Deities > Sri Venkateswara Swamy
The Chola Queen who desired to feed her child with the milk from the new
cow suspected that the cow-herd boy of stealing the milk and ordered him
to bring the milk of the new cow at any cost next day. With a fear of
severe punishment the cow-herd boy followed the cow and saw at Valmiki
it is raining milk through her breast. The cow-herd boy burst into anger
and took his axe and tried to hurt the animal. Sri Hari immediately came
out of the Valmiki (anthill) and saved the cow and bore that blow on his
head and started bleeding profusely. The Chola King seeing the sprinkles of
blood on the cow reached Valmiki and after hearing sighing sound from there
found Maha Vishnu in a pool of blood. On seeing the Chola King Maha Vishnu
got wild and cursed him to become a ghost as he got the wound through his
cow-herd. Chola King begged for pardon. Maha Vishnu relented and gave him
a boon to reborn in the same family as Akasa Raju. He pitied cow-heard boy
and gave him a boon that his generation to have the first Darshan of the
Lord in his temple.
Jaya and Vijaya who were the guards at the
entrance of Vaikuntham became Harinyaksha and Hiranyakasipu with
the curse of Sanakasada nanda and other Sages. Hiranyaksha was very
cruel and troubling innocent people. Mahavishnu therefore took the form
of white pig (Varaham) and diving into the sea killed Hiranyaksha and
brought the earth up which he rolled it as a mat and hid in the Pathala
loka.
