Tirumala Abhishekam seva

Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple is a landmark vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to exist here to save mankind from trails and troubles of Kali Yuga. There are many rituals and festivals performed in the temple round the year as per Vaikhanasa Agama. These rituals and festivals are performed on a daily, weekly and periodic basis. Few of these rituals are also termed as Seva as these are performed by devotees(also called grihasta) on payment. All these rituals are organised by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams which administers the temple.

Daily rituals will be performed to all the deities in the temple as per Vaikhanasa Agama. Devotees are allowed to view and perform few of these rituals.

Suprabhata Seva is the first and foremost pre-dawn ritual that is performed to Lord Venkateswara in a day in Tirumala Venkateswara temple. Suprabhatam is a Sanskrit term which means Good Morning. The ritual is performed in Sayana Mandapam inside sanctum sanctorum of the temple to wake up Lord Venkateswara from his celestial sleep by singing sacred Sanskrit hymns. Suprabhatam hymns consists of 70 slokas which is divided into four categories which include

After suprabhatam, Melukolupu will be held during which sankeerthanas of Annamacharya are sung by his descendants at Bangaru vakili(golden entrance). The entire seva will last for 30 minutes.

Thomala means garland of flowers. Thomala seva is the ritual performed to moolavirat of Venkateswara, during which the deity is adorned with garlands of flowers and Tulsi. This is performed early in the morning after suprabhata seva. The garlands are brought by the chief pontiff of Tirumala temple or by his disciple, led by a lighted torch in a procession to the rhythmic gongs of Jeganta (handy bells)to the temple. Each garland is of specific size and is consigned for specific place on the deity. This seva is performed for 30 minutes.

On completion of Thomala Seva, Archana or Sahasranamarchana (1000 name recital) is performed to the main deity Lord Venkateshwara amidst chanting of his one thousand names. After the recital, blessings are obtained from the Lord for the whole world as saying the name and gotram of each the ticket holders would make it a lengthy process as there would be about 200 Seva kartas every day. The entire ritual lasts for 30 minutes. Archana is then performed to Vaksha Sthala Lakshmi Tayar in Ekantam, with a curtain drawn over the sanctum.

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