Anantazhwar

Ananthalwar was a disciple of Saint Ramanuja and a 12th century Vaishnava figure of India.[1]

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The story goes that Ramanuja once asked Anantalwar to raise a flower garden for the Lord on the Tirumala hill, that is Venkateswara. Anantalwar abided by the request and went upon raising a garden. He took the help of his pregnant wife who found it difficult to do the manual labor from time to time. Lord Venkateswara having seen the trouble of the lady assumed the form of a young lad and helped her out. On one occasion when this came to the notice of Anantalwar, the latter was furious and he hit the lad with a crowbar. The lad then disappeared but when Anantalwar visited the god in Tirumala, he found that the Lord was bleeding from the chin. He at once realised that it was the Lord who had helped his wife and regretted his behavior. He applied raw camphor for the wound. Lord Venkateswara was impressed with Anantalwar's devotion and not only forgave him but also told him that he would display the raw camphor forever as a mark of Anantalwar's devotion. Thus camphor is applied to the Lord's chin to this day during the rituals.[1][2][3]

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References
  1. Shantha Nair. Sri Venkateshwara. Jaico Publishing House, 7 January 2014 - Religion - 280 pages.
  2. "why-is-green-camphor-applied-to-lord-venkateswaras-chin-in-tirumala-temple-everyday". www.tirumalesa.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. "Anantalwar Crowbar". tirumalatirupatiyatra.in. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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