Lord Venkateswara Swamy have Camphor on Chin
Did you ever got a question to your mind that what is the white spot on the chin of Lord Venkateswara? Or Why Lord Venkateswara Swamy Have Camphor On His Chin? Then you must read this story.
Ananthalwan, a native of Kirangur, near Panavapura in Karnataka, an ardent disciple of Sri Ramanuja, at the benign order of Sri Ramanuja, settled in Tirumala in the service of Lord Srinivasa. Once he began excavating a small reservoir for water required for his flower garden. A ‘bramhachari’ came to assist him. He refused to accept his service.
Ananthalwan wife who was pregnant advised to assist her. The brahmachari again assisted his wife. Ananthalwan was surprised at his wife emptying the mud basket so fast and came to know about the brahmachari assistance. He hit the brahmachari under his chin in a fit of anger. The brahmachari ran away quickly into the temple premises. But the authorities of the temple found Lord Srinivasa bleeding in his chin. Ananthalwan realised that the brahmachari was none other than Lord Srinivasa. The authorities of the temple stuffed the wound with camphor and this became a custom even today.
The crowbar that was used to hit the Lord, as advised by the Lord Srinivasa, is adorned on the right side of the inner Gopuram wall still for a glimpse to the devotees when they enter the Tirumala temple Main Entrance
Once Ananthalwan was visiting his native land. On the way from Tirumala, he opened the lunch box and found some ants in it. He said to himselft “What a sin I have committed! These holy ants have desired to live in the holy Tirumala and I have deprived them of their holy abode.” Immediately he went back to Tirumala and released them carefully on the hill. Ananthalwan was such a saintly disciple of Sri Ramanuja who witnessed God in everything.
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