Sri Lakshmi Jayanti at Govindaraja Swamy Temple – Tirupati

Sri Lakshmi Jayanti

Sri Mahalakshmi or Pundareeka Ammavaru temple is located at Sri Govindarajaswami Temple Complex in Tirupati. Sri Lakshmi Jayanti utsavam will be performed to Sri Pundareeka Ammavaru on Uttara phalguni, the birth star of Sri Mahalakshmi will be celebrated for seven days.

Every day in the evening Sri Pundareeka Ammavaru will be decked with resplendent ornaments, flowers and will be taken for unjal seva in front of Her temple. There will be Prabandha Ghosti in the evening and asthanam after Her arrival inside the temple.

On Lakshmi Jayanti (last day)  the star being the Uttara Phalguni, there will be Snapana Thirumanjanam and afterwards asthanam will be conducted. In the evening of this day, once in a year Lord Govindarajaswamivaru comes to Her place to greet Her on Her birth star day. There will be unjal seva for both of them facing each other at a distance of 10 mts. The Kalyanam or marriage of Sri Mahalakshmi with exchange of garlands will be a feast to the eyes to the devotees who throng in large numbers to the temple. Another important and interesting event will be the closing of entrance doors by Mahalakshmi when the Lord is about to be taken into Her temple. He will come with high speed but the doors will be closed. This will be done for three times and finally She allows Him to enter after He expresses ‘Sorry’ for His mistakes.

Afterwards both Sri Mahalakshmi and Sri Govindaraja Swami will be seated on one throne (Simhasanam) and the ritual ends with Asthanam and distribution of Prasadams to all those present there. Many Local people come purposely to see the Kalyanam and the ‘Mock show of anger’ by Sri Pundareeka Ammavaru towards Her husband and they re-union for the sake of ‘their children’ the devotees.