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Sayana Mandiram / Ardha Mandapam As you cross Ramulavari Meda you will enter into a 13 ½ ” by 13 ½” room. This room is called Sayana Mandiram i.e., Lord’s Bed Room. This is exactly in front of the Sanctum Sanctorum of Lord Venkateswara. This is also known by the name Ardha Mandapam. (A Moiety Read More
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Snapana Mandapam (Mandapam of Holy Ablutions)
Snapana Mandapam As you enter through Golden doors you come across, not very much illuminated, a 27 feet quadrangular mandapam. This (Snapana Mandapam) has four pillars in the middle portion. Sculptured figures of Balakrishna, Yoga Narasimha, Sri Krishna Kaliya Mardhana, etc., can be seen on these pillars. It is known as “Tiruvilan Koil”, a Tamil Read More
Ghanta Mandapam (Thiru Maha Mani Mandapam)
Ghanta Mandapam The pillared entrance to the main temple is known as Ghanta Mandapam. Its exquisiteness is simply beyond description. Facing north, devotees enter into this mandapam. Behold here you come across some doors. Gods like Brahma and other deities, sages, and saints like Sanak Sananda’s patiently wait here to have the darshan of Lord Read More
Ankurarpana Mandapam – Tirupati Balaji Temple
Ankurarpana Mandapam / Ankur Arpana Mandapam Opposite the chief kitchen and towards the south of Bangaru Baavi, there is a mandapam. This is known as Ankurarpana Mandapam. Every year the Dasara Brahmothsavam is celebrated for ten days by Lord Venkateswara. The initiation of this Brahmothsavam starts from this Mandapam. Ankuram as we all known is Read More
Tirumala Nambi – Sri Ramanujacharya’s maternal uncle
Tirumala Nambi – One among 5 Gurus of Sri Bhagavad Ramanujacharya Tirumala Nambi, who served God was also a great scholar in Sanskrit as well as Dravidian language i.e., Tamil. He was one among the five gurus of Sri Bhagavad Ramanujacharya who advocated Vishista Advaitha philosophy. Not only this, Tirumala Nambi was Sri Ramanujacharya’s maternal Read More
Tirumala Nambi – 1st Citizen of Tirumala
Tirumala Nambi – Sri Saila Poorna In the 10th century A.D. there lived a great Vaishnava devotee by the name Yamunacharya in ‘Sri Rangam’ a popularly famous Vaishnavite pilgrim center. With all the sincerity he had at his command, Sri Yamunacharya was serving Lord Sri Ranganatha. Being an authority on Vishista Advaitha he was also Read More
TTD Namami Govinda Panchagavya Products
Panchagavyas The cow has great prominence in our Vedic culture. The cow dung, urine, milk, curd, and ghee given by the cow to mankind are well-known as invaluable Panchagavyas. TTD is manufacturing 15 kinds of Ayurveda products with these Panchagavyas. Devotees can buy the products and make their livelihood healthy by using them. Click here Read More
Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple
Article by P.Raja, posted in Sapthagiri Magazine Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple, Pondicherry Every temple is a place of great importance and it forms the very crux of almost every pious Hindu’s existence. As everything is done with the blessings of the Lord, the Hindus invariably go to temples to offer their prayers. There was a Read More
Evolution of Tirupati: A Historical Journey
Evolution of Tirupati The divine hills of Tirumala are believed to have been directly brought from the celestial Sri Vaikuntam and placed on earth for the benefit of mankind. This holy hill is called ‘Venkatachalam’. Lord Vishnu appeared here in the self-manifested form as ‘Srinivasa’ eons before, worshipped by devotees from all corners of the Read More
Eri Katha Ramar Temple, Maduranthakam
Eri Katha Ramar Temple One of the most important and famous Sri Rama temples in Tamil Nadu is in Maduranthakam, a small town in Chengalpattu district, of Tamil Nadu. Officially known as Sri Kodandarama temple, it is popularly called Eri Katha Ramar temple. This ancient place was originally known as Madurantaka Chaturvedimangalam as the Chola Read More
