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Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora , who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu .
Venkateswara literally means "Lord of Venkata". [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The word is a combination of the words Venkata (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). [ 6 ] According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas , the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words vem (sins) and kata (power of immunity).
Netiyon is another name dedicated to Maha Vishnu in Ancient Tamilakam. [96] ceṅkaṇ neṭiyōṉ means “Red-eyed Vishnu” and Vēṅkaṭam refers to Venkateswara Temple. Maha Vishnu is being referenced as the Red-eyed lord even in the book Vishnu Sahasranama which is featured in the Anushasana Parva of Mahabharatha.
There is also stone deity found inside the temple is above the Narasimha shrine. The deity is called Devaraja Perumal, whose worship is equated to the Adi Athi Varadharaja Perumal, that is, two gods residing in one presiding idol. According to a Hindu legend, Brahma, the Hindu god of creation, separated with his wife Saraswati over a ...
There is a king, who makes one of his men a king of a city. He then gives his daughter in marriage to the new king. The new king is engrossed in war. His wife makes him change his views and he begins building a temple. Gradually he is reduced to the state of robbing to get money for Vishnu's temple. Once he comes across a wedding couple.
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity (both material and spiritual), is the wife and active energy of Vishnu. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] She is also called Sri . [ 135 ] [ 136 ] When Vishnu incarnated on earth as the avatars Rama and Krishna , Lakshmi incarnated as his respective consorts: Sita and Radha or Rukmini .
For this reason, Vedanta Desikan hailed Lord Varadarajan as "Kachi thanil kan kodukkum perumal" (The deity who is the bestower of eyes). Kuresan's vision was restored and saluted Ramanuja for all his glory. Koorathalvan lived for a few more years and later attained the "holy feet of the lord".
Perumal (the 'Great One' [1]) is the name of a Hindu deity. It was also generally used as a synonym for the king or ruler in south India during medieval period. [1]