The worship in the temple is performed by Sri-sampradaya Vaishnava Brahmins, in the line of Ramanujacarya. The Venkateswara temple is 126.5m (414 ft) long, 80m (263 ft) wide, and covers an area of 2.2 acres.

Sri Balaji, whose eyes are covered with the wide Ramanuja tilaka. Many people consider that one's life is not successful without visiting this temple at least once.

Lord Venkateswara is an impressive 2 metre (6 feet) high Deity, who stands on a lotus that is placed directly on the ground. The Deity is known as Venkateswara or Balaji. Lords Venkateswara is a self-manifested Deity. Balaji is made of a jet-black stone. His diamond crown, made in Antwerp, the diamond capital of the world, is said to be the single most valuable piece of jewelry in the world.

This form of the Lord is known for fulfilling any desire a devotee may express to Him. It is also said that His eyes are covered because His gaze would scorch the entire world.

The deity wears very precious jewelry. The Lord wears a big emerald called "Meru Pacha", which is 3 inches in diameter and is considered to be the biggest emerald in the world.

Rameswaram is located at the southeastern end of the Indian Peninsula. Rameswaram is on an island, which is the shape of a conch shell, 55km by 12 km, in the Gulf of Mannar. The island is sanctified by the footprints of Lord Rama.

There a major Lord Siva temples here called the Ramanathaswami Temples. This name indicates that Lord Siva is a great personality, whose worshipable Deity is Lord Rama. There are 22 teerthams (tanks) in the temples in which pilgrims traditionally bathe in before seeing the deities.

It is said that the Siva-linga in the Ramananthaswame Temples were installed by Sri Rama on His return to the mainland from the island of Lanka, after killing Ravana. Rama sent Hanuman to Mount Kailash to get the linga. Since Hanuman was late when the auspicious time for installation neared, Sita made a Siva-linga out of sand. This linga was then installed by Rama and is known as the Rama-linga, because it was installed by Lord Rama.

At that time Hanuman came with the Siva-linga from Kailash. He was disappointed to find a linga already installed. Ram told Hanuman that he could remove the linga made by Sits and install the one that he brought in its place. Hanuman took hold of the linga with his hands and could not move it. He then wrapped his tail around it and tried to pull the lings out, but it did not move. The lings is said to still have the marks of Hanuman's tail on it. To pacify Hanuman, Rama had the lings that he brought, the Viswa-linga. He ordered that puja (worship) be performed first to the Viswa-linga.