Pictures of Tirupati Brahmotsava 2005

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Om Gurave Namah

 

Dear Prabodh,

 

Namaste. Thanks for sharing the Brahmotsavam

photographs with us. Ramesh and i very much enjoyed

going through them. We too have clicked many pictures

of Garuda seva and will upload them soon. I will

definitely share whatever little I know about the

various features of these brahmotsavams.

 

Brahmotsavams at Tirumala are supposed to have been

started by Lord Brahma and are held every year to

commemorate the day the Lord appeared on “sravana

nakshatra” day in aswayuja maasa. Please visit the

following link(s) to learn exhaustively about Sri

Vaari brahmotsavam.

 

http://www.tirumala.org/utsavams_brahmo_schedule.htm

 

http://sify.com/samacharreligion/festivals/tirumalabrahmotsavam/index.php

 

However, I would like to mention a few things which

are not found at the above link. This time, Garuda

Seva, which is performed on the 5th day , was attended

by a record number of more than 3 lakh devotees.

Garuda Seva is supposed to be the most important seva

because only on that day, Malayappa, the utsava murthy

is decorated with the priceless ornaments like

sahasramaala, makara kanthi etc which adorn the main

deity. On this day 9 ceremonial umbrellas are offered

by an umbrella making company in Chennai. These are

brought in a procession from Chennai and 2 of the

umbrellas are offered at Tiruchanoor, where goddess

Padmavathi holds fort. Floral garlands from Sri

Villiputtur are brought and offered to the Lord.

Vishnuchitta, the father of Goda devi, is supposed to

be an incarnation of Garuda, worshipped the Lord

there.

 

We have gone to the Garuda seva and it was tremendous

as well as terrible. It was a humbling revelation to

watch the simple faith of the thousands of people,

especially villagers. They never seemed to mind the

personal discomfort, parked as they are in the open

for days together. There was such adoration and

anticipation on their faces, and as the Lord rode into

view and cries of swami… govinda filled the night.

Lakhs of hands went up in prayer and supplication and

it was an awesome and intensely moving sight.

 

Regards,

Lakshmi

 

 

 

--- Prabodh Vekhande <amolmandar wrote:

 

> Dear Laxmiji and All Namste

>

> Today I received photos of Tirupati Utsav from one

> of my student. I

> have uploded these 37 photos in file section. If

> anybody can explain

> the photos(vidhi being performed) that will be a

> great help to

> understand the importance of Utsav.I know Laxmiji

> will have some to

> elaborate on this.

>

> Thanks a lot for your Time and Sapce.

>

> Prabodh Vekhande

> Jai Jai Shankar

> Har Har Shankar

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