Tirupati, 3 February 2015: The five-day annual Theppotsavam at Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple in Tirupati concludes here on Tuesday. The processional deities of Govindaraja Swamy along with His consorts were taken around the mada streets encircling the holy shire in grand procession before reaching the venue, Sri Vari Pushkarini (temple tank). Later, the deities were […]
Tirupati, 28 Jan 2015: The Seven day annual Theppotsavam at Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple in Tirupati began here on Wednesday. The processional deities of Lord Rama, Lakshmana, Sita were taken around the mada streets encircling the holy shire in grand procession before reaching the venue, Sri Vari Pushkarini (temple tank). Later, the deities were mounted […]
Tirumala, 26 January 2015: The annual festival of Surya Jayanthi has been observed with religious fervour in Tirumala on Monday. As a part of this one day fete, lord Malayappa swamy in the guise of Lord surya narayanamurthi decked on a colourfully decorated golden surya prabhakara vahanam took celestial ride along four mada streets. The […]
Tirupati, 26 January 2015: The TTD-run temples in and around Tirupati observed ‘Rathasapthami’ in a grand manner on Monday. The event was celebrated with religious fervour qat the temples of Sri Govindaraja Swami, Sri Padmavathi Ammavaru (Tiruchanur) and Sri Kalyana Venkateswara (Srinivasa Mangapuram). Similar to Tirumala hills, the specialty of the day here is the […]
TIRUMALA, JAN 16: The annual celestial “Safari”-Paruveta Utsavam was performed with religious pomp and gaiety with the processional deities of Lord Malayappa Swamy and Lord Srikrishna Swamy throwing the weapons at wild animals in the green woods of Seschachala ranges on Friday. Thousands of devotees witnessed the celestial “Mock Safari” act with anxiety at Paruveta […]
TIRUMALA, JAN 6: The “Divine Love Game” enacted by the Lord with His two Consorts with religious ecstasy as a part of “Pranaya Kalahotsavam” festival on Tuesday evening much to the delight of tens of thousands of devotees who thronged Tirumala to witness this fun filled unique religious fete. It was all about fun and […]
TIRUMALA, 5 January 2015:The Pournami Garuda Seva performed at Tirumala on Monday evening following the advent of Pournami. TTD has started performing Pournami Garuda Seva during every Pournami of every month since 2006 for the sake of the visiting pilgrims. Usually this event is the main one during nine-day brahmotsavams as lakhs of pilgrims throng […]
TIRUMALA, 2 January 2015: The 25 day annual ‘Adhyayanotsavams’ festival in Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala from December 31 and will conclude with ‘Tanniramudu’ festival on 2014 January 25. Vedic pundits will recite 4,000 ‘pasurams’ from ‘Alwar Divya prabandham’ inside the hill temple. While the first 11 days are known as “Pagalpattu” and the […]
Tirupati, 2 January 2015: The holy bath to the sacred Chakrattalwar-the “Chakrasnana Mahotsavam” has been performed with religious fervour in all the TTD-run shrines along with Tirumala temple on Friday on Vaikuntha Dwadasi. Vaikuntha Dwadasi which is also called “Mukkoti Dwadasi” is observed on the twelfth day during the auspicious Dhanurmasa. This day also happens […]
Tirumala, 2 January 2015: In connection with Vaikuntha Dwadasi, Chakra Snanam has been performed to “Sri Sudarshana Chakrattalwar”-the holy disc of Lord Venkateswara, on Friday during wee hours in Swamy Pushkarini. The religious ceremony of the holy dip of the divine disc took place between 5.00am to 6.00am and was witnessed several hundreds of pilgrims. […]