It is not out of place to mention that jeernoddharana of this temple was done with the initiative of my Grandfather's brother Nirikhi Rama Rao who was Dharmaadhikaari of this temple between 1965-77 during the period Sri #SujayaeendraTheertharu (Mantralayam). +
My father late Dr. Nirikhi Satyanarayana Rao was one of the chief patrons of this temple during that period. Sri GuruRayaraBrundavana has come up at this place (during Sri #SushameendraTheerthara time). It is now official Raghavendra Swamy Matha under the auspices of Mantralayam.
During that period (1965-77) our family used to participate in all utsavas at this temple which were held as per Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha sampradaya/calendar.
Originally Sri #Vyasaru was called as #KrishnaDvaipaayana. Since #Vyasa was dark (Krishna) in colour and born in an island (Dweepa) in Yamuna river he was called Krishna Dvaipaayana; (Dweepaayana) +
गंगा गंगेति यो ब्रूयात् योजनानां शतैरपि ।
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ।।
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Ganga worship is in 7 ways, viz.
recalling Her name “Ganga”,
having darshan of Ganga,
touching water of Ganga river,
worshiping Ganga,
taking bath in Ganga,
standing in waters of Ganga river and
carrying clay (Mrittika) dug out of Ganga water;
Today - the most auspicious lunar day - Vaisakha Sukla Dasami, the sacred day Lord #Srinivasa (Venkateswara) married Sri Padmavathi Devi that is reckoned as Sri #PadmavathiSrinivasaKalyana
कल्याणाद्भुतगात्राय कामितार्थप्रदायिने ।
श्रीमद्वेङ्कटनाथाय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥
kalyANAdbhutagAtrAya kAmitArthapradAyine |
shrImadve~NkaTanAthAya shrInivAsAya te namaH
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Kalyaana means marriage/auspicious. When it is Kalyaana of the Supreme God, the auspiciousness will be in abundance and it will be for the universal welfare and well being of the humanity. +