TIRUPATI

HISTORICTY

Imperial monarchs down the ages bequeathed their treasured jewellery to the temple to such large extent, that the fabulous wealth has become a by-word for wealth, Pallavas, Chelas, Pandyas, Vijayanagara dynasties endowed liberally adding to the regular offerings of the commoners that it is swelling day after day. So the Divinity has become the most wealthiest, abiding here on the picturesque Hills and the temple is passed for the holiest of holiests in the whole world.

During these days of linguistie fanaticism , if one observes closely, lie understands that though this temple secured to Andhra Pradesh a pride of place, and added a colourful feather to their multidimensional glory, there are many Tamilian customs, names, and rituals in practice and they are freely used and adored along with the Vedic injunctions, why, even the word Tirumala is a Tamilised word, for the Sanskrit word Srisailam. Similarly Tirupati stands for Sripathi. Words like Malayappaswami, Elumalai etc., used widely here are of Tamil origin. The impact of Alwars and Acharyas, who visited along with Ramanuja and made Tirumalai-Tirupati as their permanent abode, left indelible imprints on the pages of temple history. Its earliest inscription dated 790 AD too mentions it as Vengadam -a Tamil word for Venkatachala. The Nalayira Prabhandham and other Tamil literary works are replete with several lilas of this Lord. There are countless Tamilians thriving better than the locals, declaring thereby the adorable virtues of tolerance and inimitable amicability of the Andhras for which they are second to none in the world.

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