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TIRUPATI |
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| The Vimana or the
Ananda Vimana, as it is called, is the most sacred spot over the Lord Venkatesa. From an
inscription of the Varadaraja temple of Conjeevaram, we learn that one Tatacharya built
the Vimana of Lord Venkateswara. With gold in the year Pramodoota, corresponding to 1492
Saka Era or 1570 A.D. This Tatacharya was the General Superintendent of the temple affairs
of the Vijayanagar king Venkatapathi Deva Maharaja. He was also the spiritual guru of the
king and the king is said to have offered his entire kingdom to him in his admiration for
the Acharya. Lord Vishnu as Varahaswami has his
shrine on the banks of the Swami - pushkarini Tirtha. At Lower Tirupati the temple is
dedicated to Govindaraja Perumal in contradistinction to the Venkatachalapati shrine at
the top of the hill. There is also a tower called Galigopuram, which is famous. In the
Gopura downhill many puranic legends are commemorated in sculptures. The wealth of
epigraphic details in Tirupati takes us to the times of the later Cholas, Yadavarayas, and
Vijayanagar and Saluva dynasties. |
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