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    Thursday, November 07, 2019

    Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Vishnu) - 108 Names

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    Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Vishnu) - 108 Names

     Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Vishnu) - 108 Names

    Lord Venkateswara is the main deity of the Tirumala temple, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh (AP). The lord is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is worshipped by the people with different names like Balaji, Srinivasa, Govinda. Venkateshwara means the Lord who destroys the sins of the people. According the Hindu scriptures, Vishnu, out of love towards his devotees, incarnated as Venkateshwara and appeared for the salvation and upliftment of humanity in this Kali Yuga and is considered the supreme form of Vishnu in this age.

    Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Vishnu) - 108 Names

    Venkateshwara's abode is in the Venkatam hills  near Tirupathi. Thus, the main temple of Venkateshwara is the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. The Tirumala temple is believed to be the richest of all the temples in the world.

      108 Names of Lord Venkateshwara

    1)        OM Shri Ventakeshaya Namaha


    2)        OM Sreenivasaya Namaha


    3)        OM Laxmipataye Namaha


    4)        OM Anaamayaaya Namaha


    5)        OM Amruthamsaya Namaha


    6)        OM Jagadvandyaya Namaha


    7)        OM Govindaya Namaha


    8)        OM Shashvataya Namaha


    9)        OM Prabhave Namaha


    10)        OM Sheshadrinilayaya Namaha


    11)        OM Devaya Namaha


    12)        OM Keshavaya Namaha


    13)        OM Madhusudhanaya Namaha


    14)        OM Amrutaya Namaha


    15)        OM Madhavaya Namaha


    16)        OM Krishnaya Namaha


    17)        OM Sriharaye Namaha


    18)        OM Jnanapanjaraya Namaha


    19)        OM SreeVatsavakshase Namaha


    20)        OM Sarveshaya Namaha


    21)        OM Gopalaya Namaha


    22)        OM Purushotamaya Namaha


    23)        OM Gopeeshwaraya Namaha


    24)        OM Parasmyjyotishe Namaha


    25)        OM Vaikuntapataye Namaha


    26)        OM Avyayaya Namaha


    27)        OM Sudhaatanave Namaha


    28)        OM Yadavendraya Namaha


    29)        OM Nithyayavvanaroopavate Namaha


    30)        OM Chaturvedatmakaya Namaha


    31)        OM Vishnave Namaha


    32)        OM Achutyaya Namaha


    33)        OM Padminipriyaya Namaha


    34)        OM Dharapataye Namaha


    35)        OM Surapatye Namaha


    36)        OM Nirmalaya Namaha


    37)        OM Devapoojitaya Namaha


    38)        OM Chaturboojaya Namaha


    39)        OM Chakradaraya Namaha


    40)        OM Tridamne Namaha


    41)        OM Trigunashrayaya Namaha


    42)        OM Nirvikalpaya Namaha


    43)        OM Nishkalankaya Namaha


    44)        OM Niranthakaya Namaha


    45)        OM Niranjanaya Namaha


    46)        OM Nirabasaya Namaha


    47)        OM Nityatruptaya Namaha


    48)        OM Nirgunaya Namaha


    49)        OM Nirupadravaya Namaha


    50)        OM Gadhaadharaya Namaha


    51)        OM Shaarangapanaye Namaha


    52)        OM Nandakine Namaha


    53)        OM Shankhadarakaya Namaha


    54)        OM Anakemurtaye Namaha


    55)        OM Avyaktaya Namaha


    56)        OM Katihastaya Namaha


    57)        OM Varapradaya Namaha


    58)        OM Anekatmane Namaha


    59)        OM Deenabandhave Namaha


    60)        OM Aartalokabhayapradhaya


    61)        OM Akasharajavaradhaya Namaha


    62)        OM Yogihrutpadmamandhiraya Namaha


    63)        OM Dhamodharaya Namaha


    64)        OM Karunakaraya Namaha


    65)        OM Jagatpalayapapagnaya Namaha


    66)        OM Bhakthavatsalaya Namaha


    67)        OM Trivikramaya Namaha


    68)        OM Shishumaraya Namaha


    69)        OM Jatamakutashobhitaya Namaha


    70)        OM Shankamadyolasanmanjookinkinyadyakarakandakaya Namaha


    71)        OM Neelameghashyamatanave Namaha


    72)        OM Bilvapatrarchanapriyaya Namaha


    73)        OM Jagatvyapine Namaha


    74)        OM Jagatkartre Namaha


    75)        OM Jagatsakshine Namaha


    76)        OM Jagatpataya Namaha


    77)        OM Chintitarthapradaya Namaha


    78)        OM Jishnave Namaha


    79)        OM Daasharhaaya Namaha


    80)        OM Dhasharoopavate Namaha


    81)        OM Devakinandanaya Namaha


    82)        OM Shauraye Namaha


    83)        OM Hayagreevaya Namaha


    84)        OM Janardhanaya Namaha


    85)        OM Kanyashravanatharejyaya Namaha


    86)        OM Peetambharadharaya Namaha


    87)        OM Anagaya Namaha


    88)        OM Vanamaline Namaha


    89)        OM Padmanabhaya Namaha


    90)        OM Mrughayasaktamanasaya Namaha


    91)        OM Ashvaroodaya Namaha


    92)        OM Kadghadharine Namaha


