Lord Venkateshwara
In Hinduism Lord Venkateswara is the Supreme God
also another form of Lord Vishnu. In this KaliYuga people are attached
themself to material pleasures and forgot the diveness and so yogies
praied Lord Vishnu ,should appear in Kaliyug to destroy the sins of the
people,and develop self-realization, so he incarnated as Lord
Venkateswarsa (which means Supre God destroys all the sins) from his
devotees wishes. The other names for Venkateswara are Srinivasa,
Venkatachalapathi, Balaji, Narayana, Narayanadhri , Tirupathi Timmappa
also. The Lord Venkateswara is appeared to be on seven hills(Venkata
Hills) which is now populared as Tirumala near Tirupathi. That’s why he
is also refered as “Yedukondala Venkateswara” (Seven hills recieted God)
also by his disciples. Padmavathi is at her foot down called as
Tiruchanur (Tirupathi)
Incarnation as Venkateswara :
In Purnas it is said to be the lord Vishnu came to
this place in search of his abode lakshmi, as lakshmi left Vaikunta when
a Bhrugu Maharshi came to visit and didn’t get the hounour, fractuated
bhrugu kicked Lord Vishnu with his feet on his chest a place where Sri
Mahalaksmi resits, even by this also Vishnu is silent and so by anger
Lakshmi devi left Vaikunta and later some time Maha Vishnu came to
venkata hill in search of lakshmi, and after some month vishnu is
surronded by ant-hill pity Bramha and maha shiva formed as cow and
emptyed milk everyday which is belonged to Chola king and when cowherd
shoot with his bow vishnu injured on forehead he saw vishnu blood he
fell down and died, later chola king found this and cursed by Vishnu
which will end when he marries Padmavathi, Later Vishnu decided a stay
on a hil of Varaha by which Vishnu blessed him, in future this place
will be famous as Varaha Kshetram and he wil first get prays and
Naiyvedyam by every devotee who visits. Later one day Maha Vishnu heared
a song which brought him to Vakiladevi . Both came to know their past,
as Vakuladeva is re-birth of Yasodha who brought-up krishna, but unable
to see his marriage, sho krishna that Dwapara Yug has promised her ,
that she will see his son’s marriage in next-birth, so Vakula devi
treated Srinivasa as his son, and later Srinivasa meets princess
Alamelu(Padmavathi) and soon fall in love, and his father agress and
says that marriage should be performed grandly, for which Srinivasa
abtained heavy loan from Kubera ( lord of wealth) and promises him that
he will pay the debt with interest by end of kaliyuga.
After marriage Srinivasa and Padmavathi where on
the Varaha hill, then lakshmi see Vishnu and both quarrels saying that
Srinivasa is her husband Vishnu, and by this Srinivasa becomes statue
followed Padmavathi and Lakshmi statue also, which is prominet as the
Swayambu of Lord Vishnu.
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