Editing Venkateswara (section)

==Hymns==
The  [[Suprabhatam#Venkateswara Suprabhatam|Venkateswara Suprabhatam]] is the first and pre-dawn prayer performed to Venkateswara at Sayana Mandapam, within the inner sanctum of the Tirumala Temple. 'Suprabhatam' is a Sanskrit term, which literally means 'morning salutations', and is meant to wake up the deity from his celestial sleep.<ref name=suprabhatham>{{cite book |last=V.K. |first=Subramanian |title=Sacred Songs of India, Volume 10 |year=1996 |publisher=Abhinav publications |page=59 |isbn=81-7017-444-9}}</ref><ref name=song>{{cite web|url = http://www.tirumala.org/Suprabhatam.aspx|publisher = Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams|title = Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams-Suprabhatam|access-date = 29 July 2015|archive-date = 8 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008082754/http://www.tirumala.org/Suprabhatam.aspx|url-status = dead}}</ref> The Venkateswara Suprabhatam hymns were composed by [[Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya]] during the 13th century, and consist of 70 slokas in four parts, including Suprabhatam (29), Stotram (11), Prapatti (14), and Mangalasasanam (16).<ref name=song/><ref name=suprabhatham />

The [[Dayashataka]], a Sanskrit work containing ten decads, was composed by the philosopher [[Vedanta Desika]] in praise of the deity.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dr. Ramaswamy Ayyangar |url=http://archive.org/details/daya-satakam-of-vedanta-desika-by-dr-ramaswamy-ayyangar-in-english |title=Daya Satakam Of Vedanta Desika By Dr. Ramaswamy Ayyangar In English |date=2015 |publisher=TTD |language=English}}</ref>

[[Annamacharya|Tallapaka Annamacharya]] (Annamayya), the poet saint<ref name=annam1>{{cite book | title =Poet Saints of India| publisher = Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd | year = 1996 | isbn = 9788120718838 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=zMvlDsnEgRoC&q=annamacharya&pg=PA145}}</ref> of the 14th century, one of the greatest Telugu poets and a great devotee of Venkateswara, had sung 32,000 songs in praise of Venkateswara.<ref name=annam3>{{cite book | title = 101 Mystics of India| publisher = Abhinav Publications | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-81-7017-471-4 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=KPPWvkKXwCwC&q=annamacharya&pg=PA97}}</ref><ref name=annam1 /> All his songs, which are in [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] and [[Sanskrit]], are referred to as Sankirtanas and are classified as Sringara Sankirtanalu and Adhyatma Sankirtanalu.<ref name=annam1 />