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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! !
 
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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