    93)        OM Dhanarjanasamootsukaya Namaha


    94)        OM Ganasaralasanmadhyakasturitilakojjwalaya Namaha


    95)        OM Sachitandharoopaya Namaha


    96)        OM Jaganmangaladayakaya Namaha


    97)        OM Yajnaroopaya Namaha


    98)        OM Yajnabokthre Namaha


    99)        OM Chinmayaya Namaha


    100)        OM Parameshwaraya Namaha


    101)        OM Paramarthapradhaya Namaha


    102)        OM Shanthaya Namaha


    103)        OM Sreemathe Namaha


    104)        OM Dordhandhavikramaya Namaha


    105)        OM Paratparaya Namaha


    106)        OM Parasmaibrahmane Namaha


    107)        OM Sreevibhave Namaha


    108)        OM Jagadeeshwaraya Namaha
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    తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్యులు - Tallapaka Annamacharya

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    తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్యులు - Tallapaka Annamacharya

    తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్యులు - Tallapaka Annamacharya 

    Lord Vishnu manifested Himself as Lord Venkateswara inTirumal Hills to protect the Dharma from decay in the Current Age (Kali Yuga). Annamacharya was born as the incarnation of Venkateswara to promote Dharma through his powerful Sankirtanas (devotional songs).


    Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the  earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of  Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills  in Tirumala, India where unbroken worship is being offered for over 12 centuries.  Annamcharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara's. nandaka (Sword).


    A rhyming couplet of poems called “Dwipada” written by  Tallapaka Chinnanna, grandson of Annamacharya, enabled us to learn about the Saint Annamacharya, his life and works. Annamacharya was born on Vaisakhapoornima in the year Sarwadhari  (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a remote village in Andhra Pradesh, and lived immaculately for  95 years until Phalguna Bahula Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (February 23, 1503). Annamacharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara’s Nandaka or Sword. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) have consecrated Annamacharya in two places, one in the Annamacharya Mandiram located in the Annamacharya Project Office premises at Tiruapati and the other one in Annamacharya temple at Tallapka the birth place of Annamcharya. The evidences supporting the fact that Annamacharya is the incarnation of the Lord are found in Chinnanna’s Dwipada.


    It is believed that in the 10th century a big famine broke out in Varanasi and scores of scholars migrated to southern part of India for earning their livelihoods. Some of them concentrated in a town called “Nandavaram” in Andhra Pradesh which was ruled by the then king Nanda. These immigrants were called “Nandavarikas” and Annamacharyas forefathers were the so called Nandavarikas and hence Annamacharya.

    In the Dwipada the story of Annamacharya goes back three generations to his grandfather Narayanayya. As a boy Narayanayya was not keen in studies and it was customary in those times for the gurus to subject the students to different kinds of torturous methods to create concentration on studies. When nothing worked for the young boy, he decided that death would be better than the life filled with torture, humiliation, and shame. He heard about the venomous cobra in the snake hole at the temple of Chinthalamma the village Goddess. In an attempt to take his life away, Narayanayya put his hand in the snake hole at the temple. To his surprise, the village Goddess appeared before him and advised him not to take his life away since a boy with an element of Hari or Vishnu would be born in the third generation of Narayanayya.  


    arayana Suri, the son of Narayanayya, did not have children for a long time. Narayana Suri and his wife Lakkamamba visited Tirumala Temple and while they were prostrating in front of the Holy Mast (Dhwaja Sthambha) a dazzling brilliance from the sword of Lord Venkateswara struck them like a lightening. Eventually a boy was born to them and they named him Annamayya. Annamayya became Annamacharya when the sage Ghana Vishnu at Tirumala converted him into a Vaishnavaite at the age of 8.

    During his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed and sang 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of Dwipada,SsankIrtana Lakshanam (Characteristics of sankIrtanas), Sringaara Manjari,  and Venkatachala Mahatmamyam. His works were in Telugu, Sanskrit and a few other languages of India.

    Chinnanna called the 32,000 Sankirtanas as 32,000 Mantras or Sacred Hymns. It was also recorded in Chinnanna’s Dwipada that Purandara Dasa, who was 70 years younger to Annamacharya, heard about the miracles of Annamacharya and visited him. Purandara Dasa paid his respects to Annamacharya by calling him the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara and his Sankirtanas as Sacred Hymns. 

