Ayudha Pooja and Vijaya dashami

Marks the ninth day of the important festival Dasara or Dushera .
the ten day festival marks the victory of Godess DURGA over the demon MAHISHA. Hence she is called MahishasuraMardini . DURGA pooja the the most important festival in eastern india .
Also marks the victory of lord RAMA over RAVANA esp in northern  india  .
Marks the beginning of the north east monsoon and autumn .
Saraswathi goddess of learning and Hayagriva god of knowledge are worshipped on navami , the ninth day .

Tools of ones trade , vehicles and workplaces are worshipped esp in southern  india .
The tenth day marks Vijayadashami , the day of victory .
In southern india  many families display painted clay images  of the gods on temporary steps , esp different aspects of the divine mother .
One of the most important festivals in the calendar of the sanathana dharma , a ten day celebration and holiday .

Melukote

Lord Cheluvanarayana at Melukote

Lord Varadaraja at Kanchi

One of the four main Sri Vaishnava temples of south India , the others being SRIRANGAM ,TIRUMALA , and MELUKOTE.

Srinivasa , Venkateswara , Balaji , Lord of the seven hills

Presumed original picture with changed background , from half a century ago.
The most popular temple on earth with seventy five thousand visitors on normal days . open 24/7/365 . with minor breaks for special rituals .
My family deity , kuladevatha , and ishtadevatha .
Loving and compassionate beyond measure , grantor of boons .

   Venkatesha samam sthanam brahmande nasthi kinchana ,
Venkatesha samo devo na bhutho na bavishyathi .

LORD RANGANATHA SRIRANGAM

The first of the 108 Divya deshams of Lord VISHNU -NARAYANA ,   Lord Ranganatha at Srirangam .