Hamsa Vahanam-.Annual Salakatla Brahmotsavam Day 2 Evening

The grand procession of Lord Venkateswara on the second day of Salakatla Brahmotsavam on the beautiful  Hamsa Vahanam is colourful feast to the tens of thousands of eyes. Lord Venkateswara as Malayappa swamy blessed his devotees as Veenapani Saraswati atop Hamsa or Swan.

Swan or Hamsa also stands out for its capabilities to weed out the good from the bad. In other words the celestial bird is known for its in-born virtues to segregate the milk from water in a pot of this mixed liquid. This denotes that Lord Venkateswara as Hamsa vahanaroodha(the rider of swan vehicle) will weed out the bad qualities in a human being and retain only the good virtues.

Srivari Hamsa Vahanam denotes the significance attached towards selfless service of everyone towards mankind and that ego and personal pride would keep them away from Lord Venkateswara and his divine blessings.

ChinnaSesha Vahanam-.Annual Salakatla Brahmotsavam Day 2

On the sunny morning of the on-going annual Brahmotsavams of Lord Venkateswara the processional deity of Lord Malayappa Swamy was taken out in a grand procession on ‘Chinna Sesha Vahanam' around the holy mada' streets encircling the holy shrine.

According to Hindu puranas the Kundalini Shakti is said to be most powerful level of energy and called Kaivalya Gnana. This is the potent energy available to mankind by the grace of Lord of Lords Sri Venkateswara and is represented by mighty snake. To make the human being about the important of that Serpentine Kundalini energy which enables human being to reach the 8.4 millionth manifestations, the last in the cosmic life cycle lord takes ride on Chinna Sesha Vahanam which is also believed to be the divine serpentine Vasuki.