A seven-day annual Brahmotsavams at Chilkur Balaji temple, popularly known as Visa Balaji temple began recently.
The temple is located on the banks of the century-old Osmansagar reservoir, about 25km from the Hyderabad city.
Amid the chanting of Vedic hymns, the temples main archakas and rithviks offered special prayers to Lord Balaji at the sanctum-sanctorum and then started Dhwajarohanam, the main ritual, which signals the beginning of the Brahmotsavams by hoisting the ‘Garuda’ flag atop the ‘dwajasthambam’ (flag mast).