attached word doc on some famous similar temples KR IRS 4825 On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 at 11:31, 'gopala krishnan' via KeralaIyers < [email protected]> wrote:
> KALYANA VENKITESA PERUMAL TEMPLE,NARAYANAVANAM, NEAR PUTTUR, CHITTUR > DISTRICT- ANDHRA PRADESH-Compiled(Part 1) > > Dear friends, > > The Kalyana Venkatesa Perumal Temple in Narayanavanam is a significant > temple dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, specifically in his Kalyana > Venkateswara form. It's located 2 km east of Puttur and 45 km south of > Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh, India. > > The temple is known for its association with the *marriage of Lord > Venkateswara and Goddess Padmavathi, where they are believed to have stayed > for six months after their wedding in this place and then moved to > Tirupathi*, according to the legends. Newlyweds often visit this temple > to offer prayers, seeking blessings for a happy married life. Today my > posting is about this temple. > > Hope a divine reading. > > Gopalakrishnan 4-8-2025 > > Introduction > > Narayanavanam is a town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of > Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Narayanavanam mandal in Sri > Kalahasti revenue division. The town is known for Kalyana Venkateswara > Temple dedicated to Lord Venkateswara and *constructed in 1541 AD*. > > According to Skanda purana, Lord Venkateswara married Padmavati at > Narayanavanam. The Kalyana Venkateswara Temple at Narayanavanam is believed > to have been originally built by King Tondaman, brother of Padmavati. > > Legend > > Once several rishis headed by Kashyapa began to perform a sacrifice on the > banks of the Ganges and requested Sage Bhrigu to identify the God who could > be worshipped in their sacrifice. Sage Bhrigu first went to Satya Loka, > where he found Lord Brahma, reciting the four Vedas in praise of Lord > Vishnu, with each of his four heads, and attended upon by his consort > Saraswati. Lord Brahma did not take notice of Bhrigu offering obeisance. > > This made Bhrigu to conclude that Lord Brahma was unfit for worship and he > cursed Brahma that no one will worship him in Kaliyuga. > > At Kailasa, Bhrigu was not allowed inside by the guards as Lord Shiva was > romancing with his wife Parvati. The sage cursed Lord Shiva saying Shiva > will be worshipped only in the form of Lingam. > > At Vaikuntam, Lord Vishnu was reposing on Adisesha with Sri Mahalakshmi in > service at His feet. > > Finding that Lord Vishnu also did not notice him, the sage was infuriated > and kicked the Lord on His chest, the place where Mahalakshmi resides. > > At once, Lord Vishnu hastened to apologize to the angry sage and pressed > his feet to allay the pain caused to Bhrigu’s leg. While doing so the > Lord smartly removed the eye in the foot of the sage, thereby stripping > Bhrigu of his special powers. > > Thereupon, the sage concluded that Lord Vishnu was the most supreme of the > Trimurtis and told the rishis the same. > > Goddess Mahalakshmi angered by the action of her Lord in apologizing to > Bhrigu leaves Vaikuntha and resides in Karavirapur (now known as Kolhapur). > After the departure of Mahalakshmi, a forlorn Lord Vishnu left Vaikuntam > and took abode in an ant-hill under a tamarind tree, beside a Pushkarini on > the Venkatachalam Hill, meditating for the return of Lakshmi, without > food or sleep. This was the place where earlier Lord took the form of > Varaha (wild boar) to rescue Mother Earth from the deep ocean by killing > the demon Hiranyaksha who dragged the earth into deep ocean. > > Deeply concerned about Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva decided to assume the > forms of a cow and its calf to serve Him. Surya, the Sun God informed > Mahalakshmi of this and requested her to assume the form of a cowherd and > sell the cow and calf to the king of the Chola country. > > The king of the Chola country bought the cow and its calf and sent them to > graze on the Venkatachalam Hill along with his herd of cattle. Discovering > Lord Vishnu on the ant-hill, the cow provided its milk, and thus fed the > Lord. Meanwhile, at the palace as the cow was not yielding any milk the > Chola Queen reprimanded the cowherd severely. > > To find out the cause of lack of milk, the cowherd followed the cow, hid > himself behind a bush and discovered the cow emptying her udder over the > ant-hill. Incensed over the conduct of the cow, the cowherd tried to hit > the cow with his axe. Lord Vishnu rises from the ant-hill to receive the > blow and saves the cow. When the cowherd saw the Lord bleed at the blow of > his axe, he fell down and died of shock. > > When the cow returned with blood stains all over her body the Chola King > wanted to find out the cause of the cow’s terror, and followed her to the > scene of the incident. The King found the cowherd lying dead on the ground > near the ant-hill. Lord Vishnu rises from the ant-hill and curses the > King saying that he would become an Asura (demon) because of the fault of > his servant i.e., cowherd. > > When the King pleaded innocence, the Lord blessed him by saying that the > king will be reborn as Akasa Raja and the curse would end when the Lord > will be adorned with a crown presented by Akasa Raja at the time of his > daughter Padmavati’s marriage with the Lord. With these words Lord turned > into stone form. Thereafter, Lord Vishnu in the name of Srinivasa, > decided to stay in Varaha Kshetra, and requested Sri Varahaswami to grant > Him a site for His stay. > > Srinivasa built a hermitage and lived there, attended