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16) Girikunja vihaarine SrI Venkatesaaya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord Venkatesa , who sports  in the foothills of
Venkatam mountains !
 
After Bhrugu Maharishi visited Vaikuntham to test as to who among
the thrimurthys is the Supreme being and kicked SrIman Naaraayanan
in the chest as a part of that test , Mahaa Lakshmi got offended and
left Vaikuntam and went to Kolhapur ( Karaveera Sthalam ) . Our Lord was
dejected and He left Vaikuntam as  well and arrived at the banks of
Svarnamukhari river at Thirumalaa to perform tapas to reunite with 
Mahaa Lakshmi.
 
Meanwhile Mahaa Lakshmi incarnated as the daughter of  Akaasa raajan ,
king of ThoNdimandalam .The name Padhmaavathi was given to Her
since She appeared on a lotus.She grew up to be a beautiful maiden .
One day Lord Srinivasa took on the role of a hunter and rode on His
horse chasing an elephant in the wild forest . Lord SrinivAsan roamed in
the foothills of Venkatam mountains for " hunting " and gained the name
of  "Giri kunja Vihaaran" at the  end of His purposeful roamings . He entered
the sporting grounds of princess Padhmaavathi during this roaming .Rest is history 
leading up to Padmaavathi Kalyaanam .   



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