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Her father was Krishnayamatya and mother was Mangamamba. Since childhood, she was an ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara, and her devotion made the villagers believe that she was insane. Married at a very early age (common practice in those times), she lost her husband Venkatachalapathi and became a child-widow. However, she refused to accept ...
The temple is dedicated to Sri Srungara Vallabha Swami, a manifestation of Lord Venkateswara (Lord Vishnu), and is notable for its historical and architectural significance. [ 1 ] The presiding deity, Srungara Vallabha Swamy, is depicted in a smiling posture, with the name "Srungara" meaning "beautiful."
He was a prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the South Indian classical music tradition. Tyagaraja is said to have composed thousands of devotional compositions, most of them in praise of Lord Rama; some of which remain very popular even today.
Venkateswara literally means "Lord of Venkata". [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The word is a combination of the words Venkata (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). [ 6 ] According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas , the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words vem (sins) and kata (power of immunity).
He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called samkirtanas. His devotional samkirtanas were in the praise of Venkateswara , a form of Vishnu . Annamayya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) in the praise of Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are available today.
Lord Venkateswara is impressed and lands on earth to play dice with Rama. Henceforth, every day, the Lord visits to spend time with Rama. In the beginning, the Lord loses a ring in the bet Lakshmi gave as a token of love, but Rama is still under dichotomy whether the event occurred or not. Lakshmi gets angry with Venkateswara and leaves him ...
Tallapaka Annamacharya (Annamayya), the poet saint [72] of the 14th century, one of the greatest Telugu poets and a great devotee of Venkateswara, had sung 32,000 songs in praise of Venkateswara. [73] [72] All his songs which are in Telugu and Sanskrit, are referred to as Sankirtanas and are classified as Sringara Sankirtanalu and Adhyatma ...
Suprabhata (auspicious dawn) Seva is performed by chanting Suprabhatam at Shree Balaji Temple and offering Lord Venkateswara with the first aarti and bhog of the day. This seva is said to bring in dawns of good fortune and excellence and bestows the devotee with inner strength to withstand any difficulty he faces in his life. Nitya Seva (Daily ...