TIRUPATI: Of all the doorways inside the temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala, the ‘Kulasekhara Padi', the main threshold inside the sanctum sanctorum assumes greater significance as it is from here one can have the closest view of the presiding deity ‘Moolavirat'. The latest curtain to adorn the main threshold has an underlying message on ‘total surrender' as enshrined in scriptures.
Message-oriented
M. Subramanyam ‘aka' Mani, a local tailor who presents curtains every year to the temple as a humble offering, portrays a temple-related icon on it that conveys a message. He has taken the concept of ‘Varada Hastham' this time. ‘Varada Hastham' is the deity's right hand pointed downwards.
While deities are generally depicted as keeping the hand in ‘Abhaya Hastham' posture, indicating that the Lord will come to the rescue of the devotees, Venkateswara is different in the sense that he does not heap ‘tall assurances' of rescue!
“The hidden meaning is to convey to the devotees that the Lord will come to the rescue of only those who fall at his feet, i.e., total surrender. Now it becomes clear why the hand is pointed towards His feet”, says Mani with a grin.
Colourful
The exquisitely-designed colourful curtain with zari laces all over has the image of the ‘Varada Hastham' at the centre, apart from the ‘Namam', the Vaishnavite insignia over it. The curtain was presented to the temple authorities recently for use during the ongoing Brahmotsavams.
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