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Katya Vilambita Hand Posture of Venkateswara – The unusual left hand posture of Balaji

The left hand of Venkateswara is in the Katya Vilambita posture. The left lower hand of Balaji is straight down and is bend at the wrist towards right. This is the Katya Vilambita Hasta Mudra. The hand rests just below the left hip. This is posture is found in the main murti worshipped in the Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple . Katya Vilambita Hasta Mudra… Katya means formally expressing praise or pay homage, Vilambita means hanging, Hasta means hand, and Mudra means posture… The most popular symbolic meaning associated with the Katya Vilambita hand posture is that Venkateswara protects and bless his true devotees. Another belief is that the hand assures the devotees that Balaji will let worldly problems go beyond a level. The right lower hand is in the famous Varada Mudra – boon giving posture.

Kanaka Durga Temple Laddu Prasadam to Weigh Less

Laddu is the most important Prasadam at the famous Kanaka Durga Temple in Andhra Pradesh. The weight of the Ladoo Prasadam will be soon reduced in order to avoid price hike. Currently a Laddu weighs 100 gms. It will be reduced to 80 gms. The price of a single Ladoo Prasadam is Rupees 10/- On an average 45,000 ladoos are sold daily. The number increases to 75,000 on Fridays and Sundays. During Navratri and Bhavani Deeksha Festivals more than 100,000 ladoos are sold at the temple. Related About Tirupati Laddu

Someday I will…

Someday I will do this and that. The someday list is long. It is the magic day when everything will automatically or magically fall in place and all wishes will be fulfilled. But will this someday ever come? The truth is for many people the someday never comes because they never have the courage, money, time or energy to achieve all those things that they intent to achieve someday. So the someday is an imaginary place to dumb all their unfulfilled desires. It is true that not all items in the someday list can be fulfilled in a short period of time. But there are many that can be achieved if we make that extra effort. An honest view of the list will make us realize that many things can be achieved. The unattainable goals should not make us self critical. The unattainable goals should not be the reason for laziness and lack of motivation. The unattainable goals should not block all those goals that we can score today and tomorrow. If you want to visit a place …go do it now