Teerthams in TTD

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As described in the sacred Hindu texts, every stone, tree, sand particle, air, birds, animals dwelling in the vibrant Seshachala ranges, the abode of Hill God, Sri Venkateswara Swamy, is manifested with divinity.

According to Brahma Purana and Skanda Purana there are about 66 crore holy teerthams in the green cover of Seshachala. From that age till today the holy teerthams of Tirumala are famous for their sacredness and divinity.

Almost all the sacred water bodies hold fantastic legends and stories of salvation. In fact these legends are the driving force that lead millions and millions of pilgrims to this temple town each day since ages.

However these sacred torrents are classified into Dharmaratiprada,Gnanaprada, Bhaktivairagyaprada and Muktiprada teerthams.

DHARMARATIPRADA TEERTHAMS: The holy dip in these theerthams will transform the person to lead a moral life combined with spiritual discipline which is the very foundation to get salvation. As per the puranas there are about 1008 holy torrents under this category.

GNANAPRADA TEERTHAMS: Man is on the quest to get the best for himself.

Jnana is the path of knowledge, wisdom, introspection and contemplation. It involves deep exploration of the nature of our being by systematically traversing and setting aside false identities. A dip in the Gnanaprada teerthams is believed to give this path of wisdom to pilgrims.

These are 108 in number. They are: Manu, Indra, Vasu, Rudra(11 in number), Aditya(12 in number), Prajapati(9 in number), Aswini, Sukra,Varuna, Jahnavi, Kapeya, Kanwa, Agneya, Narada, Soma, Bhargava,Dharma, Yagna, Pasu, Ganeshwara, Bhaumaswa, Paribhadra, Jagajadyahara,Viswakallola, Yama, Baraspatya, Kamaharsha, Ajamoda, Janeshwara,Instasiddhi, Karmasiddhi, Vata, Jedumbara, Karthikeya, Kubja,Prachetasa(10 in number), Garuda, Sesha, Vasuki, Vishnuvardhana,Karmakanda, Punyavriddhi, Runavimochana, Parjanya, Megha, Sankarshana,Vasudeva, Narayana, Deva, Yaksha, Kala, Gomukha, Pradymna, Aniruddha,Pitru, Arsheya, Vaishwadeva, Swadha, Swaha, Asti, Anjaneya,Suddhodaka, Astha Bhairava(8 in number). All put together 108 teerthams.

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