Sri Venkateswara temple (continued)
Committee, 248n21; function of,
245–46; innovation at, 245; leadership
of, 246; mahakumbhabisekacere-
monies at, 247n1; music at, 241, 242;
priests at, 232; publications of, 237,
239, 240–41, 244–45; rajagopuramof,
235; rituals at, 241–42, 247n8; seasonal
festivals at, 235–36; self-help at,
242–47; services at, 234–35; situation
of, 237; success of, 232–33; syncretism
at, 241–42, 243; and Tirupati temple,
232, 233; Tiru Venkatam experience
at, 234–47; vahanasof, 240;
Venkateswara’s presence at, 237; Visi-
tor’s Guide to, 239, 244–45; weddings
at, 236; workshops at, 242–43
Sri Venkateswara temple (Tiru
Venkatam, Tirupati), 232; aid to Illi-
nois temple, 247n5; income of, 247n9;
moksaat, 248n10; mythology of
place, 237; and Penn Hills temple,
232, 233; pilgrimage to, 233; situation
of, 237
Stanley, John, 162
Steiner, Wendy, 293
Strachey, John, 47, 48
Fudras. SeeShudras
Suffering: democratization of, 188; The
Maharajji on, 188–89, 191
Sugriva (monkey king), 130
Suhagans(married women), 69
Sukhadodhananda, Swami, 242, 243
Sulekha.com (website), 25–26
Sumedhananda, Swami, 77
Sun: as manifestation of One, 252
Sundari, Nirmala. SeeMa, Anandamayi
Suprabhatam(wake-up prayer), 7; at Sri
Venkateswara temple, 234
Sutras: Jaimini, 296
Svarups(boy celebrants), 20, 117, 118,
127, 129, 132, 133
Svatantrasadhus(independent ascetics),
77–78; Swaminarayan religion, 27n2;
Rajajinagar temple, 4Tamilnadu (temple), 268
Tampa (Fla.), Hindu temples in, 246
Tapasya(austerities), 122
Tara(queen), 163
Teekas. See tikas
Television, American, visual stimulation
in, 155n33
Television, Indian: cultural program-
ming, 143; effect on kathatradition,
148–53; impact on culture, 141; serials,
144–45. See alsoDoordarshan (televi-
sion network); Ramayana(television
broadcast)
Temples, Hindu: Annapurna, 86; of Ban-
galore, 2, 4; of Devi, 166-67; in
Florida, 246; in Illinois, 247n5; of
Mirabai, 205; Pillaiyar, 7; of Ravidas,
199, 200, 201, 207, 210–11, 216n13;
rural, 42; Tamilnadu, 268; in United
States, 7, 231-47. See alsoSri
Venkateswara temple (Penn Hills, PA)
Texas: as karmabhumi(sacred land), 238
Theology: Krishnaite, 107; Faiva, 161;
Fakta, 161, 166; Srivaisnava, 238–47;
Va isnava, 161; Western feminist, 173
Third eye, 40
Tikas(forehead marks): at Divali festi-
val, 94
Tilak, Srinivas, 25, 26
Tilaks(forehead marks), 40–41; ofnemi-
premis, 120
Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam
(TTD), 4, 232, 233, 247n5
Tirumankai (bhaktisaint), 203
Tiruppan (bhaktisaint), 203
Tiruppavai(prayer), 7, 8
Tiruvadira Festival, 219
Tiru Venkatam (Tirupati). SeeSri
Venkateswara temple (Tiru Venkatam,
Tirupati)