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**Lillie_Steins** · 04-17-2007, 01:34 AM

Leo Simha

The archakas ( temple priests ) who perform day to day pooja are from Tamilnadu only till date !

See, its just few hours from Thiruthani , another abode of Lord Karthikeya. Renigunta is just the 3rd or 4th station of AP after it crosses Puthoor .

Damn sure. It belonged to Madras Rajdani once but went to AP once the state was formed.

yes friend Nakeeran, The archakas/temple priests are from Srirangam (Trichy) and are called Bhattars. There are also news related to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy idol (Utsavar - made of Gold) taken to Tirupathi during the then invasion of one Mughal Emperor down south. Then the rest is history. The Tirumala Murugan temple became history by turning into Tirumala Balaji temple.

04-17-2007, 01:34 AM	#12
Lillie_Steins Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 4,508 Senior Member	Leo Simha The archakas ( temple priests ) who perform day to day pooja are from Tamilnadu only till date ! See, its just few hours from Thiruthani , another abode of Lord Karthikeya. Renigunta is just the 3rd or 4th station of AP after it crosses Puthoor . Damn sure. It belonged to Madras Rajdani once but went to AP once the state was formed. yes friend Nakeeran, The archakas/temple priests are from Srirangam (Trichy) and are called Bhattars. There are also news related to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy idol (Utsavar - made of Gold) taken to Tirupathi during the then invasion of one Mughal Emperor down south. Then the rest is history. The Tirumala Murugan temple became history by turning into Tirumala Balaji temple.
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