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𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋

अदिवो अल्लदिवो in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ carnatic·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Early morning, on Saturdays, and especially while on pilgrimage to Tirumala or at the first darshan of a temple hill·📜 Tallapaka sankirtana of Annamacharya, in raga Madhyamavati, Adi tala (Telugu, 15th century CE)

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Origin & Story

Tallapaka sankirtana of Annamacharya, in raga Madhyamavati, Adi tala (Telugu, 15th century CE) · Saint Annamacharya (Annamayya) · 1408-1503 CE

Annamayya left home as a boy of sixteen, drawn irresistibly to Tirumala. Climbing the rocky footpath, he beheld the sacred hill rising before him and burst into song — 'Adivo alladivo!' ('There it is — over there!'). The sankirtana preserves that first ecstatic darshan: the hill of Sesha's ten thousand hoods, the home of sages, the golden-peaked treasure, the seat of liberation. His songs, engraved on copper plates, were rediscovered centuries later in a vault of the Tirumala temple.

✦ As told in scripture

Tradition says the boy Annamayya, climbing barefoot, fainted with hunger on the hill path; Goddess Alamelumanga herself appeared and fed him, and when he reached the crest and saw the hill of the Lord, this song poured out of him. Pilgrims say singing it on the footpath makes the steep climb feel light, as if the Lord himself draws them up.

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Verse 1

𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁 𑌪𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌲 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌲 𑌪𑌡𑌗𑌲 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥

adivō alladivō śrī hari vāsamu padivēla śēṣula paḍagala mayamu ॥

Meaning:वह देखो — वह रहा! — श्री हरि का निवास, आदिशेष के दस हज़ार फणों से दमकता हुआ। (तिरुमला के प्रथम दर्शन पर तीर्थयात्री आनंद से पुकार उठता है।)

Verse 2

𑌅𑌦𑍇𑌀 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌚𑌲 𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑌮𑍁 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍁𑌲 𑌕𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌮𑍁 । 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌸 𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲 𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍁𑌲𑌕𑍁 𑌅𑌦𑍇𑌀 𑌚𑍂𑌡𑍁 𑌡𑌦𑍇𑌀 𑌮𑍋𑌀𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁 𑌡𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥ 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁 𑌪𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌲 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌲 𑌪𑌡𑌗𑌲 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥

ade vēṅkaṭācala makhilōnnatamu adivō brahmādula kapurūpamu । adivō nityanivāsa makhila munulaku ade cūḍu ḍade mokku ḍānandamayamu ॥ adivō alladivō śrī hari vāsamu padivēla śēṣula paḍagala mayamu ॥

Meaning:वही है वेंकटाचल — सबसे उन्नत, ऐसा अद्भुत पर्वत कि ब्रह्मा आदि देवताओं के लिए भी अनुपम है। वह समस्त मुनियों का नित्य निवास है; उसे देखो, उसे प्रणाम करो — वह आनंदमय है। वह रहा श्री हरि का निवास, शेष के दस हज़ार फणों से दीप्त।

Verse 3

𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌟 𑌨𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌚𑌲𑌮𑍂 𑌨𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌿 𑌨𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌨 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌲 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁 । 𑌮𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌟 𑌨𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌮𑍂𑌲𑌨𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌨 𑌧𑌨𑌮𑍁 𑌬𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍁 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌰𑌾𑌲 𑌬𑌹𑍁 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥ 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁 𑌪𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌲 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌲 𑌪𑌡𑌗𑌲 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥

ceṅgaṭa nalladivō śēṣācalamū niṅgi nunna dēvatala nijavāsamu । muṅgiṭa nalladivō mūlanunna dhanamu baṅgāru śikharāla bahu brahmamayamu ॥ adivō alladivō śrī hari vāsamu padivēla śēṣula paḍagala mayamu ॥

Meaning:पास ही — वह देखो! — शेषाचल खड़ा है, स्वर्ग के देवताओं का सच्चा घर। आँगन के ठीक सामने आदि-मूल का धन छिपा है: सुनहरे शिखरोंवाला यह पर्वत पूर्ण रूप से ब्रह्ममय है। वह रहा श्री हरि का निवास।

