Sri Venkateswara Swamy’s special celestial wedding was held at the Sri Bhoo Samatha Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Dokiparru Mahakshetram on Monday, in a festive mood.
Just like every year, the special Kalyanam of the deity was celebrated by Kommareddy Bapireddy and Vijayabhaskaramma. They both sat on the pedestal and performed the Kalyanam of lord Srinivasa. Vedic scholars explained the significance of Venkateswara Kalyanam amid the chanting of mantras, including the good meanings that come with it.
The Mahakshetram was decorated with flowers to officiate the marriage of Sri Venkateswara. Vedic scholars said that those who do not have daughters consider goddesses Lakshmi and Padmavati as their own and perform Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam according to the Divyashree Vaikhanasa Bhagavachchastra path.
Before the marriage of Sri Venkateswara, the Vedic scholars performed a special bath for the deities. On Monday morning, after the Nitya Archana and Tomala service, the ceremonial idols were brought to the Snapana Mandapam and anointed with milk, yoghurt, honey and spices, and then performed Chakrasnanam in the specially decorated conch on the temple premises. Vedic scholars say that after bathing and visiting the conch after performing the Srivari Chakrasnanam, one gets the power of a hundred horsemen if one sprinkles water on the conch. They said that if Swami bathes in their Pushkarini every day, the result will be the same as the holy bath during the river pushkarams.
The founding trustees of the temple P. V. Krishna Reddy, Sudha Reddy, P. V. Subbareddy, Sumalata, P. Virareddy, Vijayalakshmi, Kommareddy Bapireddy, Vijaya Bhaskaramma P. Nagireddy, Prasanna couple, their family members and a large number of devotees were present.
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