- If you are visit the Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Temple without visiting the Sri Alamelumangamma Temple in Tiruchanur, your pilgrimage to Tirumala is considered incomplete.
- Sri Alamelumangamma of Tiruchanur: This sacred village, situated 4 km from Tirupati. This shrine is also called as Alamelu Manga Patnama. It is said that in olden days, Sri Shuka Maharshi had an ashram there. So, it is also called Sri Suku Ooru. Eventually, it came to be known as Tirusukanooru later as Tiruchakanuru and finnaly as Tiruchanur.
- In the heart of the village, there is a lake called Padma Sarovaram. In those days, in this lake Sri Maha Lakshmi appeared in a golden lotus, and so She is known as Padmavati and Alamelumanga.
- In order to appease Sri Maha Lakshmi who left Vaikuntham sulking, Srinivasa had gone to Kolaphur Kshetra and performed penance for ten years. She took a stubborn stand that she would not appear there and informed Him the same through Akashavani. She instead declared that his wish would be fulfilled on the bank of Padma Sarovar.
- On her command Sri Venkateswara Created Padma sarovar near Suvarnamukhi and performed penance for twelve years
- With his dedicated efforts, Sri Alamelumangamma appeared in thousand petalled lotus in Padma sarovar. Thus, is manifested as Padmavathi, Alamelumanga.
- Since, the swamy is not present here, she came to known as ‘Viraha Lakshmi’, ‘Veera Lakshmi’. She also informed that she would first hear the prayers and wishes of the devotees of Tirumala, later she installed as Vyuha Lakshmi.
- Long ago, Srinivasa and Alamelumangamma were of the same height, but due to her immense compassion, Alamelumangamma shrank and settled beneath the hill.
- Once Sri vedantadeshika said, “Alamelumangamma is the manifestation of compassion”. Hence it should not be forgotten that we offer worship to both. But they are not different! The bod between the two is like the sun and sunrays, fire and heat, ocean and tides.
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