Christian Missionary Role In India - 5

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The exact References to Tirumala are in the Varaha Purana , originally it being Varaha Kshetra , Lord Vishnu was worshipped in his boar form not long ago in India ,Many places especially Nrisihma Kshetras being originally Varaha Kshetras.

Bengal in Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and ISKCON also have the Nrisihma Worship.

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/temples/tirum...rview.html

http://www.pilgrimage-india.com/south-indi...ala-balaji.html

Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya is referred to in several Puranas, of which the most important are the Varaha Purana and the Bhavishyottara Purana. The printed work contains extracts from the Varaha Purana, Padma Purana, Garuda Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Markandeya Purana, Harivamsa, Vamana Purana, Brahma Purana, Brahmottara Purana, Aditya Purana, Skanda Purana and Bhavishyottara Purana. Most of these extracts describe the sanctity and antiquity of the hills around Tirumala and the numerous teerthams situated on them.

The legends taken from the Venkatachala Mahatmya and the Varaha Purana, pertaining to the manifestation of the Lord at Tirumala, are of particular interest.

According to the Varaha Purana, Adi Varaha manifested Himself on the western bank of the Swami Pushkarini, while Vishnu in the form of Venkateswara came to reside on the southern bank of the Swami Pushkarini.


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The Lord’s appearance in Tirumala is mentioned in about 12 different Puranas.

<!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Hope you have not gotten into a arguement with Buddhists or Commies on orgins of Tirupati , Dont beleive the trash they spew out , They will claim all sorts of things right from Tirupati being a ancient Buddhist shrine.




Will post the exact verses once can find them ,Meanwhile more learned members might be able to clarify.
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thanks for the info. all i needed to know.

and no i didnt get into arguements with commies or any one else. just that i never heard of the "legend" associated with tirupati (i know about the legend of most other holy places, say like pushkar).