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Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam Utsav is being held in Tirupati temple from 10 January to 19 January. Therefore, a large number of devotees are reaching here every day.
A fire broke out near the laddu distribution center in Andhra Pradesh’s famous Tirupati temple on Monday. The fire broke out when there was a large crowd of people taking the holy prasad at the laddu counter. As soon as the fire broke out, there was chaos among the devotees. However, there is no information about anyone being injured.
According to Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam temple administration, the fire broke out due to short circuit in the UPS connected to the computer setup. The accident occurred during the 10-day Vaikuntha Dwar Darshanam festival. After getting information about the fire, the fire brigade team reached the spot and controlled the fire.
photo related to the accident
The cause of the fire is said to be short circuit.
Second accident in a week This is the second accident in Tirumala temple in a week. Earlier on January 8, there was a stampede near the Vaikuntha Dwar Darshan ticket center in the temple. Devotees were lining up for tokens for 10 days of special darshan at the temple. During this time there was a stampede. Six people were killed in the incident, while 40 people were injured. Read the full news…
Tirupati India’s most famous and richest temple Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is one of the most famous and richest pilgrimage centers in the world. It is situated on Seshachalam mountain of Andhra Pradesh. This temple of Lord Venkateswara was built by King Tondaman. The temple was consecrated by Ramanujacharya in the 11th century.
It is believed that when Lord Venkateswara was planning his marriage with Padmavati, he took a loan from Kuber, the god of wealth. God still owes that loan and devotees donate to help him pay the interest on it. Tirumala temple receives about one tonne of gold in donations every year.
The famous Laddu here is given as Prasad to all the devotees who visit Tirupati. About 3 lakh laddus are made here every day. Laddu is made from gram flour, butter, sugar, cashew nuts, raisins and cardamom and its recipe is about 300 years old.
Hair is donated here It is believed that the person who leaves all the sins and evils from his mind here, Goddess Lakshmi removes all his sorrows. So people leave their hair here as a symbol of all their evils and sins.
Lord Vishnu is called Venkateshwar It is said about this temple that it is built on the seven peaks of Mount Meru, its seven peaks are said to symbolize the seven hoods of Sheshnag. These peaks are called Sheshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrishtadri, Narayanadri and Vyankatadri.
Of these, Lord Vishnu is seated on the peak named Vyankatadri and that is why he is known as Venkateswara.
The entire idol can be seen only on Fridays Balaji is seen thrice a day in the temple. The first darshan is called Vishvarupa, which occurs in the morning. The second darshan takes place in the afternoon and the third darshan takes place at night. The entire idol of Lord Balaji can be seen only on Friday morning at the time of Abhishekam.
Lord Balaji gave personal darshan to Ramanujacharya here. Apart from the temple of Balaji, there are many other temples here, such as Akash Ganga, Papanashak Tirtha, Vaikuntha Tirtha, Jalavitiertha, Tiruchanur. All these places are associated with the pastimes of God. It is said that Shri Ramanujacharya ji lived for about one hundred and fifty years and served Lord Vishnu all his life, as a result of which it was here that the Lord appeared to him in person.