Tirupati Thimmappa

Tirupati Thimmappa is very much alive in Janapada (Kannada) culture of south India. When people take pilgrimage to Tirupati, they chant 'Tirupati Thimmappana Padakke Govinda Govinda'. Gathering folklore knowledge of Indian Villages may give more in-depth history and heritage of Tirupati Temple. Tirupati Thimmappa is also known as the richest God. He was Kula Devata Mane Devaru of Tulu and Are Bhashe speaking Vokkaliga community of Tulu Gowda and Kodagu Gowda.