INTRODUCTION
Yes. 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 person was disappeared from their eyes!
This incident was happened before few hundreds years ago, and it is still believed, that even now, the great Lord Venkateswara safeguards his devotees, in the holy Tirumala, by taking an invisible form. Since Lord Venkateswara is supposed to do the duty of protecting the entire earth, there is no surprise in safeguarding his devotees. With regard to protecting his devotees, he acts like Lord Muneeswara, Lord Ayyanar, and Lord Sudalaimadan, who are considered to be the divine aspects of Lord Shiva.
In the Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam, it was mentioned that the Lord of seven hills safeguards his devotees for 24 hours in a day, and for all the 365 days in a year. He also appears in the dream to some of his devotees in the form of Lord Narasimha, who is also considered to be a protection deity, since he has once relieved the sufferings of his staunch devotee, the great Prahalada.
Lord Venkateswara is also known as “VENKATA SENAPATHY”, the warrior god, “VENKATA SABAPATHY”, the Lord who safeguards his devotees similar to the divine aspects of Lord Shiva, “VENKATA ABAYA HASTACHALA”, the Lord who shows his right hand in the form of blessing posture to his devotees. Once if we visit the Holy Tirumala Temple, we would get addiction towards visiting it for so many times! Due to the great significance of Lord Venkateswara, more and more devotees are visiting the Holy Tirumala Temple on a daily basis.
Similar to the Holy Prasad item, the tasty Tirupati Laddu, Lord Venkateswara also tastes very sweetly, and by reciting the verses from the Holy Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatam, we could be able to start doing our daily chores briskly.
“OM SRI VENKATESWARAYA NAMAHA”
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R.HariShankar
