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2 March 2008

Newsletter March, 2008


This month's Arunachala Grace News will be sent out direct to subscribers email addresses within the next few days. The reason for the delay is an interesting one, and that is after years of suggesting that visitors get even small wounds on their feet treated, I myself have succumbed to the very unpleasant 'cellulitis' which is an inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin, usually caused by a bacterial infection. So a good opportunity to remind visitors to India, watch your feet!

If you wish to receive a copy of this month's Arunachala Grace News, there is a subscribe facility at the lefthand margin of this page. This month's free Newsletter has narratives about the Lord Venkateshwara Temple, the Ribhu Gita and Mahashivaratri. The local bird and herb discussed in this month's issue are respectively the beautiful Blue-Tailed Bee Eater and Ginger.

As well as the usual section 'Arunachala Tidbits' and 'Inspiration and Poems,' the short story is entitled 'Lesson from a Snake,' with the moral being, 'People prize goodness most of all.'

10 March 2007

Lord Venkateshwara



The Balaji murti (Lord Venkateshwara) in this shrine-room is an exact copy of the Balaji black marble 6 foot statue statue at Tirupati. In front of the statue there are murtis of; Sri Ganesha and Sri Devi and Bhu Devi. This is the first major Vishnu Temple to be built at Arunachala and many people, with a love of Tirupati Balaji, are now coming to this Lord Venkateshwara Temple here at this place. To pray to Balaji is regarded as very auspicious in connection with the answer of worldly prayers.



This Temple, dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara, which was only inaugurated about two and a half years ago, is quickly becoming one of the busiest Temples in Tiruvannamalai. It is fortuitously situated right behind the Kubera Lingam on the Northeast side of Arunachala.


On Saturdays, the day particularly loved by Sri Balaji, crowds nearing the thousand are beginning to attend the elaborate pujas and bhajans. The crowds will only get bigger as the Temple construction gets closer to completion.