Venkateswara




Form of the Hindu god Vishnu








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Lord Venkateswara
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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

























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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.




Contents






  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 Legend


  • 3 Venkateswara's debt to Kubera


  • 4 Venkateswara temples outside India


    • 4.1 Mauritius


    • 4.2 United States of America


    • 4.3 Australia


    • 4.4 England




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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


Main article: Legend of Tirumala


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



See also







  • Padmavathi

  • Vakula Devi

  • Annamacharya

  • Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam

  • Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam



References





  1. ^ Tourist Guide to Andhra Pradesh. Sura Books. 1992. p. 21..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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.


  7. ^ abc 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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