Hare Krishna!
There are many temples near Tirupati. But, most of us only visit main Venkateswara swamy temple, Padmavathi Maa temple, Govindaraja swamy temple and Varaha swamy temple. If we got other opportunity, we again plan to go to Sri Venkateswara temple. But, we aren’t aware of other temples. We just neglect. But, there are countless visiting places (temples/thirthams/other visiting places) in Tirumala and also Tirupati.
One of them is Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy temple, Srinivasa mangapuram. Let’s know about it.
Location:
This temple is located in Srinivasamangapuram, Chithoor District of Andhra Pradesh. This temple is 10Kms away from Tirupati.
History of Temple:
After Padmavathi Parinayam, Srinivasa with Maa Padmavathi, on the way to Tirumala resided in the Asram of Sage Agasthya for a day. Then, Sri Agasthya Maharshi requested them to reside in his asram for 6 months as new couple shouldn’t go to Tirumala. (It’s said that before 6 months new couple shouldn’t climb hills). Sri Padmavathi Srinivasa agreed for that and resided in his asram for 6 months. On this occasion, this temple was built.
The following picture is of Dhvajasthambam and Bali Peetam and also for the entrance for Antharalam.
Same as in other Sri Vaishnavalayas, Sri Garudalwar sannidhi will be opposite to Sri Mulamurthy of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara and Jaya &Vijaya dwarapalakas will be in the 2 sides of the Garbhalayam. Then, Sayana Mandapam. In this mandapam only, Ekantha seva is daily done to Bhoga Srinivasa Murthy. After this, Garbhalayam with Utsava Murthy of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara with Maa Sridevi and Bhudevi, Bhoga Srinivasa Murthy and Mula murthy of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara. Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy will be same as Sri Venkateswara swamy at Tirumala.
Here itself, in the garbhalayam, there are Sri LakshmiNarayana swamy and Ranganatha swamy where Sri LakshmiNarayana swamy will be in the siting posture with Maa Lakshmi on his thigh. So, in the same garbhalayam, we can see Lord in 3 postures!!!!!!!! i.e., sitting, standing and in yoga nidra too.
There are upalayas of Sri Padmavathi Maa, Sri Sita Ramachandra swamy, Sri Krishna, Sri Ranganatha swamy, Sri Andal Maa and also of some great devotees/alwars.
Temple view is also too beautiful.
The following is the Utsava murthy of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy:
Sevas at Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy temple:
Rituals and sevas are held according to the Vaikhanasa Aagamam (same as in Tirumala).
Daily:
Suprabhatham, Thomala seva (decorating Srinivasa with flowers), Sahasra namarchana, Arjitha Brahmotsavam and ekantha seva are the daily sevas done here.
Nitya Kalyanam - In the name of Srivari Kalyanotsavam daily Kalyanotsavam is done to them. It is also said that if anyone person (man/woman) who is not getting married due to some reasons will be married (withing 6 months/year) if they perform the kalyanotsavam of the Lord here and tie the yellow thread to their hands (which is given by priests).
The following is the Kalyanotsav mandapam:
Weekly sevas:
Ashtadala paadapadmaradhana on every Tuesdays.
Ashtothara Satha Kalasabhishekam - on every Wednesdays.
Thiruppavada - on every Thursdays.
Abhishekam - on every Fridays
Thiruchchi utsav - on every Saturdays
Monthly sevas:
Unjal seva - On Sravana Nakshatram of every month (Telugu calendar)
Yearly sevas:
Brahmotsavam
Teppotsavam
Srinivasa Sakshatkarotsavam- Vaisakha Sudha (Sukla Paksha) Sapthami
Images for some vahan sevas of Srinivasa Perumal:-
These are the main sevas done to Srinivasa Perumal here.
This temple is under Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.
Interesting stories about this Temple:
1 . Once, a king offered different ornaments to Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy and requested priests to decorate those jewels to Srinivasa. Priests agreed and done some yagna. They offered all those ornaments to Agni dev (i.e., they kept in homam). Then, some people said to the king that all the ornaments given by King are thrown in the fire. King got angry and went to the temple. He scolded the priests. They said ornaments which we offered to Agnidevi are already decorated to the Mulamurthy of Srinivasa. But, King didn’t believe and tried to open the door of Garbhalayam. They said to wait because only kiritam (crown) was left (i.e., it’s not offered to Agni in Homam). King didn’t care those words and opened the door of Garbhalayam of Venkateswara swamy. He saw all the ornaments which were offered to Agni on the murthy of Venkateswara. He shocked for that and requested them to decorate crown too. But, Venkateswara swamy said that Kiritam should be decorated to him in Tirumala.
2 . People of 2 clans were fighting that Padmavathi Maa belongs our clan. Both of them went to ChinaTirumalacharya (grandson of Sri Annamacharya) and asked their doubt. They requested him to solve it. He said “I too don’t know. Let’s ask the Goddess itself and solve.” They agreed and kept a meeting near the temple. Then, Chinatirumalacharya asked “Maa Padmavathi!! People of 2 clans are fighting. They are asking that which clan you belong to in those 2 clans. Please answer Amma!!!”.Then, Akasavani said “I belong to the clan of Padmasani.” (Maa Padmavathi said in the form of Aaakasavani). People of that clan felt very happy and offered some amount to Chinatirumalacharya. He added some more to that and reconstructed the temple.
3 . Before few years, this temple was in bad condition. At that time, to one of the priest in Kanchi, Srinivasa appeared in the dream and said to come to Srinivasamangapuram and do his service there. Priest Sundara raja swamy felt very happy for that and shifted to Srinivasamangapuram with his family. He appeared in the dream of the priest on Vaisakha Suddha Sapthami. So, on that day, Srinivasa avathara Sakshathkarotsavalu are done every year.
Sri Venkateswara swamy said “Visiting Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy Temple nor Sri Prasanna Venkateswara swamy temple (Appalayagunta) is equal to worshiping him at Tirumala.”
Om Namo Venkatesaya!!!
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