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( 57. Ans. Contd...) Hathiram Baba's brief story:
Haathiram was North-Indian by birth. He came down to south. In tirupati, he constructed a small mutt and settled. Every day he used to worship the Lord of the Seven Hills. Sri Venkateswara was pleased with his devotion and used to come and play dice with him. One such day he forgot his necklace there and returned to his Sanctum Sanctorum. Babaji noticed it after Swami left his place. He wanted to hand it over to the Lord. He started to the temple.
In the meanwhile priests of the temple observed that the necklace was missing. They complained to the authorities. In the meanwhile Bavaji arrived and handed over the necklace to them. When questioned he answered with all innocence that the Lord had forgotten it in his mutt. They did not believe him, and wanted to embarass him. So they locked him up in a room with ten kilos of cooked rice and ten bundles of sugarcane and challenged him, "If you really are like an elephant you must eat every bit of this food by daybreak". Within five minutes of being locked up Hathiram Baba, having consumed the ten kilos of rice and the ten bundles of sugarcane, kicked the locked doors to pieces and stepped out trumpeting like an elephant. Hathiram baba's mutt exists even today opposite the temple and its a jiva-samadhi. The scenes of Hathiram's game with the lord is depicted on the doors to entrance of the temple. The image has been carved on the Silver side panel(Vendi Vaakili) on the gate where we enter the inner temple, ie just after crossing Dvajasthambham.
58. Q .: Alwars who sung abt Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy
Ans .: Alvar mangalasasanam: 203 paasurams
Poykai Alvar: Mudal Tiruvantadi 26, 37, 38, 39, 40, 68, 76, 77, 82, 99
Bhuttatt Alvar: Irandaam Tiruvantadi 25, 28, 33, 45, 46, 53, 54, 72, 75
Pey Alvar: Moonram Tiruvantadi 14, 26, 30, 32, 39, 40, 45, 58, 61, 62,
63, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 89
Tirumazhisai Alvar:
Naanmukan Tiruvantadi 34, 39-48, 90
Tirucchanda Viruttam 48, 60, 81
Nammalvar:
Tiruviruttam 8, 10, 15, 31, 50, 60, 67, 81
Periya Tiruvantadi 68
Tiruvaymoli 1.8.3, 2.6.9-10, 2.7.11, 3.3 (full)
3.5.8, 3.9.1, 4.5.11, 6.6 (full), 6.9.5, 6.10 (full)
8.2.1, 9.3.8, 10.5.6, 10.7.8
Kulasekhara Alvar: Perumal Tirumoli 4.1-4.11
Periyalvar: Periyalvar Tirumoli 1.5.3, 1.9.8, 2.6.9. 2.7.3, 2.9.6, 3.3.4, 5.4.1
Andal: Nacciyar Tirumoli 1.1, 1.3, 4.2, 5.2, 8.1-8.10, 10.5, 10.8
Tiruppan Alvar: [ Amalanadipiran 1, 3 ]
Tirumangai Alvar:
Periya Tirumoli 1.8 (full), 2.1 (full), 3.5.9, 4.3.8, 4.7.5
5.3.4, 5.5.1, 5.6.7, 6.8.1, 7.1.3, 7.3.5, 7.10.3, 8.2.3, 9.7.4
9.9.9, 10.1.2, 10.9.2, 10.10.5, 11.3.7, 11.5.10
Tirukkurundandakam 7
Tirunedundandakam 16
Siriya Tirumadal 39
Periya Tirumadal 62
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