The temple metropolis of Tirupati is commemorating its 893rd birthday at this time. The date is marked based mostly on the historic references to its inception on this date in 1130 AD. 893 years in the past, Sri Vaishnavite saint Bhagawad Ramanujacharya laid the muse for the Govindaraja Swamy temple which is now positioned within the coronary heart of the town.
Following this, the town turned it right into a religious centre. Final yr, metropolis legislator Bhumana Karunakar Reddy introduced out historical inscriptions which had been found contained in the TTD-run Govindaraja temple- a proof that Ramanujacharya laid the muse stone for the town on Feb 24, 1130.
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“Tirupati was based on Phalguna Pournami of Soumya Nama yr, Uttara Nakshatra Somavaram, when Ramanuja enshrined the presiding deity of Govindaraja, carried out Nithya Kainkaryams, and started setting up 4 mada streets with Agraharas. Different communities across the temple grew subsequently and become Tirupati, which is at this time an iconic place of Hindu worship in India and hosts one of many richest shrines on the planet,” Bhumana Karunakar Reddy mentioned.
Previous to Ramanuja’s arrival, there was no Tirupati, he asserted including that there have been quite a few locations for festivals, however no different metropolis has a exact date of its institution.
“Bhagavad Ramanuja, who established Samata Dharma and formulated Puja Kainkaryams at Tirumala temple, was the originator of Tirupati metropolis, and therefore it was revered as Ramanuja Puram for a very long time. “The city was first referred to as Govindaraja Pattanam, then Ramanuja Puram, after which as Tirupati for the reason that starting of the thirteenth Century”, Bhumana Karunakar Reddy mentioned.
The municipal company of Tirupati is about to carry out rituals for the deity of Sri Ramanujacharya on the shrine positioned contained in the Govindaraja swamy temple precincts which shall be adopted by a vibrant procession and a sequence of occasions and cultural programmes to mark the event.