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INTRODUCTIONYes. It’s true. Apart from acting as a protection god, Lord Venkateswara also acts as a guardian deity, and this can be known from the ancient legend of Sri Venkateswara Mahatmya Purana.As per the ancient legend, while some of the devotees of Lord Venkateswara were climbing on the Tirumala Hills during early morning time, they have witnessed a tall, good looking person with a shining face, who was riding in a white horse, and he was wandering on the sacred Tirumala Hills, and when the devotees tried to have glimpse of him by running faster behind him, suddenly the divine p..

INTRODUCTIONIf we carefully observe the deity of Lord Venkateswara, we could see two images of the snakes which were installed in a golden ornament, on the two shoulders of Lord Venkateswara. These snake images closely resemble Lord Adisesha, the Divine serpent bed of Lord Vishnu. As per legend, when Lord Vishnu came down to the earth in the form of Lord Venkateswara, the divine serpent bed Adisesha wanted to serve Lord Vishnu who was in the form of Lord Venkateswara. Hence as per his request, Lord Venkateswara made him as an ornament, also popularly known as Nagabarana, and began to ..