Seadiyaiya valvinaigal theerkum thirumalea
Nediyanea venkatava Nin Koilin vasal !
Adiyarum vanavarum Arambaiyarum kidanthiengum
Padiyai kidanthu Un pavalavai kanbenea !!
Kulasekara Peruman ? Perumal Tirumozhi 4 ? 9
In the above-mentioned words of kulasekara peruman, this posting is about
Thiruvenkatam - Alarmelmangai urai Thiurvenkatamudaiyan
Thiruvenkatam
Akalakilean iraiumondru
Alarmelmangaiurai marbaa
Nigaril Pugaizhai Ulagam Mundrudaiyai
Ennai alvaanea
Negarilamar munikanangal virumbum
Thiruvenkatanea
Pugalondrilla adiyean
Unnadikiz amarnthu pugunthenea
Nammazhwar ? Tiruvoimozhi ? 6 ?10 10
As per the sthala purana it is customary to have darshan of Aadi Varaha before
Lord srinivasa. The Brahmandapurana, Varahapurana, Skandapurana, Padmapurana
describes this kshetra. Prasadam to lord srinivasa is first offered to vraha
perumal, It is said that tirumalai symbolises the vedas and while tirumalai
represents head of adisesha, Ahobilam represents its trunk and srisailan
represents its tail. The names seven hills of tirumalai viz Venkatadri,
Seshachala, Vedachala, Garudachala, Vrishbadri, Anjanadri and Aanantadri .
The Padma Purana states that scholars who were gathered in the Yaga performed
by Manu were discussing about the Supremacy among the Trinity. The discussion
soon turned into a dispute and sage Bhrigu was asked to go in person to Kailasa
and Vaikunta to find the fact out for himself and for the benefit of mankind.
However, when Bhrigu went to Kailasa, the Lord was in a playful mood and was
sporting with Uma and did not pay attention to the sage. The sage cursed him
and went to Brahma-loka.
Now, the sage is the son of Brahma and naturally the Lord of Creation remained
in His seat and did not receive him, who has come on a special mission. Sage
Bhrigu could not take this insult and cursed Brahma too and moved over to
Vaikunta. Vishnu was in his all-knowing sleep, which irritated Bhrigu. The sage
in his rage kicked the Lord in His chest and the Lord woke up to see the sage
and got up to receive him. He did not mind the sage kicking him in the chest
and the imprint of his foot stayed on His divine chest as the Sri-vatsa sign.
Though the Lord could put up with this insult, Mahalakshmi who resides in the
chest of the Lord could not bear with this and left Him in her anger. The Padma
Purana says that the Lord, who was lonely, came down to earth to stay in
Seshachala. He married padmavathi, the daughter of aksharaja. It is believed
that the lord is repaying the debts till date taken aksharaja and will continue
to do so till the end of kaliyuga
For long number of years the deity remained buried under the ground, until King
Tondaman, prompted by the fact that his cows returned home dry, milked
somewhere in the forest of their own, came to know of the existence of the
idol. The Lord became very happy after seeing the temple constructed by
Thondaman and hence the vimanam is named Anandha Nilaya.
Tirumalai Nambi (Srisailapoorna), maternal uncle and one of the acharyas of
swami ramanuja did teerta kainkaryam here. Swami ramanuja underttok 18 visits
to tirumalai to learn Srimad Ramayana and Saranagati tatwa . Sri Adivan
satakopan constructed the steps to tirumalai .
In Thayar temple there is separate shrines for krishna and Souriraja perumal .
The brahmotsavam is during puratasi at tirumalai and Kaartikai at tiruchanoor
Tirupathi is about 11 kms from renigunta station on Madras ? bombay route and
is well connected by rail and road
Kshetram : Aadi Varaha Kshetram
Tirupathi
Perumal : Govindaraj Perumal ? Bujanga sayanam ? Facing East
Thayar : Pundarikavalli
Tirumalai
Perumal : Moolavar ? Tiruvenkatamudaiyan, Srinivasan,
Venkatachalapathi,Balaji ?
Facing East
Pushkarini : Seshachala swami Pushkarini and Koneri theertam
and 14 others
Vimanam : Anandhanilaya Vimanam
Pratyaksham : Thondaman
Tiruchanoor
Thayar : Padmavathi ? Facing East
Pushkarini : Padmasarovar
Mangalasasanams :
Poigai Azhwar 10
Bhoodatazhwar 9
Peyazhwar 19
TiruMazhipiran 15
Nammazhwar 52
Periyazhwar 7
Naachiyar 16
Kulasekara Peruman 11
Nampannan 2
Thirumangai Mannan 61
Adiyean deSika daSaN
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"na deivam deSikAt param, naparam deSikArchanAtH "
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