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| Some centuries ago,
there would appear to have been some dispute about the identity of the Lord. Saint
Ramanuja, the great Vaishnavite reformer of the twelfth century, is said to have settled
the dispute and established the worship of Lord Srinivasa here. The idol of the Lord is in
the standing posture, with the left hand extended to the left thigh, as if proclaiming
that a steady devotion to the Lord's feet will achieve any object. The right hand is in
what is known as Varadahasta. The idol is a complete representation of the Supreme Being
in all its aspects. At the Dhruva Bera. Is a small silver idol or the Kauthuka, which is
used for the daily Abhishekam. There is adjacent to this idol, the Snapana Srinivasa
Murthy, and this Murthy is taken out only once in a year on the Kauthuka Dwadasi day at
four A.M., and taken back to the temple before sunrise. The idea is that the Parabrahman
represented by the Dhruva Bera in constant conjunction with the Purusha viz., the Kauthuka
Bera and the Pradhana viz., the Snapana Murthy, is the cause of the creation and
sustenance of the world. There is also an Utsava Bera, or the image of the Lord that is
taken out for all the festivals and processions. |
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