PUSHPA PALLAKI(06:00
PM JULY)
(COST
RS 200/- PER PERSON, PRASADAM : 2 LADDUS, 1 VADA, 1
UTTARIYAM
OR 1 BLOUSE PIECE)
As per the tradition
followed by the Devasthanams, temple accounts begin from
Dakshinayana (winter
solstice) in July. Anivara Asthanam, the grand durbar
festival of Lord
Venkateswara, is celebrated on that day (usually on July 16).
On this day the
previous year accounts are submitted to the Lord and begins a new
financial yaer
opening a new book. All the principal officers of the temple deposit
their insignia of
office at the feet of the Lord and take them back. The significance
of the cermony is
that the Lord allows them to hold their respective offices as He
found them fit.
In the evening the
Lord is taken round along the four Mada streets in procession on
a richly decorated
floral palanquin. It is a remarkable spectacle for devotees who
patircipate in this
arjita seva to witness and enjoy the majestic presence of the Lord
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