SrI:
Dear Members :
There was a question from a devout
SrI VenkatEsa Bhakthai about
the NaagAbharaNams worn by
Sri VenkatEsa .
Sriman Ramakrishna Deekshitulu,
the author of VaikhAnasa Aagamam:
Part I released in Sri Hayagrivan
ebook
series (http://www.srihayag
and one of the pradhAna archakAs
of Sri VenkatEswara has shed some
light
on the history of this unique
AabharaNam.
Please enjoy it .
----- Original Message -----
To: Dr.V.Sadagopan
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Query There is an interesting legend behind the Nagabharana' Lord Venkateswara' A Gajapati King by name Veera Narasimha Deva has laid down the foundation stone for the present Mahadwaram. Once when he was on a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram, in the middle of his tour, stopped at Tirumala for Darsan. He had the darsan of Lord Venkateswara and was very happy about it. He thought of doing some Kainkaryam to Lord Srinivasa and consulted the Archakas there, as per their advice started building the present Mahadwara Rajagopuram, by recruiting the workers and arranging the Funds. In the meantime, he went to Rameswaram and returned back to Tirumala and he himself supervising the work of Mahadwara Kainkaryam. One night in his dream, AdiSesha appeared and said that, "Oh King Veera Narasimha, the Mahadwara Rajagopuram that you are building is causing more weight for me to bear. This inconvenience can be sorted out only by the Lord of Seshadri Hills, Lord Srinivasa, but not by anyother and saying like this the Adi Sesha went inside Garbhagriham and tied to the left hand of Srinivasa Mulavirat". Dreamt like this the Veera Narasimha Deva thought that he has done apacharam to Adisesha and he stopped the Mahadwara work immediately and made a Gold Nagabharana in remembrance of his divine dream and presented it to the Archakas and asked them to tie it to the Mulavirat's left hand shoulder. Thereafter Lord became 'Pannaga Bhushana'. Later on Bhagavad Ramanuja, prompted by the Vaikhanasa Archakas, has made another Nagabharana and presented it for the right hand of Srinivasa Perumal. So we can assume from this legend that it was Adisesha tied to the shoulders of Lord Venkateswara. This incompleted Mahadwaram by Veera Narasimha Deva, was later completed by Srikrishna Deva Raya. Where as the one we find as a Vaddanam or 'nAgAbharaNa vaDDANam' as it is popularly called, which is adorned as a waist belt, has no special significance. Ramakrishna Deekshitulu On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Dr.V.Sadagopan <yennappan@computer.
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