    Annamacharya wrote the sankirtanas on palm leaves and later his son Tirumalacharya got them engraved on copper plates. But for reasons not known, most of these copper plates lay hidden in a rock built cell opposite to Hundi in the Tirumala temple unnoticed for over 400 years.

    In 1922, twenty five hundred copper plates, comprising of about 14,000 sankIrtanas and a few other works, were found  in a rock built cell, later named as Sankirtana Bhandagaram, opposite to the Hundi (donation box).

    Ever since the discovery of this lost treasure, Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams (TTD) and other organizations in India are working hard to promote the music and literature of Annamacharya. SVASA based in Riverside,  honors Annamacharya  by organizing both the jayanti (birth anniversary)  and the vardhanti commemorations annually and also organizes other devotional activities  such as spiritual discourses, devotional music recitals, and other devotional services and thereby creates/increases spiritual awareness in the community. 


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    Monday, October 28, 2019

    The Blessings of Lord Venkateshwara

    Monday, October 28, 2019 0
    The Blessings of Lord Venkateshwara

    Venkateshwara The Protector In Kaliyug


    Venkateshwara The Protector In Kaliyug

      Temple Information

    Venkateswara Temple is a landmark Vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Sri Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to have appeared here to save mankind from trials and troubles of Kali Yuga.

    Address: S Mada St, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517504

    Opened: 300 AD

    Phone: 0877 227 7777

    Architectural style: Dravidian architecture

    District: Chittoor

      Lord Venkateswara is another incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is said that Lord Venkateswara has made his abode at seven hills to protect the mankind from the miseries of the Kalyug. As per the Hindu mythology, the creator dissolves his creation at the end of his night. The entire time span for which the creation exists is divided into four periods Satya, Treta, Dwapar and Kalyug. Of the four periods, Kalyug is the worst when all evil forces take controls. Luckily the total of the four periods spans 43.4 billion years. The Shesnag is the thorn and the his hood is the umbrella over Lord Venkateswara. At the far end of the Dwapar era, the Rishis were performing Yajna, but who will receive the fruits remain undecided. So, Bhrigu set out to find the best among the Trinities of Hindu gods. Bhrigu has one advantage; he had a third eye on his foot. Bhrigu visited the abodes of the Brahma and the Shiva and found them wanting. He then visited the Vishnu and found him in meditation and totally ignoring the sage. Enraged sage kicked Vishnu in the chest, Vishnu woke up and apologized to Bhrigu for hurting his foot and massaged his foot to squash the extra eye out. Laksmi took it as an insult and left Baikuntham and start meditating at Kolhapur. Vishnu set out to search Laksmi disguises as Srinivasa and reached the seven hills and start meditating. A cow and a calf given by Laksmi used to provide food and nourishment to Srinivasa. A Cowherd sees this stuck the cow with his baton, but the blow struck Srinivasa instead enraged Lord cursed the king for the cruel act of his subject. The king pleads mercy and Srinivasa said to condone his sin he will take his next birth as Akasaraja and must arrange the marriage of her daughter with Srinivasa. Accordingly Srinivasa married Padamavati daughter of Akasaraja and returned to Tirumala hills. Lakshmi hearing the news reached Tirumala to get an explanation from Srinivasa. Srinivasa seeing Laksmi and Padamavati turned himself to a stone statue. Lord Brahma and Shiva explained that it is lord’s desire to stand by his devotees and disciples to protect them throughout the Kalyug. Srinivasa is Lord Venkateswara, and Laksmi stays on the left and Padamavati at the right of his heart..

    Beliefs for worship

    Lord Venkateswara is the savior of mankind in the troubled era of Kalyug. If prayed with full devotion the Lord Venkateswara grants all legitimate demands of his disciples.

    How to worship Lord Venkateswara

    The legend says the Lord Venkateswara taken a loan from 11.4 million gold coins from Kuber to meet the marriage expenses. As per contract witnessed by Brahma and Shiva, the Lord Venkateswara will liquidate the loan before the end of the era. The ornaments donated by the devotees in the hundreds go to repay the debt. This is a kind of worship. But, if you want to worship Lord Venkateswara at home, you must do it after taking a bath with clean and pure heart. You need sincere devotion, and that is all the Lord demands. It is just like your normal puja with incense stick, diya, Tulsi and sandal paste.

    Festivals based on Venkateswara

    The main festival is Venkateswara Brahmotsavam; it is a nine-day long festival celebrated in the month of October. Other major festivals are Vaikuntha Ekadasi, Rathasaptami, Ramnavami, Janmashtami and Ugadi.


    Chanting

    "Om Namo Venkatesaya"
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