Verse 4

𑌕𑍈𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌦𑌮𑍁 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟 𑌨𑌗 𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌿 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌲𑍈𑌨𑌦𑌿 । 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌪 𑌸𑌕𑌲 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌦 𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌮𑍁𑌲 𑌕𑍇𑌀𑌲𑍍𑌲 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍂 ॥ 𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁 𑌪𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌲 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌲 𑌪𑌡𑌗𑌲 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁 ॥

kaivalya padamu vēṅkaṭa naga madivō śrī vēṅkaṭapatiki sirulainadi । bhāvimpa sakala sampada rūpamadivō pāvanamula kella pāvana mayamū ॥ adivō alladivō śrī hari vāsamu padivēla śēṣula paḍagala mayamu ॥

Meaning:वही वेंकट पर्वत साक्षात् कैवल्य — मोक्ष — का पद है; वही श्री वेंकटपति का ऐश्वर्य है। भावना करके देखो — वह समस्त संपदाओं का रूप है, पवित्रों को भी पावन करनेवाला। वह रहा श्री हरि का निवास, शेष के दस हज़ार फणों से दमकता हुआ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋🔊adivō alladivōThere it is — look, over there!

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌹𑌰𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌮𑍁🔊śrī hari vāsamuThe abode of Sri Hari (Lord Venkateswara).

𑌪𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌲 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌲 𑌪𑌡𑌗𑌲 𑌮𑌯𑌮𑍁🔊padivēla śēṣula paḍagala mayamuFormed of the ten thousand hoods of Adisesha, the serpent on whom the hill rests.

𑌅𑌦𑍇𑌀 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌚𑌲 𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑌮𑍁🔊ade vēṅkaṭācala makhilōnnatamuThat is Venkatachala, the loftiest of all places.

𑌅𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌸 𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲 𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍁𑌲𑌕𑍁🔊adivō nityanivāsa makhila munulakuIt is the eternal abode of all the sages.

𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌟 𑌨𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍋 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌚𑌲𑌮𑍂🔊ceṅgaṭa nalladivō śēṣācalamūClose at hand — there! — is Seshachala, the serpent hill.

𑌕𑍈𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌦𑌮𑍁🔊kaivalya padamuThe seat of kaivalya — final liberation.

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌿 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌲𑍈𑌨𑌦𑌿🔊śrī vēṅkaṭapatiki sirulainadiIt has become the treasured wealth of Sri Venkatapati.

Benefits of Chanting अदिवो अल्लदिवो

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The classic pilgrim's song of Tirumala — sung at the first sight of the seven hills, it turns the whole journey into worship.

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Fills the heart with the joy of darshan even before reaching the temple, cultivating eagerness and single-minded devotion.

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Reminds the devotee that the sacred hill itself is divine — the body of Adisesha and the seat of liberation.

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A masterpiece of Annamacharya in the auspicious raga Madhyamavati, treasured in Carnatic music for over five centuries.

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Ideal for singing during pilgrimage, temple visits, and Saturday worship of Lord Venkateswara.

How to Chant अदिवो अल्लदिवो

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Best TimeEarly morning, on Saturdays, and especially while on pilgrimage to Tirumala or at the first darshan of a temple hill

FaceFacing the deity of Venkateswara or the sacred hill

Sing or recite with the joy of a pilgrim beholding Tirumala for the first time. It is set in raga Madhyamavati, Adi tala. Point the mind toward the hill with each 'adivo' ('there it is'), visualising the golden peaks and the Lord standing upon Adisesha. Pilgrims traditionally sing it on the footpath routes to Tirumala.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It means 'There it is — look, over there!' Annamayya points, like an excited pilgrim, to the Tirumala hill — the abode of Sri Hari, formed of the ten thousand hoods of Adisesha.

Saint Annamacharya (Annamayya, 1408-1503 CE) of Tallapaka, the great Telugu saint-poet who composed some 32,000 sankirtanas on Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala. This kirtana is set in raga Madhyamavati.

It is the pilgrim's song of Tirumala — sung when the sacred hills first come into view, on the footpaths to the temple, and in concerts and bhajans as an invocation of Lord Venkateswara.

Tradition holds that the seven hills of Tirumala are Adisesha himself, the thousand-hooded serpent of Vishnu, who took the form of the hill (Seshachala) so the Lord could dwell upon him on earth.