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Lord Srinivasa staying at Venkatachala after marriage
(Skanda Purana - Venkatachala Mahatmya - 8)
• Lord Srinivasa returning to Venkatachala after marriage: After the marriage rites were over, Lord Srinivasa along with Devi Lakshmi and Devi Padmavati mounted on Garuda and returned to Vrishabhachala. The devas as well as king Akasaraja accompanied them.• King Akasaraja presenting various gifts to bride and bridegroom: At Vrishabhachala king Akasaraja presented various gifts to the bride and bridegroom. The gifts include rice grains in golden pots, hundreds of vessels of green gram, milk, ghee, curd, and fruits like mangoes, plaintains, coconuts etc. He also presented gold and other jewels and silk clothes. He gave ten thousand white horses, hundred elephants, and four thousand women who were expert in music and dancing, and serving in the inner apartments.
• Lord Srinivasa giving boon to Akasaraja: Then Lord Srinivasa, highly pleased with Akasaraja told him to ask for a boon. Akasaraja asked the boon of unswerving devotion to His Lotus feet. Lord Srinivasa granted him the boon.
• Lord Srinivasa giving boons to the devas: Lord Srinivasa then gave appropriate boons to the devas. The devas joyously returned to their respective abodes. The Lord continued to abide in His abode on the bank of Swami Pushkarini.
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