අදිවෝ අල්ලදිවෝ (හරි දෙවිඳුන්ගේ වාසස්ථානය)
Annamacharya's Telugu sankeertana hailing the Seven Hills of Tirumala as the abode of Sri Hari, Lord Venkateswara.
ගාථා
Behold! Look right there, that is the divine abode of Lord Sri Hari! It is the wondrous embodiment of the ten thousand hoods of the serpent Adisesha!
පදය 1
Behold Mount Venkatachala, highest among all peaks! It is the rarest vision even for Lord Brahma and the gods; it is the perpetual hermitage of all sages. Behold it, bow down in reverence, and enter supreme bliss!
පදය 2
Close by lies Mount Seshachala, the true abode of celestial gods dwelling in heaven! Behold the hidden treasure now resting right in our courtyard, shining with golden spires full of the Supreme Brahman!
පදය 3
Behold Mount Venkatachala, the very realm of liberation (Kaivalya)! It is the treasured wealth of Lord Venkateswara; contemplating it reveals the essence of all divine abundance, the purest and holiest of all sacred sanctuaries!
පදය 4
ආරාධනා මාර්ගෝපදේශ සහ පාරායණ ප්රතිලාභ (ඵලශ්රුති)
PhalashrutiDaily or auspicious lunar days (Ekadashi, Purnima, Pradosham)
Brahma Muhurta (4:00 AM – 6:00 AM) or Evening Dusk (Sandhya)
Ghee lamp (Deepa), Incense (Dhoopa), Fresh flowers & Water offering
- Peace of mind, spiritual upliftment, and harmonious energy in the home
පසුබිම
Tradition holds that when the young Annamacharya (1408-1503) first climbed the sacred Tirumala hills, the entire mountain range appeared to him not as inert rock, but as the divine serpent Adisesha. Overwhelmed, he sang 'Adivo Alladivo Sri Hari Vasamu' (Behold, there is the sacred dwelling of Sri Hari!). Annamacharya's sankeertanas were engraved on copper plates by his descendants and kept in a cell inside the Tirumala temple, where thousands of plates survive. This song, set in Raga Madhyamavati and Adi tala, describes Venkatachala as the highest of all peaks, filled with golden spires and conferring the supreme state of liberation (Kaivalya). The Varaha Purana and the Skanda Purana connect the Tirumala hills with Vishnu's Varaha incarnation, and the range is traditionally held to be the body of the serpent Shesha, which is why it is also called Seshachalam.
මෙම පාඨය පිළිබඳව
විශිෂ්ටාද්වෛත (ශ්රී වෛෂ්ණවවාදය) වෙතින් තවත්
ඔබ දැන සිටියාද?
First Sight of Tirumala
Tradition relates that Annamacharya composed this spontaneously as a young pilgrim when he caught his very first glimpse of the Seven Hills of Tirupati.
Cosmic Serpent Imagery
The opening verse depicts the peaks of the hill range as the ten-thousand hoods of the cosmic serpent Adisesha (Padivela Seshula Padagalamayamu).
Treasure in the Courtyard
Annamayya describes Lord Venkateswara as the 'divine treasure hidden right in the courtyard' (Mungita Nalladivo Moolanunna Dhanamu), accessible freely to all genuine devotees.
Golden Spires
The song paints a vivid portrait of golden temple spires (Bangaru Sikharala) shimmering in the sun, where Brahma and all celestial beings perpetually assemble in worship.
Carnatic Standard
Set in Raga Madhyamavati, it is one of Annamacharya's best-loved sankeertanas and a staple of Annamayya programmes and Carnatic concerts.
Vishnu
හින්දු ධර්මය වෙතින් තවත්
සියල්ල බලන්නසම්බන්ධිත ඉගැන්වීම්
එකම ඉගැන්වීම, විවිධ සම්ප්රදායන් හරහා ප්රතිධ්වනිත වේ