Sri Vakulamatha Temple, Tirupati
About Sri Vakulamatha Temple, Tirupati
Located in Peruru village approximately 5 kilometers from Tirupati and 10 kilometers from the Tirumala hills, Sri Vakulamatha Temple sits on a hillock and exemplifies the divine mother-child relationship. Vakula Devi is understood in the Tirumala tradition as the reincarnation of Yashoda, Krishna's foster-mother from the Dvapara yuga, who returns in the Kaliyuga to witness her son's marriage—a wish unfulfilled in the previous avatar. The temple's sanctum is architecturally oriented so that Vakula Devi's face permanently faces the seven hills of Tirumala where Lord Venkateswara resides. A distinctive ritual protocol connects this temple to Tirumala: during the main Naivedya offering at Tirumala, food is first ritually presented to Vakula Devi at Peruru, and a bell is rung to signal acceptance before the offering proceeds to Lord Venkateswara, structurally elevating the mother above her divine son in the daily order of worship. The temple is dated to approximately 300 years ago in current scholarship.
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