485 tribal women and men in 10 buses from Paderu tribal division, Visakhapatnam district visited Tirumala Sreevari Sannidhi. After the darshan, the devotees expressed their feelings in front of the temple ..
“We came to Tirumala from the Paderu tribal areas in 10 buses arranged by Tirumala Tirupati Temple and SSF and saw Swami with our own eyes. This is the first time we’ve been here. Our thanks to the SSF and the Tirumala Tirupati Temple authorities for making this possible.
In the past in our Paderu tribal division with the financial help of TTD, SSF with their charitable support we have worked very hard to build 35 temples as we wanted. At present our tribal brothers are the good priests in these temples. These priests were trained by TTD. These programs have reduced religious conversion in our tribal areas.
We worship Mother Nature as eternal ..
In the photo above are people from different villages and different tribes of Chintapalli mandal who came in a bus.
Modu Kondamma mother is our goddess. Earth, tree, ant, water, mound, nymph are our deities. Those of other religions are robbing nature.
Only in Sanatana Hinduism is nature considered as mother and nature preserved. All our tribal deities are those inaccessible incarnations! We still pray to the Pandavas. The temple has 100 idols of Kauravas and 5 idols of Guru Pandavas. Today they are in a state of disrepair.
“The exile of the Pandavas is not yet complete. The evil kingdom of the Kauravas is still going on. Soon the anonymous abode of the Pandavas will be completed. The Dharma kingdom of the Pandavas will come. ”….this is in our everyday songs. Ours is Paderu Division. We tribals claim that we are Hindus.
Lord Narasimha is the son-in-law of our family
Srisailam Mallanna was first looked after in the temple in all respects and the devotees were showed the way in the forest area by our Chenchu brothers! In Ahobilam, Ugra Narasimha married Chenchulakshmi, embodiment of our house hold name. Thus, Narasimha is the son-in-law of our family.
Thirumala Venkannaswamy played the dice himself with our Lambadi devotee Hathiram Babaji. Looking at the history and the way in which we are deeply associated with Hinduism, it is not appropriate to separate us as non-Hindus. Some of our tribal brethren who have converted to Christianity are not celebrating our tribal festivals. How can those who do not celebrate our tribal festivals, those who walk away from tribal culture, become tribals? ” They asked.
