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Lakshmi Varaahan
42) Theertha Panchaka VaasinE SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
 
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who lives amidst five most sacred assembly of waters !
 
The previous nama, "Haraye nama:", spoke about the Lord destroying the sins of devotees. One of the forms in which He does this is detailed in this nama. The Lord resides in all the punya teertthaas in Tirumala, cleansing devotees who have a dip, of all their accumulated paapams as well as washing away their physical impurities.
 
Of the innumerable holy waters on these hills, five are most important and provide succour and solace, material and spiritual, to bathers belonging respectively to Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vysya, Shoodra and Chandaala jaatis, as recounted by Sri Vamadeva Rishi's to Sri Janaka. These five punya teertthaas (Teerttha Panchakam) are the ones known as the Panchanada teertham, located to the west of the Kapila teerttham. Sri Varahamurtthy resides in all these holy waters, providing succour to all who bathe in them.

Another explanation for Theerttha Panchakam focuses on five specail sacred waters of Thirumala. Yes , There are indeed many sacred waters (Theerthams) in and around Thirumala: Swamy  PushkaraNi , Akasaganga , PaapavinAsam , PaaNdava , KumAradhAra , Thumbhuru , RaamakrishNa , Chakra , Vaikuntha , Sesha Sitamma , Pasupu , Jaapali and Sanaka--SanAdhana theerthams .
  
Among these many theertthams , five are the most famous because of their links to the different annual bathing uthsavams festivals) linked to the Lord. These are :
 
1.Swamy  PushkaraNi , where MukkOti DhwAdasi snAnam    takes place in Maarghazhi month.
 
2. KumAradhAra , where bathing on Magha PourNami is sacred.
 
3. RaamakrishNa Theertham , where bathing on Pushya PourNami     is sacred.
 
4. Thumbhru theerttham , where snAnam on Phalguna PourNami     is recommended to please the Lord.
 
5. Chakra Theerttham , where snAnam on KsheerAbdhi DhwAdasi ( Month of Kaartthikai) is highly recommended .  



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