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Lord Venkateswara
Telugu	వేంకటేశ్వర
Affiliation	Form of Maha Vishnu;
Abode	; Vaikuntam, Tirumala;
Mantra	Om Namo Venkatesaya, Om Namo Narayana
Weapon	; Shankha, Chakra;
Symbols	Namam
Mount	Garuda
Region	South India
Consorts	; Shri Devi /Lakshmi / Alamelu & Bhudevi;

Form of the Hindu god Vishnu

Venkateswara (Sanskrit: वेङ्कटेश्वर, IAST: Vēṅkaṭēśvara), also known as Śrīnivāsa, Bālājī, Vēṅkaṭa, Venkata Ramana, Vēṅkaṭāchalapati, Tirupati Timmappa and Govindha,^[1] is a form of the Hindu god Maha Vishnu. Venkateswara's most prominent temple is the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple located in Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh in Southern India.

Etymology

Venkateswara literally means "Lord of Venkata".^[2]^[3] The word is a combination of the words Venkata (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and isvara ("Lord").^[4] 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).^[5]

Legend

Lord Venkateswara with consorts Bhudevi and Padmavati.

Lord Sri Venkateswara at Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan, USA

Venkateswara's debt to Kubera

Every year, lakhs of devotees donate a large amount of wealth at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.^[6] Goddess Lakshmi, also referred as Sri, once had a fight with Lord Vishnu and left Vaikunta. She came and settled on earth in disguise. Lord Vishnu soon arrived on earth searching for Goddess Lakshmi. But He failed to find her and instead settled on Tirumala hills in the form of a forest gatherer and continued the search. During the search, Lord Vishnu met a beautiful girl named Padmavati who was the daughter of the King of the seven hills in Tirumala. They both fell in love and decided to get married.

The father of Padmavati asked for a huge bridal price and to pay the money Lord Vishnu took a large loan from Kubera, the Hindu god who is the treasurer of wealth. Kubera gave the loan on the condition that Vishnu cannot return to Vaikunta (heavenly abode) without paying off the debt.^{[citation needed]}

Lord Vishnu resides at Tirumala as Tirupati Venkateswara without returning to Vaikunta until the payment is made. To help him repay his debt, devotees offer him wealth and in return Lord Vishnu fulfills their prayers.
In 2014, an RTI petition was filed by Narasimha Murti,^[7] an RTI activist^[7] belonging to Bangalore, seeking to know "how much Lord Venkateswara had received from Lord Kubera and how many more years it would take for the devotees to clear this debt".^[7]

Venkateswara temples outside India

Mauritius

Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swami Temple, La Laura-Malenga

United States of America

Malibu Hindu Temple, California

Venkateswara Temple, Minnesota

Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Pittsburgh

Sri Balaji Temple, Bridgewater, NJ

Australia

Sri Venkateswara Temple Helensburgh

Venkateswara Temple, Helensburgh

England

Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple, West Midlands, England

References

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^ Daniel C. Maguire; Harold Coward (2000). Visions of a New Earth. SUNY Press. p. 115.

^ William Schweiker (2008). The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics. John Wiley & Sons. p. 474.

^ John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan (2006). The Life of Hinduism. University of California Press. p. 233.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)

^ Nanditha Krishna (2000). Balaji-Venkateshwara, Lord of Tirumala-Tirupati. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons. p. 49.

^ "Why do we Hindus offer Gold and large amount of money at Tirupati Balaji Temple?". Hindu Blog. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

^ ^a^b^c Hemanth Kashyap (11 December 2014). "He Seeks Answers from the God of 'Big' Things". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

External links

Official Tirumala Homepage

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[2] Daniel C. Maguire; Harold Coward (2000). Visions of a New Earth. SUNY Press. p. 115.

[3] William Schweiker (2008). The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics. John Wiley & Sons. p. 474.

[4] John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan (2006). The Life of Hinduism. University of California Press. p. 233.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)

[5] Nanditha Krishna (2000). Balaji-Venkateshwara, Lord of Tirumala-Tirupati. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons. p. 49.

[6] "Why do we Hindus offer Gold and large amount of money at Tirupati Balaji Temple?". Hindu Blog. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[bangaloremirror.com-7] Hemanth Kashyap (11 December 2014). "He Seeks Answers from the God of 'Big' Things". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

v t e Avatars of Vishnu
Dashavatara	Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parashurama Rama Balarama¹ Krishna¹ Buddha¹ Kalki
Other avatars	Four Kumaras Narada Nara-Narayana Kapila Dattatreya Yajna Rishabha Prithu Dhanvantari Mohini Vyasa Prsnigarbha Hayagriva Hamsa
¹ The list of ten avatars varies regionally. The two substitutions involve Balarama, Krishna and Buddha is considered the avatar of Vishnu. Krishna is almost always included; in exceptions, he is considered the source of all avatars.

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v t e Deity's in Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala
Venkateswara	Main deity Bhoga Srinivasa Malayappa swami (Consort Sridevi / Bhudevi) Ugra Srinivasa Koluvu Srinivasa
Vishnu	Krishna (Consort Rukmini) Rama Consort Sita Brother Lakshmana Chakram (celestial weapon)
Others	Hanuman Sugriva Anantha Vishvaksena Angada Garuda

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