Guest guest Posted September 23, 2002 Report Share Posted September 23, 2002 At 08:46 AM 9/23/02 -0000, you wrote: >While entering the main Tirumala temple, one can see some pictures >being depicted on those doors. In one of them, one can see the lord >playing a game of dice with a very fat person. > >Can someone on this throw some light on this ? I heard that this was >a saint called Hathiram Baba who originally hailed from the north but >settled down at tirumala after seeing the lord there. >Janaki Raman SrI: Dear SrI Janaki Raaman : I have not seen this picture on the door. I can venture a guess, which may be on or off the mark. According to Sthala PurANam , Lord SrInivAsa borrowed a lot of money from KubErA an dis still paying it off ! This fat person could be KubEra , whom the Lord might like to engage in the game of dice to settle the debt load ! KuberA is the Lord of wealth , king of Men and Geni , who dwells in his northern capital of AlakApuri. with his Nava nidihis(nine treasures)! In PurANams , KubErA is depicted as a white dwarf with a large body.His name is derived in one tradition as the "Ku-bEran" or the ill shaped one because of his fatness and dwarfish stature. V.Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2002 Report Share Posted September 24, 2002 Sh Sadagopan The image has been carved on the Silver side panel on the gate where we enter the inner temple, ie just after crossing Kodimaram. I faintly remember to have read about the same Legend, Sh Janaki Raman has stated. May be we can try TTD site for an explanation about this. Regards TCA Satagopan Sadagopan wrote:At 08:46 AM 9/23/02 -0000, you wrote: >While entering the main Tirumala temple, one can see some pictures >being depicted on those doors. In one of them, one can see the lord >playing a game of dice with a very fat person. > >Can someone on this throw some light on this ? I heard that this was >a saint called Hathiram Baba who originally hailed from the north but >settled down at tirumala after seeing the lord there. >Janaki Raman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2002 Report Share Posted September 24, 2002 Dear Janaki Raman, what you heard is correct. The short person is Sri Hathiramji Baba and one can find the same picture on the wall of Hathiramji Mutt. In olden days, this mutt was taking care of the activities of the Tirumala temple. Like the Jeeyars and the Hereditary Trustees, these were also a part of the team in the Temple administration. According to their version, Hathiramji is devotee of Lord Srinivasa. He asks for a boon from the Lord to come and play a game of dice with him. So, it is believed that Lord used to play dice with him. I have just briefed the story here. If you want the details, will try to get you. Regards Chakravarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2002 Report Share Posted September 24, 2002 At 04:12 PM 9/24/02 +0100, you wrote: >Dear Janaki Raman, > >what you heard is correct. The short person is Sri >Hathiramji Baba and one can find the same picture on >the wall of Hathiramji Mutt. >In olden days, this mutt was taking care of the >activities of the Tirumala temple. Like the Jeeyars >and the Hereditary Trustees, these were also a part of >the team in the Temple administration. >According to their version, Hathiramji is devotee of >Lord Srinivasa. He asks for a boon from the Lord to >come and play a game of dice with him. So, it is >believed that Lord used to play dice with him. > >I have just briefed the story here. If you want the >details, will try to get you. > >Regards >Chakravarthy Dear SrIman Chakravarthy : How long ago did SrI Hathiramji Baba Live ? Thanks for the Information , V.Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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