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99) NeelAdhri nilayaaya SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who resides in the
Hills known as NeelAdhri (blue mountain ) in the chain of Thiruvenkatam hills!
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Neeladri acquired its name due to
its being the abode of a vaanara by name Neela, as can be deduced from the
following Varaha Purana sloka--
"Neelasya vaanarendrasya
yasmaat nityam avastthiti:
tasmaat Neela girim naamnaa
vadanti enam mahrshaya:"
Lord Thiruvenkatamudayaan's " neela megha
nibha kaanthi "
( Dark blue hue resembling the clouds of the
rainy season )
can also be viewed as being reflected on
the golden hills of Venkatam
and makes them glow with a bluish hue .Thus those
hills gain the name of
Neelaadhri. The Lord who has those hills as his
home (nilayam) thus comes to be
known as "Neelaadhri Nilayan ".
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