IMPORTANT DAYS IN TIRUMALA IN SEPTEMBER 2016

Every day is a festival day in Tirumala. The important occasions in Tirumala includes, Sri Varaha Jayanthi on September 4, special Puja in connection with Vinayaka Chaviti to Lord Ganesha in the temple located at the beginning of second ghat road.

The other festive days includes, Sri Anantapadmanabha swamy vratam on September 15, followed by Brahmotsavams trial run Garud Seva on Pournami Garuda Seva on September 16 and Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam on September 27 in connection with annual Brahmotsavams of Lord Venkateswara from October 3 to 11.

TTD TO OBSERVE TARIGONDA VENGAMAMBA 199TH VARDHANTI

The temple management of TTD will be observing Vengamamba 199th Vardhanti in Tirupati, Tirumala and Tarigonda on 11th and 12th of August.

TTD is organising harikatha, cultural, spiritual discourses at Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Tarigonda, Annamacharya Kalamandiram in Tirupati for the occasion.

Meanwhile in Tirumala, the officials will perform floral tributes to Vengamamba Samadhi located in the hill town.

Vengamamba, a great saint poetess, who belonged to 18th century attained salvation through her great devotion towards Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha and Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy. She penned many great works in the praise of the deities. She also pioneered Annaprasadam in Tirumala. Even today in Tirumala temple, Vengamamba Mutyala Harati is performed during Ekanta Seva.

LIST OF FESTIVALS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2016 IN TIRUMALA

August 5 : Srivari Purusaivari Tototsavam

August 6 : Naga Chaturdi

August 7 : Garuda Panchami

August 13 : Srivari Pavitrotsavalu Ankurarpana

August 14-16: Annual Pavitrotsavams

August 15 : Independence Day, Chatrasthapanotsavam at Narayanagiri

August 18 : Hayagreeva Jayanthi, Sri Vikhanasa Jayanthi, Sravanopakarma,

Shravana Pournami Garuda Seva

August 19 : Gayatri Japam, Srivaru enters Vikhanasacharya sannidhi

August 25 : Gokulastami Asthanam

August 26: Utlotsavam

VARALAKSHMI VRATAM IN SRI PAT ON AUGUST 12

As the most important festival Varalakshmi Vratam is slated for August 12, the Goddess Padmavathi temple is gearing to organise it in a big way.

In this connection TTD is all set to issue two hundred tickets in all its e-Darshan counters located across the country from July 27 onwards.

The devotees can purchase these tickets on payment of Rs.500 per ticket on which two persons are allowed.

Meanwhile special abhishekam will be performed on that day. While in the evening the goddess takes ride on Swarna Ratham.

TTD has cancelled abhishekanantara darshanam, kalyanotsavam and unjal Seva on the auspicious occasion.

TTD GEARS UP FOR CHENNAKESAVA AND SIDDHESWARA BTUs IN KADAPA

The temple management is set ready to conduct Sri Chennakesava Swamy and Sri Siddheswara Swamy brahmotsavams in Tallapaka village of Kadapa district in July.

The Chennakesava Swamy brahmotsavams will commence on July 15 with Dhwajarohanam and conclude with Chakrasnanam on July 23. The important days includes Garuda Seva on July 19, Kalyanam on July 20, Rathotsavam on July 21.

While on the other hand the annual brahmotsavams of Sri Siddheswara Swamy will also commence on July 15, Shikhara Deeparadhana and Adhikara Nandi Vahana seva on July 19, Rathotsavam on July 21 and Trishula snanam on July 23.

TTD has organised special devotional cultural programmes with its HDPP and Annamacharya projects on these twin auspicious occasions.

Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy Temple - Tirumala.

Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy temple is located to the north of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, on the banks of Swami Pushkarini in the sacred Seven Hills. The presiding deity is Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy, an incarnation of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu in the form of a wild boar. Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy was residing on the hills when Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy descended onto the earth.


Legend :

According to the legend, Tirumala was originally called �Adivarahakshetra� (dwelling place of Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy). According to Brahmapurana, it is Lord Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy who granted land to Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy on his request to reside in the sacred Seven Hills. As a thanks giving gesture, Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy had gifted the privilege of first darshan and first naivedyam to Lord Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy. Thus as per the tradition, it is imperative for the pilgrims to pay a visit to Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy before visiting Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy.

Temple Timings: Every day from 5:30 AM to 12 PM and 5 PM to 9 PM.

Special abhishekam is performed every year, to the presiding deity in the holy month of Shravana, with the advent of the Shravana star on the auspicious occasion of Varaha Jayanthi.

Tirumala Tirupati Navaratri Brahmotsavam Dates 2016

Tirumala Brahmotsavam is an annual festival at  Lord Venkateswara Temple celebrated for nine days in the months of September and October.

