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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox road
|name= Tirumala-Tirupati Ghat Roads
| country = IND
| type = [[Ghat Road]]
| route =
| map =
| length_km = 19
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established = 1944
| photo = Tirupati Ghat.jpg
| photo_notes= Tirupati - Tirumala Ghat Road
| direction_a =
| terminus_a = [[Tirupati]], [[Chittoor District]]
| junction = [[Alipiri]]
| direction_b =
| terminus_b = [[Tirumala]], [[Chittoor District]]
| previous_type =
| previous_route =
| next_type =
| next_route =
|maint= [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]]
|states= [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|cities= [[Tirupati]], [[Tirumala]]
}}

'''Tirumala ghat roads''' are two asphalt steep natural slopes [[Ghat Roads|ghat roads]] between [[Tirupati]] and [[Tirumala]]. They are in [[Seshachalam Hills]] range in [[Pūrva Ghaṭ]].<ref name="tir1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tirumala.org/TirupatitoTirumalaByRoad.aspx|title=Tirupati to Tirumala by Road|accessdate=2016-04-20}}</ref>

== Route Descriptions ==
Both ghat roads are double [[lane]] type, follow different paths along the hills. The old ghat road was laid in 1944, other was opened in 1974. Old ghat road route is used for vehicles from [[Tirumala]] to [[Tirupati]] and new ghat road is from Tirupati to Tirumala. The starting point of the road to go up Tirumala hills is [[Alipiri]] and it is overlooked by an immense statue of [[Garuda]] in an [[Añjali Mudrā|anjili pose]]. Each road is approximately 19 km in length and has more than 36 [[Hairpin turn|hair pin bends]]. It takes 40 minutes to reach top [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]].<ref name="bk1">{{cite book | title=Sri Venkateswara| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CY9eAAAAQBAJ| last=Shantha| first=Nair| date=2013| publisher=Jaico Publishing House| location=Mumbai| isbn=9788184954456}}</ref>

===Design===
The planning and execution of the old ghat road, which winds for 12 miles over hills and dales through dense jungles and in one portion across a deep valley, 200 feet wide have been accomplished with much engineering skill and ability by Diwan Bagadur A. Nageswara Ayyar, special engineer in charge.

Ref: The Hindu. Dated: April 11, 1944.

Ref: The Hindu. Dated: May 16, 2006 [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Senior-citizens-take-a-trip-down-memory-lane/article15727706.ece]

==Toll gate==
[[File:The Gateway of Heaven.JPG|thumb|290px|Sapthagiri Security Zone cum Toll gate on New Ghat road at [[Alipiri]]-[[Tirupati]]]]
At [[Alipiri]], Tollgate cum security zone was established to screen vehicles and pilgrims entering Tirumala, to safeguard the hills from [[terrorists]] and anti-social elements.<ref>{{cite web|title=New security set-up at Alipiri| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-security-setup-at-alipiri/article188746.ece|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
[[Nilgiri Ghat Roads]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Scenic roads in India]]
[[Category:Roads in Chittoor district]]
[[Category:Transport in Tirupati]]

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>Jayanthkumar123 at 04:58, 8 October 2021

>Baludundari: Added a reference