Govinda - A not-so-innocent story doing the rounds and its analysis
There is a not-so-innocent story doing the rounds in social media. It is not-so-innocent because it seems to be driven by an agenda to delink a Samskṛta pada from its roots and attribute to it Telugu roots with also an intention to attribute longer history to Telugu than what is accepted today. Reproduced below is the story with an analysis following it. Do you know the secret behind as to why Tirupati Balaji is called ‘GOVINDA’? There is a wonderful and very interesting story .... SWAMY…..GOVU ….INDA ………….!!!!! A lovely incident happened when Lord Vishnu came to Bhuloka in search of Mahalaxmi …..when he entered Bhuloka as usual, he got human qualities like thirst and hunger, this following incident is conversation between Lord Srinivasa and Sage Agastya Muni..… Lord Srinivasa once went to the hermitage of Sage Agastya and said "Munindra, I have come to Bhu Loka (Earth) on a particular mission and going to stay here till the end of the Kali Yuga.... I'm very fond o