Tirumala, sometimes called the "Holy City," was a rich city-state in the Beastlands ruled over by a rakshasa of the same name as of the late 15th century DR.
The city was located among seven "holy hills" which sat at the northern end of the Curna Mountains south of Durpar and north of Estagund.
The city sat atop the ruins of a Durpari settlement that had been destroyed by giants. The old ruins were reclaimed and rebuilt by Tirumala, who claimed that the site was sacred.
Later, in the Year of the Fourth Circle, 1474 DR, the city signed a unique trade agreement with Estagund which mystified the people of that realm, none of whom could believe that their raja would agree to such terms. In truth, the raja's trusted vizier, Devang was secretly a rakshasa in league with Tirumala.
Tirumala was primarily populated by rakshasa nobility, orc and hill giant soldiers, kenku spies, and slaves of human and halfling, and kenku racial origins.
A city built atop seven “holy” hills. It used to be home to a number of rakshasas and their many slaves. However, some schism occurred between the rakshasa nobles. A fight broke out which destroyed much of the city. The victors then took the slaves and headed to Durpar, which they then seized control of. The losers were magically bound to the city; unable to physically leave. Since then the remaining rakshasas of Tirumala have struggled to influence affairs across the Shining Lands while being bound to the city