to by Vakuladevi who > looked after him like a mother. Vakuladevi is regarded as the reincarnation > of Yashoda who was the foster mother of Lord Krishna in Dvapara yuga. When > Yashoda complained to Lord Krishna that she couldn’t witness any of his > marriages, Lord Krishna assured her that she would get such opportunity > later in Kali Yuga. > > When King Akasaraja was tilling the earth for performing a sacrifice, he > found a box in which there was a girl child on a lotus in the > Padmapushkarini situated at present day Tiruchanur in Andhra Pradesh. She > came to be known as Padmini (Skanda purana) and Padmavathi (Bhavishyottara > purana). > > Vedavathi was the daughter of Brahmarishi Kushadhvaja, who was the son of > Brihaspati, the guru of the devas. Kushadhvaja wanted to get his daughter > Vedavathi married to God Vishnu as her husband. Ravana, the king of Lanka > found Vedavathi sitting in meditation as a tapasvini and was captivated by > her incredible beauty. He proposed to marry her and when she rejected, he > tried to assault her. The furious Vedavathi cursed Ravana that she would be > born once more, and would be the cause of his death. She subsequently leapt > into the ritual havan that was present in her vicinity, immolating herself. > When Vedavati enters the fire to immolate herself, the fire-God Agni > provides her refuge. > > In later stage, when Sita is to be kidnapped by Ravana, Sita seeks > shelter in the fire and exchanges places with Maya Sita, who is Vedavati in > her previous birth. Ravana abducts Maya Sita, mistaking her to be Sita. > After Ravana is killed by Sita’s husband Rama, Sita and Maya Sita switch > places in the Agni Pariksha. Vedavati asked Rama to be her husband. Rama, > being of utmost loyalty to Sita, declines, but promises to marry her in his > next incarnation. Thus, Vedavati appears as a child in a box on a lotus > when Akasaraja was tilling the earth for performing a sacrifice, and she is > named Padmavati. > > One day, Lord Srinivasa, who was hunting, chased a wild elephant in the > forests surrounding the hills and enters a garden, where Princess Padmavati > and her maids were picking flowers. The sight of the elephant frightened > the Princess and her maids. But the elephant immediately turned around, > saluted the Lord and disappeared into the forest. Srinivasa returned to > the hills in haste, leaving his horse behind. > > Vakuladevi found him lying on his bed, not interested in anything and > realises that he had fallen in love with Padmavati, daughter of King > Akasaraja. Meanwhile, Akasa Raja and his queen Dharanidevi learn about > Padmavati’s love for Srinivasa of Venkatachalam Hill. Akasa Raja consults > Brihaspati who advises that their marriage would be in the interest of both > the parties. Kubera lends money to Lord Srinivasa to meet the expenses of > the marriage. > > As the marriage took place in Narayanavanam, Padmavati’s brother King > Tondaman built two Temples; one is at Narayanavanam, another in Tirumala to > commemorate this occasion. Narayanavanam is one of the few temples where > we can see both Venkateswara Swamy along with Padmavati Devi in one complex. > > Temple history > > The temple was rebuilt in 1245 AD by Narasimhadeva Yadavaraya. > Subsequently in 1541-42 Penugonda Veerappa again renovated the temple. In > 1943 further renovation to the temple was done by Surajmal Karva, the > manager of the principality of Alwar Veera (Rajasthan). On 29th April, > 1967 the temple came under the supervision of Tirumala Tirupati > Devasthanam. > > Architecture > > The main Raja gopuram of the temple was built by the King Sri Krishna > Devaraya which has seven tiers and rises to 150 feet height. The second > gopuram was built by Veera Narasimha Devaraya with three tiers. > > Deities > > *Lord Venkateswara is seen facing east in this temple. His consort Lakshmi > is seen residing on his bosom*. A dasavathara band adores his waist. > > A garland of salagramas (ammonite fossil stones) along with Conch and > Discus adorn his shoulders. He carries a hunting sword in his hand. > > Sub temples > > This Temple has four small shrines of Sri Padmavati, Andal, Sri Prayaga > Madhava swami and Sri Varadaraja Swami. At the entrance in front of the > Sanctum is the small Garudalwar Sannidhi. > > In addition to these, there are five more temples to the main one. These > are dedicated to Sri Harihareshwar Swami with his consort Champak Valli, > Sri Veerabadhra Swami, Sri Sakthi Vinayaka Swami, Sri Agastheeswara Swami > with his consort Marakathavalli and Sri Avanakshamma. (Amnam means Veda or > sacred tradition, Akshi means eye, Amnakshi means Goddess who possesses > vedas as her eyes. As time passed by Amnakshi turned to Avanakshamma). It > is said that Adi Shankara installed sree chakra in the Avanakshamma temple. > > I will continue as part 2 the balance of the topic. > > > > > > -- > On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust > > We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join > > Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup > > Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust > > Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: > https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KeralaIyers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/1668838027.964950.1754287155831%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/1668838027.964950.1754287155831%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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15 Famous Venkateswara Temples KALYANA.docx
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