Tirumala Shanivaralu
tirumala shanivara purattasi sani telugu తిరుమల శనివారాలు tamil புரட்டாசி சனி hindu festival celebrated part south india including andhra pradesh karnataka tamil nadu kerala hindu deity venkateswara worshiped festival celebrated tamil month purattasi generally fall month september october gregorian calendar puratasi masam great importance believed lord venkateswara appeared earth month lord vishnu devotee consider ideal month thanking lord vishnu preserving universe end kali yuga saturday month treated holy day devotee gather large number lord vishnu temple special prayer offered particularly odd saturday first third fifth importance tirumala annual navarathri brahmotsavam also observed month tirumala flooded lakh devotee people take vegetarian food month purattasi sani widely observed northern tamil nadu particularly erstwhile north arcot chingleput chennai region tirupati part erstwhile north arcot district purattasi sani originally specific north arcot district later got recognition whole tamil nadu andhra pradesh festival celebrated majorly south andhra festival celebrated grandly tirupati foot hill town tirumala people wakeup early morning suprabhatam holy sanskrit hyms wakeup lord venkateswara people take headbath clean house start cooking special dish naivedyam offered lord venkateswara lord venkateswara decorated special flower includes crysanthemum jasmine hibiscus lilly lotus marigold manymore leaf thulasi maala oscimum mamidi aaku mango leaf fruit banana pine apple apple grape papaya orange musambi ground nut kalimkayalu manymore money tirunaamam tilak namakommu sirisunnam dish include many variety laddu beloved sweet lord venkateswara bellam pongali jaggary pongal miryala pongali pepper pongal panchamrutham vada payasam pulihora dardhojanam curd rice guggullu dosa nuvvula pindi biyyam pindi sugeelu mudha pappu sambar rasam perugu curd neyyi ghee annam rice pooja first deepam lit followed offering naivedhyam agarbathi sambrani coconut harathi respectively naivedhyam offered lord venkateswara wife sri devi bhu devi three banana leaf everyone house keep tirunamam harathi everyone house utter following hymn loudly edu kondala vada venkata ramana govindha govindha apadha mrokkula vada anadha rakshaka govindha govindha tiru namam also called moodu namalu tirumala namalu namam includes one base line drawn namakommu white color three vertical line base line first second drawn namakommu one beginning base line end base line third vertical line made sirisunnam red color drawn middle base line