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Deities
Pāñcarātra Āgama at Tirumala
Pāñcarātra — the specific ritual tradition of Vishnu temples
Pāñcarātra — the specific ritual tradition of Vishnu temples
Hindu / Vaishnava / Pancharatra
The Pāñcarātra Āgama — one of two main Āgamic traditions of Vishnu-temple ritual (the other being Vaikhānasa) — is still practiced at Tirumala and many other major Vishnu shrines. Tirumala follows the Vaikhānasa Āgama actually; some other Vishnu temples follow Pāñcarātra. The Pāñcarātra includes 108 sections covering temple-building, ritual, mantra, yoga, and philosophy.
