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138 Q .: swamy is it true, that there is some rumour that all the archaks have disclosed that sathya sai baba had come in place of srinivasan to tirumala tirupathi devasthanas ?
Ans .: This is absolutely Wrong news!!
Can you give the Source for the above news, So that it can be correctly assessed.
I personally attended the Suprabhatha Seva today and there is no news in temple, either in the Sanctum or with Staff that, one has seen Sathya Sai Baba in place of Lord Srinivasa. Also for the last 7 days I'm in touch with all the Archakas who performed the Suprabhatha Kainkaryams in the Sanctum to Lord Srinivasa, No body either revealed abt this info or talked.
I personally feel Lord Srinivasa is Ultimate Truth, Nobody will appear in the Sanctum of Tirumala in place of HIM.
But there was a popular Song of Saint Annamacharya which goes like this ....
'Enta Maatramuna Evvaru Talachina Antha Maatramuna Ethade ....'
Which means Those Who think of Lord Srinivasa as Siva, HE appears to them like that form, and so on. So some Strong Devotee of Baba might have felt this experience.
In reality all of the Vaikhanasa Archakas of Tirumala temple, from time immemorial, believe only Lord Venkateswara as everything and they dont even think of someone else in HIS place, infact its a great sin to do so in the Archaka Community.
I do not meant any offensive against Baba, but just revealed the mindset of Tirumala Vaikhanasa Archakas!!
139 Q .: Article abot the same in a sai devotee website.
Ans .: I'm very sorry to disappoint you to say that the total news, that you read in the website specified, is a nicely created story to pump in, more devotion among Baba Devotees.
I can guarantee that this incident never happened in Tirumala temple in the present, past or in future it continues to be like that anyway. In Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam, which is a compilation of all the Purana about Lord Venkateswara from about 10 Puranas among Astadasa Puranas, the Lord said to Tondaman Chakravarthy that in the age of Kaliyuga, Lord will not directly present before his devotees, He hears, Sees and fulfils all of the Devotees Wishes, Sorrows in invisible form only. The Venkatachala Mahatyam is a definitive resource regarding Lord Venkateswara's Puranic Origin's. So from this it can be clearly stated that the above news is something that is nicely created by one of the Baba's great devotee out of his utmost devotion towards his master.
The other thing is I joined officially into TTD Service as an Archaka in the year 1997, you claim that this thing happened in 1998, So I can definitely say that this never happened in Tirumala. Though I joined officially as per records in the year 1997, my tenure as an Archaka (in probation) began in the year 1990 itself, When I received the greatest bhagyam of my life 'Srivari Pada Seva' for the first time to be eligible to render Archakatvam Services to the Lord Venkateswara. In the temple there is a tradition in that those Archakas who perform all Sevas and Rituals to Lord Srinivasa's Mulavirat must first undergo a Ceremony called 'Pada Seva'(touching the feet of Lord'd Mulavirat for the first time), and from then onwards this Archaka is eligible to render Archakatvam services and other Rituals to Mulavirat.
I got oppurtunity as an Archaka in this temple since this is my family Job, right from the first Archaka Sri Gopinatha Deekshitulu (His name is specified in Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam).
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