In this year 2016, Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy Navaratri Brahmotsavams will be celebrated from October 2nd 2016 (Sunday) to October 11th 2016 (Tuesday). Popular stories trace the origin of this celebration to Brahma, the creator God, who first conducted this festival to Sri Balaji at Tirupati. Brahma worshiped Sri Balaji on the banks of the holy Pushkarini in Tirupati as a way to give thanks for the Lord�s protection of mankind. Hence, this utsava bears his name as �Brahmotsavam,� which means �Brahma�s Utsavam.�

Date	Morning	Night
02-10-2016 [SUNDAY]	ANKURAARPANAM	--
03-10-2016 [MONDAY]	DHWAJAROHANAM	PEDDA SESHA VAHANAM
04-10-2016 [TUESDAY]	CHINNA SESHA VAHANAM	HAMSA VAHANAM
05-10-2016[WEDNESDAY]	SIMHA VAHANAM	MUTHYAPU PANDIRI
06-10-2016 [THURSDAY]	KALPA VRIKSHA VAHANAM	SARWA BHOOPALA VAHANAM
07-10-2016 [FRIDAY]	PALLAKI UTSAVAM[MOHINI AVATARAM]	GARUDA VAHANAM
08-10-2016 [SATURDAY]	HANUMANTHA VAHANAM,SWARNA RATHAM	GAJA VAHANAM
09-10-2016 [SUNDAY]	SURYA PRABHA VAHANAM	CHANDRA PRABHA VAHANAM
10-10-2016 [MONDAY]	RATHOTSAVAM	ASWA VAHANAM
11-10-2016 [TUESDAY]	PALLAKI UTSAVAM	CHAKRASNANAM DHWAJA AVAROHANAM(CHAKRASNANAM)

TTD E-Books Can be Downloaded Free from Official Website

Under the instructions of TTD Executive officer Dr D Sambasiva Rao, so far over 3653 books have been uploaded in TTD official web site for the sake of global readers. To down load these books free of cost TTD has designed a separate web page ebooks.tirumala.org and so far over 10.65 lakhs have browsed the e-publications of TTD in a period of a year.

SAPTHAGIRI ALSO ON TTD WEB:

Started with just 250 books, as on today over 1197 in Telugu, 70 in Sanskrit, 226 in English, 175 in Kannada, 181 in Hindi, 302 in Tamil and two books in Banjara are available in the ebooks page of TTD. Besides these books, 75 books are in the pipe line. Apart from the e-books, TTD has also uploaded the Sapthagiri Monthly religious magazine on its web starting from the year 1975 edition till date.

FREE DOWNLOADING FACILITY:

The devotees of Lord Venkateswara can down load these books free of cost from TTD official website.

Web Page : ebooks.tirumala.org

LIST OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 2016 IN TIRUMALA

Every day is a festival day in Tirumala. The following are the list of important religious events in the month of June.

June 1, 16, 30 Ekadasi
June 1 Sri Mahi Jayanthi
June 3 Masa Sivarathri
June 6 Buddha Jayanthi
June17 � June 19 Abhidyeyaka Abhishekam or Jyesthabhishekam
June 18 Sani Trayodasi
June 20 Pournima

BRAHMOTSAVAMS IN SRI VENKATESWARA TEMPLE IN HYDERABAD FROM JUNE 11-15

The annual brahmotsavams of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple located at Himayatnagar in Hyderabad will be conducted by TTD from June 11 to 15.

JUNE 11: Dhwajarohanam, Sesha Vahanam

JUNE 12: Snapana Tirumanjanam, Hanumantha Vahanam

JUNE 13: Gaja Vahanam, Garuda Vahanam

JUNE 14: Rathotsavam, Aswa Vahanam

JUNE 15: Chakrasnanam Dhwajavarohanam

TTD�S �SUBHAPRADAM� SUMMER CLASSES FOR STUDENTS FROM MAY 19-25

 With a noble and noval aim to inculcate moral values embedded in the ancient Hindu Scriptures and to make the students of today as responsible citizens of the country, the Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad (HDPP) wing of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) has announced the week-long Subhapradam summer classes for the students which will be from May 19 to 25.

TTD will conduct this innovative program across the Andhra Pradesh State to the students who have completed VIII, IX and X standards. Subhapradam program is specially designed for the students to educate them on Hindu Dharma, Culture, Tradition and Morals and also in games. The motto of this programme which was launched by TTD in 2012 is to teach the students on Yoga, personality development, arts, behavioral attitude, body language, discipline, Arsha Dharma and many other important areas which will make a person a complete human being manifested with morality.

Who are Eligible:

Students who pass outs tenth class and Studying Intermediate Students  are eligible for Subhapradam Summer Classes. The academic year 2012-2013 tenth class students are also eligible.

How to Apply:

• Interested students who have faith in Hindu Sanatana Dharma can apply and get the application from TTD kalyanamandapams located in District head quarters across the state.
• April 25 is the last date of receiving applications and the closing time will be 5pm before which the students need to submit the application in the same kalyanamandapam
• The students should bring the related acknowledgment form which is attached to the application along with them and submit them a day before while attending for the classes in their respective areas.

Commencement and Duration of the Program: 

The Subhapradam Program starts on May 19 and last for a period of 7 days. Every day classes will be conducted between 5:00am to 7:00pm.

Location of Training Classes

The training classes will be conducted across the state where as for Girl Students Special training classes will be conducted at Tirupati, Hyderabad and Visakapatnam only. Last year 2012, for Girl Students classes were conducted only at Tirupati.

Travelling Charges, Food and Accommodation:

TTD will provide Food and Accommodation at Free of Cost to all participated students including To and Fro Travelling charges. For those travelling within district head quarters will be given Rs.300 per head while for the girls the classes will be exclusively conducted in Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Hyderabad. For those students who attend the classes in these places, the travelling expenses given is fixed as Rs.500.

Interested students can make use of this opportunity during their summer vacation.