Venkateswara

Venkateswara
Devanagari	वेङ्कटेश्वर
Sanskrit transliteration	Veṅkaṭēśvara
Affiliation	Form of Vishnu
Abode	Vaikuntam
Mantra	Om Namo Venkatesaya, Om Namo Narayana
Weapon	Shankha, Chakra
Symbols	Namam
Consorts	Padmavati, Lakshmi, Bhudevi, Sridevi
Mount	Garuda
Region	South India

Venkateswara (IAST: Veṅkaṭēśvara), also known as Śrīnivāsa, Bālājī, Veṅkaṭā, and Veṅkaṭācalapati, Govindha is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara's most prominent shrine is the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple located in Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh in Southern India.

Venkateswara literally means "Lord of Venkata". The word is a combination of the words Venkata (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and isvara ("Lord").

According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words vem (sins) and kata (power of immunity).

Thirumaal finds mention in Sangam literature, where Sangam landscape was classified into five categories, known as thinais, based on the mood, the season and the land. Tolkappiyam, mentions that each of these thinai had an associated deity and mentions Thirumaal as presiding in Mullai region- the forests.

Tirumala hill is located in the temple town of Tirumala, where Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is located on this hill. The ancient Tamil texts describe the Venkata (hill) as the northernmost part of Tamilakam.

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