The Mythology

Lord Venkateswara, also called Venkatachalapathy or Srinivasa, is a Hindu God believed to be a form of the Hindu Deity Lord Vishnu. Lord Venkateshwara means "ven+kata+eshwara= sins+destroyer+supremegod", so the supreme god who destroys the sins of the people in this material world.

He appeared in this kali yuga for saving the people who are fallen deeply. He is Lord Vishnu, who is trancendental to the material energy, Lord Vishnu dont have direct contact with material people, that's why yogis meditate severly to get his lotus feet, but in this kali yuga people are most fallen such that they even lost themselves due to ignorance in bodily conscoiusness. Lord Vishnu out of love towards his devotees incarnated as Lord Venkateshwara.

Lord Vishnu mixed with Maya devi(Narayani also called as Durga Devi) and became Lord Venkateshwara, now he can have direct contact with material energy. Since durge devi has the direct contact with matter, she is called as superindent of this material world. Now Lord Venkateshwara can directly deal with his devotees even in kali yuga, where ignorance prevails most.

Adi Sankaracharya came to tirumala and placed sri chakra at the lotus feet of Lord Venkateshwara and sung the famous song "Bhaja Govindam". So Lord venkateshwara is the supreme god of this kali yuga.

Venkatadri Samasthanam Bramhandey Naasthi kinchana Venkatesa samo devo na bhuto na bhavishyati” – There is no place in the Universe that is as great as “Venkatadri”. There is no god as great as Lord venkateshwara in past or future.

Lord Venkateswara has His holy abode in the Venkatam hills (the hills are more often referred to as ThiruVenkatam) in Tirupathi. Thus, the main temple of Lord Venkateshwara is the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple The Tirumala temple, where He is the presiding deity, is believed to be the richest of all the Hindu temples in the world. The temple is in southern India Andhra Pradesh in Chittoor district. It is around 120 km from Chennai, TamilNadu. The presence of seven hills influenced alternate names for the deity: Edu kondala vadu in Telugu and as Elumalaiyan in Tamil both of which mean "Lord of the Seven Hills".

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