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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).
Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora , who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu .
Netiyon is another name dedicated to Maha Vishnu in Ancient Tamilakam. [96] ceṅkaṇ neṭiyōṉ means “Red-eyed Vishnu” and Vēṅkaṭam refers to Venkateswara Temple. Maha Vishnu is being referenced as the Red-eyed lord even in the book Vishnu Sahasranama which is featured in the Anushasana Parva of Mahabharatha.
Here lord Surya is called as Sivasurya Perumal. It is the first among the Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu. [84] The most famous Surya temple is the Konark Sun Temple, a World Heritage Site in Orissa. Constructed in the 13th century by the Eastern Ganga dynasty, on a pre-existing pilgrimage site for Surya god, the temple architecture mimics a ...
The name Uma is used for Sati (Shiva's wife, who is the incarnation of Parvati) in earlier texts, [which?] but in the Ramayana, it is used as a synonym for Parvati. In the Harivamsa , Parvati is referred to as Aparna ('One who took no sustenance') and then addressed as Uma, who was dissuaded by her mother from severe austerity by saying u mā ...
The original name of the novel comes from the word Madhorubaagan, the Tamil name for the androgynous form of Lord Shiva in Hindu mythology. [5] In 2005, Murugan was awarded a grant by the India Foundation for the Arts to do the background research for the novel. [ 5 ]
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity (both material and spiritual), is the wife and active energy of Vishnu. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] She is also called Sri . [ 135 ] [ 136 ] When Vishnu incarnated on earth as the avatars Rama and Krishna , Lakshmi incarnated as his respective consorts: Sita and Radha or Rukmini .
Thirumal Perumai tells three spell-binding stories about how far you can get with Lord Vishnu's grace, and how he can solve problems. Andal. Goddess Lakshmi reincarnated as the daughter of Periyalvar in Srivilliputhur. She was named Andal or Kodhai. As she grew up, she learned about Krishna and loved him.