Discovering Lord Vishnu on the ant-hill, the cow provided its milk, and thus fed the Lord. Meanwhile, at the palace, the cow was not yielding any milk, for which the Chola Queen chastised 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 aimed a blow with his axe on the head of the cow. However, Lord Vishnu rose from the ant-hill to receive the blow and save the cow. When the cowherd saw the Lord bleed at the blow of his axe, he fell down and died of shock.
The cow returned, bellowing in fright and with blood stains all over her body, to the Chola King. To find out the cause of the cow's terror, the King followed her to the scene of the incident. The King found the cowherd lying dead on the ground near the ant-hill. While he stood wondering how it had happened, Lord Vishnu rose from the ant-hill and cursed the King saying that he would become an Asura because of the fault of his servant.
The King pleaded innocence, and the Lord blessed him by saying that he will be reborn as Akasa Raja and that the curse would end when the Lord will be adorned with a crown presented by Akasa Raja at the time of His marriage with Padmavati. With these words Lord turned into stone form. His request being readily granted, Srinivasa ordained that a pilgrimage to His shrine would not be complete unless it is preceded by a bath in the Pushkarini and darshan of Sri Varahaswami, and that puja and naivedyam should be offered to Sri Varaha swami first.
Vishnu built a hermitage and lived there, attended to by Vakuladevi who looked after him like a mother. However, Yasoda was not blessed to witness the marriage of Sri Krishna with Rukmini and she felt very sad. Sri Krishna promised to fulfil her desire in her next birth as Vakuladevi in his next incarnation as Srinivasa. Sometime later, a King named Akasa Raja who belonged to the Lunar race was ruling over Thondamandalam. Akasa Raja had no heirs, and therefore, he wanted to perform a sacrifice.
As part of the sacrifice, he was ploughing the fields when his plough turned up a lotus in the ground. On examining the lotus, the King found a female child in it. The king was happy to find a child even before he performed a sacrifice and carried it to his place and gave it to his Queen to tend it. At that time he heard an aerial voice which said "O King, tend it as your child and fortune will befall you".
As she was found in a lotus, the king named her Padmavati. Princess Padmavati grew up into a beautiful maiden and was attended by a host of maids. Padmavathi's origin : In olden times, Lakshmi, in the form of Vedavati, was staying in an ashram in the forests.
At that time, Ravana, the lord of Lanka tried to tempt her. This is why the lord is still repaying the loan taken from Kubera and will still pay till the end of kali yuga. Thus, it is also believed that Lord Vishnu has manifested himself in the temple of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple during this Kali age to guide and direct his devotees towards salvation. According to some scriptures, Srinivasa actually turned himself into a stone form after Laxmi found out that he married another woman named Padmavathi Alamelu Manga.
After Srinivasa manifested into a stone statue, Padmavati and Lakshmi also turned themselves on either side. Also, Vakula Devi mother of Srinivasa of that time in the form of a garland. This Venkateswara Temple is the most celebrated pilgrim destination visited by a huge number of people.
To clear the debt, devotees from all over the world visit the shrine and donate money. Lord Venkateshwara Balaji Lord of the Heavens. Goddess Shri Padmavathi Goddess of wealth and virtue. Shri Hanuman Strength and virtue. Lord Shiva The terminator in the cycle of life. Lord Venkateswara temple is world famous for attracting a huge number of devotees every day.
This temple happens to be the wealthiest temple on the earth. In fact, there are several mysteries associated with the Lord Venkateswara idol in the sanctum sanctorum of Tirumala Tirupati temple.
Here, we dwell into the origin of this question and explore some interesting answers to it from different sources. This question or mystery springs from the fact that the Lord Shri Venkateswara idol at the Tirumala Tirupati temple is decorated with a huge size Namam which is a sacred forehead mark of Vaishnavites.
The white colored Namam which is applied on the forehead of Lord Shri Venkateswara is a very broad application. It is prepared with powdered camphor. This application is performed by the temple priests on the idol once a week on Fridays following the Abhishekam ritual which is a sacred bath to the idol.
However, on Thursdays, the size of the Namam is reduced considerably allowing the eyes of the Lord to expose more than usual. It is known as Netra Darshan. There is another very interesting ritual associated with Lord Venkateswara. It is performed on Friday specifically Friday mornings.
The Lord Venkateswara idol is given a sacred bath on Friday mornings. The glance of the Lord is powerful and blazing. Herein, it should be noted that the Namam which is worn by Lord Venkateswara is a symbolic representation of Vaishnavism.
Moreover, there are two Vaishnavites sects by the name of Vadagalai and Tengalai which are prominent in Vaishnavism. However, the Lord Venkateswara temple uses the unique combination of the English letters U and Y for representing these two sects together.
Lord Venkateswara is just, impartial and strict with everyone. He is the self-manifested deity who cannot tolerate the wrongdoings of the people during the present age of Kali Yuga. The Namam is made of fresh camphor which has a cooling effect on the Lord.
Plus, it partially covers the eyes of the Lord. There are millions of devotees of Lord Venkateswara.
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