Vakula Devi

Vakula Devi (Telugu: వకుళా దేవి, romanized: Vakuḷā dēvi,Sanskrit: वकुलदेवी, romanized: Vakuladevī) is the foster-mother of the Hindu god Venkateshwara, a form of Vishnu. As per the legend of Tirumala, the legend of Vakula Devi dates back to the Dwapara Yuga. In the legend, Yashoda, the foster-mother of Krishna, an avatara of Vishnu, complained to him that she could not witness his wedding with Rukmini, an avatara of Lakshmi. To this, Krishna replied he would ensure that she would get such an opportunity to see his marriage to a form of Lakshmi in the Kali Yuga.

In the Kali Yuga, Vishnu has taken the form of Venkateshwara, and Yashoda was reborn as Vakula Devi, the foster-mother of Venkateshwara. As promised by the god, she arranged her foster-son's wedding with Padmavati, the foster-daughter of Akasha Raja and Dharani Rani, who was a form of Lakshmi.

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