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IS THIS TRUE - Rare picture of the Lord Venkateswara?

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ravi_newyork • March 6, 2003 


Hi All

There has been a quite a number of e-mails and pictures floating, 
claiming that "this is a very rare photograph of Balaji - taken 
inside the Tirumala temple many years ago. In the history of Tirumala 
Temple only 2 times photos were allowed to be taken"
Please refer http://web.njit.edu/~sk33/tirupati_balaji.htm

Can scholars or bhaktas throw light if this is really the true 
picture of the lord? I cannot really believe that a photograph would 
have been allowed inside the "Anantha Nilayam", where the rules of 
the agamas are strictly followed even in the case of VVIPs.
Further I have never seen the Lord without a single flower on his 
divine "moola beram" and there are unconventional jewels bedecking 
him. I have my own doubts that this picture is "manufactured"

Any thoughts on this issue will really dispel the clouds of doubt and 
also the commercial exploits of this picture amongst the devout 
Hindus.

Did anybody had a chance to verify this claim with the TTD?

Thanks
Ravishankar Kannabiran



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