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has made a special concession for all sincere souls
seeking to engage in His service. They can simply
engage in honest work for material maintenance and
chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna,
Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
Hare. The transcendental chant of the Lord’s holy
names will liberate one from material attachments
and direct one’s mind to serving the Lord with love
and devotion. Then one can again return back to
the eternal abode of the Lord in the spiritual world
where we belong.

History of how the Tirupati Tirumala
temple appeared

Lord Srinivasa lived with Bakula devi, Lahshmi and
Padmavati for many years on the Tirumala Mountain.
King Aksharaj left this world while meditating on
Srinivasa. His son Vasudan considered that he was
the rightful king. But there was a problem because
Aksharaj shared the kingdom with his brother,
Thondaman who addressed Vasudan, “Originally
Sudharma, our father, wanted to divide the kingdom
in half for both of us, your father and myself. But, due
to our brotherly love for one another, we wanted to

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