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7) Meru puthra GirIsAya SrI VenkatEsAya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsan residing on
the Anandha hill , which is the son of
the auspicious
Meru mountain !
After Lord Adhi Varaahar rescued BhUmi Devi from
the nether world and brought Her up on His
tusk ,
He asked Garuda to bring KiridAchalam ( beautiful
hill from SrI Vaikuntam with
gold and nava rathnams )
to earth . Garuda carried KiridAchalam on His back
and
dropped it on a spot east of Swamy
PushkaraNi . This
KridAchalam resembled AdhisEsha in shape and form.
Adhi VarAhar took His abode on KiridAchalam on the
banks of
Swamy PushkaraiNi .
Then came DhvApara Yugam . There was a quarrel
between
Adhisesha and Vaayu , the Lord of winds at SrI
Vaikuntam .
SrI VaikuntanAthan had to intervene and decide on
which one
of them was the strongest . Our Lord asked
AdhisEshan to wrap
himself around Anandha hill , which is the son of
Meru mountain
(Meru Puthran) . Vaayu was asked to blow that
Anandha hill
away from the grip of Aadhiseshan . The contest
between
the two servants of the Lord continued for many
days and
the whole world trembled . The dEvAs begged
AdhisEsha
to concede victory to Vaayu for the safety of the
world and
AdhisEsha reluctantly agreed and let go of Anandha
hill,
which got blown away . That hill landed on the
bank of
SwarNamukhi river flowing by VenkatAdhri hills
.Brahma
comforted the dejected AdhisEsha by assuring that
Anandha hill will be merged with KiridAchalam
(VenkatAdhri hill ) and
that AdhisEshan will
metamorphize in to Anandha hill to become
SeshAdhri and VishNu will take His abode on him .
Thus , the Meru Puthran , Anandha hill transformed
in to
SeshAdhri and Lord VenkatEsa took His permanent
abode on AdhisEsha's hoods and became SeshAdhri
nilayan.
By associating these hills with
the Mahaa Meru, the former's glory
and magnificence are implied.
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