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Holy Pranams & Thanks to Sri. Ramakrishna Deekshitulu, a hereditary Temple priest of Tirumala, Lord Venkateswara Swamy's Priest who really touches and offers puja to the feet of Lord Balaji, the information provided will be authentic and practical for his contribution ih his words. we are grateful to swamy for his grace for showering us with the divine knowledge and a providing us a great sat sang. Following are the descriptions of srivari friday alankarams by swamy.
Srivari Friday Alankarams !
As you know Lord Venkateswara Swamy varu is offered with the Sacred Bath "Abhishekam" on every Friday. Since Friday is the week day Lord is offered "Abhyangana Snaanam" (or Abhishekam), this is a very special day for all devotees. When we go to Tirumala and while having Darsan, we get very less time seeing the Lord and hence our concentration will be completely on Srivaru (Aapadamastakam - From feet to head), and So we will get very less time to observe how Lord is adorned, whether Vishesha Samarpana(Diamond Jewels) or Nithyakatla Samarpana ( Usual Gold ornaments), which color of Melchat Vastram the Lord is wearing, which color of Pattu Pavadas, the consorts Sridevi(Goddess Lakshmi) and Bhudevi on the Chest are wearing.
Prompted by a Dear Devotee of Lord Venkateswara, who is also a friend of mine, In this thread, I will give you details of Srivaru's Friday adornments every week from time to time, So that the dear Devotees of Lord can assume how the Lord looks this week and can have the Maanasika Darsanam of Lord Venkateswara Swamy varu. Since the adornment is done on Friday and will not be removed for a week until next Thursday, this thread will keep focus on making the dear devotees to feel the Lord Venkateswara's Friday Alankarams mentally.
This week Lord Venkateswara is adorned with Nithyakatla Samarpana, meaning Lord is adorned with all usual Gold ornaments(which we can see in the art photo of TTD's big calendar). Vishesha Samarpana will be adorned only when there's a special occasion in the temple. The color of Melchat Vastram(which is of 24 yards in size with a 12 yard Uttareeyam(upper cloth) this week is of Dark Green colored with Orange Red border. And the color of Pattu Pavada's adorned to consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi on the chest is of Indigo blue color with a white silk border. Srivaru is adorned with a new crown which was recently donated by a Bangalore Devotee and costs around Rs. 7 Crores, (which will be used in the Nithyakatla Samarpana in tandem with Akasa Raja's Kireetam, the crown given by Jayendra Saraswati alternately).
05-09-2008 : Today Srivaru is looking great as always HE does, but every week especially on Friday, HE looks pleasant and great!
This Friday, as there are no special occasions, this week, Srivaru is adorned with the usual 'Nithyakatla Samarpana', but the devotees are blessed to see Srivaru this week with the crown given by HIS Father-in-law, Akasa Maharaja. As you know, every week on Friday, during 'Nithyakatla Samarpana', Four Kireetams are used in tandem viz.,
Akasa Raja Kireetam - Its been there for over years and is believed to be presented to our Lord, at the time of Marriage of Srivaru with Goddess Padmavathi,
Recent Kireetam given by a Bengaluru Devotee,
Kireetam given by Jayendra Saraswati Swami,
Kireetam given by Y.V.Rao, Sri Venkateswara Hatcheries.
Jai Srimannaryana !
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