Tirupati Temple – The astonishing facts


 

 
Reproduced from Amarabrathi Publicaitons :

Here are some amazing facts of our Sacred Temple Tirupathi
 

1.       About 1 km From the tirupati temple,  there are some rare rock formations called Silathoranam which are found only in here in the whole world.   The age of these rocks are supposed to be 250 crore years back.  The main deity is made up of this kind of rock only.

2.      The main deity is always adorned with Cinnamomum camphora or Pachai Karpoorram, which is an edible form of camphor in small quantities..  This is a acidic substance and if this chemical is put on black stone these stones will crack.  But The main deity is adorned with this substance all through the year

3.      There are no marks of any carving found on the statue and though the original rocks are rough on the hands, the main deity is smooth to touch

4.      Though Tirumala is at 3000 feet above the mean sea level, the deity statute is always found to be at 110 F.  At 4.30 am, the deity is bathed in cold water, milk and other liquids, but after the abishkegam, there are perspirations all over the body, which is wiped with the cloth.  On Thursday before the abiskeham when all the ornaments are removed from the deity, they are all found to be very hot.
 
to be continued in the next post.
 
Sarada

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