Lord Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala(Tirupati) is one of the most famous temples in India. With more than 35
million pilgrims visiting the temple every year, it is one of the most visited
holy places and also one of the richest temples in the world. Built on the
Venkata Hill, which is a part of the famous Seshachalam Hills, Tirupati Temple
is considered as one of the holiest shrines by the Hindus. According to a
legend, Lord Vishnu assumed the form of Sri Venkateswara to save mankind fromthe adversities of Kali Yuga.
There are many legends associated withthe origin of this age-old temple. The larger than life statue of the main
deity is said to have formed on its own, making it one of the eight
‘SwayambhuKshetras’ (self-manifested image) of Lord Vishnu. Many ancient texts,
including the Rig Veda mention the existence and prominence of the temple.
Written texts, which are dated back to the Mauryan and Gupta era, refer the
temple as ‘AadhiVarahaKshetra’. In fact, many other texts and theories link the
history of Tirupati Temple to Lord Varaha, one of the ten avatars of Lord
Vishnu. According to a legend, Lord Varaha created the entire Seshachalam Hills
so that Adisesha, the seven-headed snake on which Vishnu rests, could rest on
earth. Interestingly, Seshachalam Hills has seven peaks, which are said to bethe representation of the heads of Adisesha.
As far as the construction of the
temple is concerned, King Thondaiman of Tondaimandalam kingdom constructed the
precincts and the towering gateway (Gopuram) of the temple. He also made sure
his subjects worshipped the Lord regularly.
Sri PadmavathiAmmavari Temple islocated in Tiruchanoor, which is about 5 km from the Tirumala Hills. The maindeity of the temple is Goddess Padmavathi, who is believed to have married Lord
Venkateswara. This temple was built during the reign of ThondamanChakravarthyand it is believed that devotees should first visit this temple before offering
prayers at Sri Venkateswara Temple.
Padmavathi was the daughter of AkashaRaja of Thondamandalam, who was found in a lotus, when he performed a great
yagna. Since she was found in a lotus, she was named Padmavathi and was married
to Lord Venkateswara. She is also called as Alamelu Manga, meaning an
inexhaustible source of love and compassion.
Sri Govindarajaswamy Temple is an
ancient Hindhu-vaishnavite temple situated at the heart of the Tirupati city in
Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The temple was built during
12 century and was consecrated in the year 1130 AD by Saint Ramanujacharya. The
temple is one of the earliest structures in Tirupati and also one of the
biggest temple complex in Chittoor district. The Tirupati (down hill) city is
built around this temple. The temple at current is being administered by
Tirumala TirupatiDevasthanams.
ISKCON Temple Chennai is a Vaishnavatemple dedicated to Lord Krishna. It is located on the East Coast Road at
Akkarai, Sholinganallur in southern Chennai. Built on 1.5 acres of land, the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Chennai is the largestRadha Krishna temple in Tamil Nadu. It was formally inaugurated on 26 April 2012.
KapilaTheertham is a famous SaiviteTemple and Theertham, located at Tirupati in the Chittoor District of AndhraPradesh, India. The idol is believed to be installed by Kapila Muni and hence
Lord Siva here is referred to as Kapileswara.
The temple stands at the entrance to a
mountain cave in one of the steep and vertical faces at the foot of the
Tirumala hills which are part of Seshachalam Hills, where the waters of the
mountain stream fall directly into Temple Pushkariniknown as"KapilaTheertham". A huge stone statue of a seated bull
"Nandhi", Shiva's steed, greets devotees and passersby at the
entrance to the temple.
Sri KalyanaVenkateswaraswamy Temple isan ancient Hindu Vaishnavite temple located at Srinivasamangapuram which is 12km from Tirupati in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is
dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu and is referred to as
KalyanaVenkateswara. The temple is categorised as an Ancient monument of
National importance by Archaeological survey of India. It is one of thecentrally protected monuments of national importance.
Vinayaka Temple or SriVarasidhiVinayakaSwamy Temple is a Hindu temple of Ganesha. It is located at
Kanipakam in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is about 11
km from Chittoor and 68 km from Tirupati
The golden temple complex inside theSripuram spiritual park is situated at the foot of a small range of green hillsat Thirumalaikodi (or simply Malaikodi) village, 8 km from Vellore in TamilNadu, India. It is 120 km from Tirupati, 145 km from Chennai, 160 km from
Puducherry and 200 km from Bengaluru. The MahaKumbhabhishekam or consecration
of the temple and its chief deity, Sri Lakshmi Narayani or Maha Lakshmi, the
goddess of wealth, was held on 24 August 2007, and devotees from all religionsand backgrounds are welcome to visit. This temple is gilded with 1,500 kg of
pure gold, double the 750 kg gilding of the dome of the Golden Temple at
Amritsar.This is a famous temple.And all Men's wear Dhothi's and white shirt
while going to the temple.
The Kamakshi Temple is an ancientHindu Temple dedicated to Kamakshi, the ultimate form of GoddessLalithaMahaTripurasundari(Parvati). It is located in the historic city of
Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India. The Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, the
Akilandeswari temple in Thiruvanaikaval near Tiruchirappalli and this Kamakshi
temple are the important centers of worship of Goddess, in the state of Tamil Nadu.
The Temple was most probably built by the Pallava kings, whose capital was
Kanchipuram.
The Image of the main Deity, Kamakshi,is seated in a majestic Padmasana, a yogic posture signifying peace andprosperity, instead of the traditional standing pose. Goddess holds a sugarcane
bow and bunch of five flowers in the lower two of her arms and has a pasha
(lasso), an ankusha (goad) in her upper two arms. There is also a parrot
perched near the flower bunch. There are no other Goddesss temples in the city of
Kanchipuram, apart from this temple, which is unusual in a traditional city
that has hundreds of traditional temples. There are various legends that
account for this fact.
AdiShankaracharya, the famous 8th
century CE scholar and saint, re-established the Sri Chakra in this KamakshiDevi temple in the trough-like structure in that shrine.
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