Neerajanam with fragrant flowers to beautiful Alamelu Mangathe Queen of Lord Venkateswara. Neerajanam with colorful flowers to Her thin waistline. Neerajanam with heaps of pearls to Her Lotus feet and to Her voice that sounds sweet and pleasant. Neerajanam with heaps of rubies (manikyam / gem stone) to Her lotus like soft hands (hasta kamalambulaku). Neerajanam to Her beautiful chest, to Her thick voluminous hair (turumunaku). Neerajanam to Sree Maha Lakshmi - the daughter of the Milky Ocean and to the beautiful lady with lotus petal shaped eyes (jalajaakshi). The meaning of the keertana goes like this:

On completion, the aarti plate is shown to the devotees who place their palms in cup shape slightly above the aarti flames and then place the palms on their eyes / head as a gesture of blessings from the god. On lighting up, the devotees sing songs / keertans in praise of the god by clapping their hands to the tunes of the song while the priest or the worshiper holding the aarti plate either waves it in an oscillating path or turns the plate in a circular path in front of the deity. In this act, a specially designed aarti plate is used in which camphor or ghee-dipped wicks are placed and then lit up. Usually neerajanam is performed at the end of the pooja. In his book Parvatarohanam () he visualised in his poetic fancy that Lord Venkateswara chose to. appreciate the heartening effect of Telugu Bhakti Songs. aarti (worshiping the goddess with lighted camphor / oil dipped wicks or wicks dipped in clarified butter). Vinaro Bhaagyamu vinarO bhaagyamu vishNu kadha venubalamidivO vishNu kadha vinarO bhaagyamu. The entire Keertana is focused on neerajanam in praise of Lakshmi Devi Jagati Alamelu Manga Chakkadanamula kella NeerajanamДЄridhi Jaghanambunaku ativa Nijanaabhikini NeerajanamД¬harana Kisalayamulaku Sakhiyarambhorulaku Jalajaakshi Momunaku Jakkava kuchambulaku Neerajalayakunu Neerajanam Neerajanam - 2 Ksheerabdi Kanyakaku Sree Maha Lakshmi kini This keertana is also sung at the time of offering aarti to the bride in marriage celebrations. The keertana is mostly sung by women folk while offering aarati to Tulasi plant during Tulasi puja and during Varalakshmi Vratam.

This is the most popular Keertana of Saint Annamayya.

Lyrics of annamayya songs