswara]], an avatar of the Hindu god [[Vishnu]].<ref name="architecturaldigest">{{cite web |author1=Shristi Singha |title=How JSW Cement's Balaji Temple changed the local landscape of a village in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/andhra-pradesh-village-local-landscape-changed-by-jsw-cements-balaji-tirupati-temple-architecure/ |website=www.architecturaldigest.in |publisher=AD |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en |date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="dezeen">{{cite web |title=Edmund Sumner films black-granite Hindu temple in India |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/12/07/edmund-sumner-film-hindu-temple-sameep-padora/ |website=www.dezeen.com |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

The temple was designed by Sameep Padora and Associates (sP+a).<ref name="stirworld">{{cite web |author1=Meghna Meheta |title=Sameep Padora on 'doing more with less' while building the Temple of Steps in India |url=https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-sameep-padora-on-doing-more-with-less-while-building-the-temple-of-steps-in-india |website=www.stirworld.com |publisher=Stir world |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en |date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The [[ziggurat]] archetype present in traditional Indian temples was adstracted in the Balaji temple at Nandyala. The temple is constructed of locally sourced black [[limestone]].<ref name="architecturaldigest"/> There is a reservoir adjacent to the temple within the temple premises.<ref name="lonelyplanet">{{cite web |author1=James Gabriel Martin |title=A new temple in India is also a water source and community space |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/balaji-temple-black-limestone-temple-india |website=www.lonelyplanet.com |publisher=Lonely Planet |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en |date=19 Jun 2020}}</ref> The reservoir supplies water to the groundwater table. Excess water from a nearby limestone quarry is pumped into the temple reservoir or cistern.<ref name="architecturaldigest"/> Steps from the base of the temple lead down into the depths of the reservoir, allowing devotees to descend and climb in to or from the temple reservoir. The main structure of the temple—shrines of the Hindu deities Balaji and Varahaswamy—is drawn on the motifs of the Tirupathi temple of the same deity.<ref name="architecturaldigest"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Venkateswara temples]]

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