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
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