Tirupati Temple – The astonishing facts
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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