LORD VENKATESWARA ACTS AS A

GUARDIAN DEITY

INTRODUCTION
Yes. It’s true. Apart from acting as a protection
god, Lord Venkateswara also acts as a guardian
deity, and this can be known from the ancient
legend of Sri Venkateswara Mahatmya Purana.
As per the ancient legend, while some of the
devotees of Lord Venkateswara were climbing on
the Tirumala Hills during early morning time, they
have witnessed a tall, good looking person with a
shining face, who was riding in a white horse, and
he was wandering on the sacred Tirumala Hills,
and when the devotees tried to have glimpse of
him by running faster behind him, suddenly the
divine person was disappeared from their eyes!
This incident was happened before few hundreds
years ago, and it is still believed, that even now,
the great Lord Venkateswara safeguards his
devotees, in the holy Tirumala, by taking an
invisible form. Since Lord Venkateswara is
supposed to do the duty of protecting the entire
earth, there is no surprise in safeguarding his
devotees. With regard to protecting his devotees,
he acts like Lord Muneeswara, Lord Ayyanar, and
Lord Sudalaimadan, who are considered to be the
divine aspects of Lord Shiva. In the Sri
Venkateswara Mahatmyam, it was mentioned that
the Lord of seven hills safeguards his devotees for
24 hours in a day, and for all the 365 days in a
year. He also appears in the dream to some of his
devotees in the form of Lord Narasimha, who is
also considered to be a protection deity, since he
has once relieved the sufferings of his staunch
devotee, the great Prahalada.
Lord Venkateswara is also known as “VENKATA
SENAPATHY”, the warrior god, “VENKATA
SABAPATHY”, the Lord who safeguards his
devotees similar to the divine aspects of Lord
Shiva, “VENKATA ABAYA HASTACHALA”, the
Lord who shows his right hand in the form of
blessing posture to his devotees. Once if we visit
the Holy Tirumala Temple, we would get addiction
towards visiting it for so many times! Due to the
great significance of Lord Venkateswara, more
and more devotees are visiting the Holy Tirumala
Temple on a daily basis. Similar to the Holy
Prasad item, the tasty Tirupati Laddu, Lord
Venkateswara also tastes very sweetly, and by
reciting the verses from the Holy Sri Venkateswara
Suprabhatam, we could be able to start doing our
daily chores briskly.
“OM SRI VENKATESWARAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR