Origins of SRi Venkateshwara

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This seems to have stirred up a few more opinions than I thought there were =)

I welcome opinions on the meaning of "Govinda"..

 

And I have been 'corrected' on this topic by Dileepan and Ramgopal

 

>>>rather stick with my wonderful memories of the peace of the seven hills,

>>>having saathumurai darshanam on Fridays, and a saying that one sees just as

>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>>you enter the main temple area :

>>>

 

Okay.. noweher does it say *ONLY ON FRIDAYS* =) If I remember right, the

saathumurai sevai is very early in the morning on most days, while Friday

it is a little later ( ~9.30am ) .. which makes it a lot more easy for a

confirmed night owl like me to make it there on time =) That was my intent,

and not to misinform our members about the pooja kramam =)

 

I agree that one's memories of a place are very subjective. I do not mean to

use my happy memories of venkatam as a support to my argument. What I meant was

that among my memories of the place,

 

' venkatesha samo devo na bhooto na bhavishyate"

 

stands out.. and seems to make too much argument over this fruitless =)

 

- Sundar