Srivari Brahmotsavam
sri venkateswara swami vari brahmotsavam srivari brahmotsavam purattasi brahmotsavam significant annual fête celebrated venkateswara temple tirumalatirupati tirupati district andhra pradesh india fall telugu calendar aasveeyujamu gregorian calendar month september october utsavamurti processional deity presiding deity venkateswara consort sridevi bhudevi taken procession several vahanams street surrounding temple celebration attracts pilgrim tourist india around world brahmotsavam cleansing ceremony honor lord brahma ceremony tirumala largest word brahmotsavam combination two sanskrit words—brahma utsavam festival—and brahma reportedly conducted first festival brahma also mean grand large srivari brahmotsavam also known venkateswara salakatla brahmotsavams venkateswara navaratri brahmotsavams extra month telugu calendar two brahmotsavam held viz salakatla navarathri festival held brahmotsavam year since adhika maasa one brahmotsavam annual salakatla brahmotsavam salakatla brahmotsavam navaratri brahmotsavam held together ttd brahmotsavam take place october october salakatla brahmotsavam rathotsavam big chariot held morning eighth day navaratri brahmotsavam golden chariot swarna rathotsavam held morning eighth day salakatla brahmotsavam flag hoisting dwajarohanam st day flaglowering dwajaavarohanam evening ninth day according legend tirumala brahma descends earth conduct festival sri venkteswara sahasranamastotra refers brahma performing festival signified small empty wooden chariot brahmaratham move ahead procession venkateswara processional deity malayappa first reference festival tirumala venkateswara temple ce pallava queen samavai endowed land ordered revenue celebrate festival temple brahmotsavams held often time year brahmotsavam held nine day beginning hindu calendar month āśvina paralleling navaratri evening first day rite ankurarpana sowing seed signify fertility abundance performed main firstday activity dwajarohana raising garuda flag signify beginning festival religious activity festival include daily homas procession street surrounding temple final day commemorates venkateswaras birth star sudarshana chakra bathed temple tank devotee chakra placed high platform devotee walk blessed dripping water festival end dhvajavarohanam lowering garuda flag dwajarohanam ceremony first day flag picture garuda vehicle vishnu hoisted temple flag believed symbolic invitation hindu deity attend festival ceremony andhra pradesh chief minister offer new silk clothes venkateswara garuda vahanam evening fifth day venkateswara garuda carried procession decorated garland flower every year tirupati venkateswara garland sent srivilliputtur andal temple marriage festival andal hanumantha vahanam morning sixth day morning venkateswara hanuman taken procession chakra snanam morning ninth day malayappa two consort sudarshana chakra carried procession varahaswamy temple abhishekam presentation food offering sudarshana chakra devotee bathed temple tank first day morning dwajarohanam evening pedda shesha vahanam second day morning evening third day morning simha vahanam evening forth day morning evening fifth day morning mohini avatharam evening garuda vahanam sixth day morning hanumatha vahanam vasanthotsavam pre evening evening gaja vahanam seventh day morning surya prabha vahanam evening chandra prabha vahanam eighth day morning rathotsavam evening aswa vahanam ninth day morning pallaki utsavam chakra snanam evening dwaja avarohanam venkateswara tirumala tirupati devasthanams tirupati dress brahmotsavam time india october archived original october retrieved december craft mela coincide brahmotsavam hindu september retrieved december hindu report brahmotsavam temple official page festival medium related srivari brahmotsavam wikimedia common