Lord on Mutyapu Pandiri Vahanam Gives a Soothing Feel to his Devotees

LORD ON MUTYAPU PANDIRI VAHANAM GIVES A SOOTHING FEEL TO HIS DEVOTEES 

Tirumala, 12 October 2018: On the third day of the ongoing nine-day annual Brahmotsavam , the processional deity of Lord  MalayappaSwamy, mounted atop the `Muthyapu Pandiri Vahanam’  was taken out in a grand procession.

Legend says that pearls, a produce of sea, is formed when the dew and rain drops into pearl chip in the ocean. Even Srikrishna wears pearl nose rings and necklaces and Lord Venkateswara hailed as “Alankara priya”(lover of decoration). During the Navaratri i Brahmotsavam Lord Venkateswara sat proudly with his consorts sat  in the  vahanam decked up milk white pearls in the shape of a pandal.

The 26th chapter of  Padmapuranam refers to  an umbrella made ofpearls  giving shade to Lord Vishnu and several contemporary poets of the bygone days had described the hood of Adisesha giving cool shade of Pearl umbrella to the celestial deity.

TTD EO Anil Kumar Singhal, Tirumala JEO KS Sreenivasa Raju, Former of TTD Board J Satyanarayana, Incharge CVSO Sivakumar Reddy, Temple DyEO Haridranath, Peishkar Ramesh, VGOs Raveendra Reddy, Smt Sadalakshmi, Temple Staff and devotees took part.