The idol of Shri Tirupati Balaji, however, is resistant to the volatile chemical reactions of camphor, and bears no marks, even though it remains smeared with the substance most of the time. It is a scientifically known fact that when raw camphor or green camphor (Pachai Karpooram), a derivative of Cinnamomum camphora tree, is applied on any stone, it leads to cracks and fissures on the object. Surprisingly, the discarded flowers can be seen at a place known as Yerpedu which lies 20 kilometres away from Tirupati. The priests, however, refrain from looking at the back side of the holy deity for the rest of the day. So, they are thrown into the waterfalls which flow behind the rear side of the idol. Going by the rule book, the temple priests do not throw the flowers offered to Lord Balaji during morning worship out of the GarbhaGudi or Sanctum Sanctorum. It was at that time the deity himself appeared.įor an inexplicable reason, the back of the idol always remains moist, despite the priests labouring to keep it dry.įlowers offered to Lord comes out at Verpedu
Post death, the body of the deceased criminals were left hanging on the walls of the temple of Balaji. The twelve of them were hung by their necks until death. Long ago, in 19th century India, the King of the region imposed death sentence on twelve people for committing a heinous crime. Venkateswara Swamy had once appeared in real All that is known is that they have been burning since a long time and will continue to do so. There are no reliable records about the time when these lamps were lit and who lit them. The light of an ardent devotee’s heart for the Divine never gets extinguished, so does the earthen lamps placed before the idol of the deity in the sanctum sanctorum of the Tirupati Balaji Temple.
You may want to hear to believe, but the unchangeable truth is that the sound of enormous sea waves can be heard if one puts his/her ear on the back of the deity’s image housed in the shrine. Ever since, it has been a custom among devotees to shave their head off in the temple before or after their desires are fulfilled. Pleased with her devotion, the god accepted the kind offering and promised that whoever visits his shrine and sacrifices his/her hair at his feet will be blessed. She offered her chopped locks humbly to the deity and requested him to plant them on his head. A Gandharva Princess named Neela Devi quickly took note of this incident, and cut a portion of her glorious mane. The story behind those faultless locks goes like this – Lord Balaji, during his regime on earth, lost some of his hair in an unexpected mishap. The hair worn by Lord Balaji is silky, smooth, tangle-free, and absolutely real. The idol is actually placed in the right hand corner of the shrine. The idol of Lord Tirupati Balaji placed may appear to be standing in the centre of the sanctum sanctorum, but technically, it is not so.
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