Tirumala is known as an ancient famous Pilgrimage centre.
After the Rama and Krishna incarnations
Maha Vishnu took the avatara of Srinivasa in Kaliyuga. The Worship form
of Srinivasa is Venkateswara Swamy.
As told by many archeologists, this Adi Varaha Kshetra is more than two hundred crore years old.
Even from the Vedic times, devotees considered Tirumala as a sacred and divine
place of great richness. Since then it is considered a great Vaishnava Kshetra.
"Vishnuh parvathanamadhipatih" is a saying of
verses. That is why we observe that the vaishnavite temples are seen only on
Hills and valleys. It is called 'Sree Parvatha' in Rigveda.
"Araayikaane
vikate girim gacha sadanve
Sirimbi tasya
satvabhisvetabhishtvachatayaamasi"
-(Rigveda 10-15-1)
The meaning of the sloka is though you are poor, you are in
loss of internal and external sights, if you aspire to get rid of sin, and get
spiritual richness, you go to Sri Parvata where Lord Venkateswara is installed
and pray Sri Hari along with the devotees of the Lord.
The veda says - if you show interested and is anxious to get
Purushartham i.e., Dharma, Artha, kama, and Moksha or interested to
achieve wealth, spirituality, you should pray God
Venkateswara Swamy existing at Sri parvatam.
True! According to the conversation of Indra and Upendra of veda, and the story of Bhrigu Maharshi in Venkatachala Mahatmyam, it was clear that Sri Maha Vishnu came to Earth in search of Laxmi Devi and was residing permanently at Tirumala, His favourite Kshetra. 'Sri' means Lakshmi. As it is the residing place of Lakshmi, it is called 'Srinivasudu'. As per Vedas it is also called 'Sri peetam'. 'Tiru' is a Tamil word which is used to say 'Sri' and 'Mala' means Parvata. Hence Tirumala is called as 'Sri Parvata' and also called ‘Sri sailam’. This is a place of Srinivasa who grants wealth to Kubera, the owner of mine treasures. By all means, it is called a Divine Place granting prosperity.
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