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  1. Waking up Lord Venkateswara

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    / October 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By TSR Reporter Before the Brahmotsavam began at Tirumala this week, special attention was paid to the 19 instruments that are used to `wake’ him up. 7 lakh rupees were spent on the repair the instruments, that are said to be Lord Venkateswara’s favorites. Four times a day, the instruments...

  2. My hair for my heir

    Posted by Ajaya Kumar Vemulapati
    / September 29, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Ajaya Kumar Vemulapati   In Telugu, there is an oft used phrase “Naa Daggara Emi Undi, Bocchu Tappa !” which is used to signify the non-existence of any material asset to give away by the user of the phrase. Here, `hair’ is used as a  metaphor to stress on...

  3. Lord Venkateswara’s crown of controversy

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    / September 7, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir   It was with great fanfare that Gali Janardhana Reddy, then Karnataka’s tourism minister, had offered a 42 crore rupees worth diamond-studded crown to Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala. Thanksgiving, he said to the Lord of the Seven Hills. Ironic, considering he is singularly responsible for robbing Bellary...

  4. The Worldly God

    Posted by Ram Ramnath
    / August 13, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Ram Ramnath   The setting is majestic. As He lords over (what else?) the seven hills, His vast army of devotees pours in for but a moment’s tryst with Him. Even a 24×7 regimen at the sanctum sanctorum is not quite enough, it appears, to salve the pilgrims’ restless...

  5. Does God need black money?

    Posted by E.Prasad Rao
    / July 2, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By E Prasad Rao   With the recent finding of cash and valuables at Puttaparthi, it is being suggested by many that the trust be run on the lines of TTD at Tirumala. While I do not want to comment on the way the funds received through ‘Hundi’ at TTD...

  6. A beautiful date, a renewal of faith

    Posted by Shankari Murali
    / January 7, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Shankari Murali   That day I took a day off from my life. From my maddening metro maze, I went to a pastoral pace in a pilgrim place. On a day, I couldn’t possibly have taken off…   When I reached home that Tuesday night, I had little inkling...

  7. The Lord wants better connectivity

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    / December 7, 2010 / Leave a comment
    By Andhra Watch`Long queues to get darshan at Tirumala’, haven’t we been reading these headlines since so many years. Finally the Lord seems to have decided that it is time to address the problem of the slow pilgrim application process. So Lord Venkateswara has decided to both buy the best...

  8. An ode to Lord Venkateswara

    Posted by Ananda Shankar Jayant
    / November 24, 2010 / Leave a comment
    By Ananda Shankar JayantThe classical dance traditions of India have always drawn their inspiration from the very rich and varied musical heritage that has been bequeathed to us. These musical gems span generations and genres and continue to inform and enrich the aural and visual firmament of dance.The brilliant imagery,...

  9. Saying it with flowers !

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    / November 13, 2010 / 2 Comments
    By TSR reporter It was a day when devotees of Lord Venkateswara said it with flowers in Tirumala. Carrying baskets of flowers of 18 different varieties for the annual Pushpa Yagam, the one km long procession from Garden office to the temple meant the TTD had to cancel all its...

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