Tirumala Brahmotsavam Hamsa Vahanam

Srivari SalaKatla Tirumala Brahmotsavam Hamsa Vahanam 2015

Tirumala, 17 September 2015: The grand procession of Lord Venkateswara on the second day of Salakatla Brahmotsavam on the beautiful Hamsa Vahanam is colourful feast to the tens of thousands of eyes. Lord Venkateswara as Malayappa swamy blessed his devotees as Veenapani Saraswati atop Hamsa or Swan.

Swan or Hamsa also stands out for its capabilities to weed out the good from the bad. In other words the celestial bird is known for its in-born virtues to segregate the milk from water in a pot of this mixed liquid. This denotes that Lord Venkateswara as Hamsavahanaroodha(the rider of swan vehicle) will weed out the bad qualities in a human being and retain only the good virtues.

As saint –poet Annamacharya put it “Hamsa-cheti palu neeru-natlaye batuku”. In his embodiment as Veena pani atop the golden swan, Lord Venkateswara drives home the point among the devotees to give up ‘Aham’(ego)and to contribute their might in the service of mankind by helping the poor and needy. Srivari Hamsa Vahanam denotes the significance attached towards selfless service of everyone towards mankind and that ego and personal pride would keep them away from Lord Venkateswara and his divine blessings.

Sri E.S.L.Narasimhanan accompanied by wife Smt. Vimala Narasimhanan, Ex Governor Sri MK Narayanan, Chairman Dr Ch Krishnamurthy, Executive Officer Dr D Sambasiva Rao, Joint Executive Officer Sri K.S.Sreenivasa Raju, CV&SO Sri Nagendra Kumar, Board Members Smt Suchithra Ella, Sri Hariprasad, Sri G Bhanu Prakash Reddy, Sri Raghavendra Rao, ACVSO Sri Sivakumar Reddy, DyEO Temple Sri Chinnamgari Ramana, Peishkar Sri R.Selvam, Parpathyedar Sri Doraswamy Naik and others were present.

ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs, TIRUPATI