Ananthalvar Temple, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Ananthalvar Temple, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Ananthalvar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Vaishnavite Seer, Ananthalvar, located at Tirumala in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Ananthalvar had stayed in Thirumala and had done Kainkaryam to Lord Balaji. Most of the people are not aware of Ananthalvar, and his crowbar history. Ananthalvar was a great devotee of Lord Sri Venkateswara. Every day, he does flower service to the Lord. One day he decided to put up a flower garden on Tirumala hills near to the temple.

Ananthalvar took a vow to complete this work by him and his wife only. He began digging the water well. Lord decided to help them after watching their hard work. So, he appears as a boy and starts helping his wife to throw mud outside. By seeing this, Ananthalvar got angry and throws his crowbar to the kid. The crowbar hits that boy's chin and the boy disappears from there. After finishing the garden work, Ananthalvar went to the temple to offer worship, he was astonished to notice that the Lord’s Chin got hurt and bleeding continuously.

Ananthalvar realized that boy was none other than Lord Venkateswara and he immediately rubs the idol with camphor to stop bleeding. The crowbar which hit the Lord can be seen at the entrance of this temple. The Temple is situated in West Mada Street. The Temple is located at about 250 meters from Tirumala RTC Bus Station, 400 meters from Tirumala Venkateshwara Swamy Temple, 1 Km from Tirumala Main Bus Stand, 23 Kms from Tirupati Railway Station, 24 Kms from Tirupati Central Bus Station and 40 Kms from Tirupati Airport.

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