Tarigonda Memorial Soon In Tirumala

Vengamamba Brindavanam soon to be turned in to a memorial said, TTD EO Dr KS Jawahar Reddy.

 

The EO who inspected Tarigonda village, the native place of the famous saint poetess Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba in Chittoor district on Saturday, speaking on the occasion said, like Saint Poet Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya, Vengamamba also attained sadgati at the lotus feet of Sri Venkateswara Swamy with her literary works.

 

The great saint poetess who not only penned great sankeertans in praise of Srivaru but also pioneered Annaprasadam in Tirumala. In her memory only we have been providing Annaprasadam to thousands of devotees every day at Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Annaprasadam Complex". 

 

The EO also said, a school is under operation at Vengamamba Brindavanam in Tirumala at present. "We will negotiate with the school authorities to vacate the school from that place which involves some procedure. In that place we are contemplating to develop a memorial for Tarigonda Vengamamba", he added.

 

Earlier the TTD EO inspected the cave located inside Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Tarigonda. It is believed that through this cave, Vengamamba used travel 120km on foot to reach Tirumala and render Mutyala (Pearl) Harati to Sri Venkateswara Swamy which is in practice in Tirumala temple even today. The EO also studied the inscription about the temple history and significance. 

 

He told the archakas to plan in a big way to celebrate the annual fete in the temple which is slated in month of Aswayuja and also directed the concerned to come up with an action plan to observe Vengamamba Vardhanti which is scheduled to take place soon.

 

Deputy EO of local temples Smt Shanti, Annamacharya and Vengamam Project Director Dr A Vibhishana Sharma, engineering officials and others were also present.