When Chinnaiah got up he saw those foot prints on the flour and was overwhelmed in joy. He sang in praise of the Lord and with devotion stitched a beautiful pair of chappals for the Lord. He exhibited all his skill in the art and made the chappals very attractive

He put flowers on those chappals, performed Puja and carried them on his head for presentation to the Lord. Uttering the name of the Lord he slowly reached Tirupati.

From Tirupati he proceeded to Alipiri, the foot of the Hills. When he tried to climb the Hills, the chaste Hindu guards staying there objected to his climbing the Hills saying that he was an untouchable and therefore cannot be permitted to climb the Hills.

Chinnaiah requested them, begged them to permit him to fulfil his vow to the Lord. He pleaded that he was also a human being and that there could be no difference between man and man on account of caste and that all were equal before the eyes of the Lord. The guards were not convinced. They were guided by orders of their authorities. They never paid heed to Chinnaiah's words. And when he attempted to proceed, they pushed him down with sticks.

Chinnaiah wept. In an appealing tone he cried out: 'O, Lord You are the Saviour of the entire race.How then are you allowing this caste discrimination? Why should I be treated an untouchable. Should we be debarred from visiting your temple? Is there none to come to our rescue? Is there no way out of this ?'

Hearing these words, the guards tried to chase him out from there. He again appealed to the Lord: ”O, Lord, you are present even in insects. Yet only in human face you have permitted these differences. I cannot even for a moment live without seeing your face. O, kind hearted God, if I am unable to see you I will here and now end my life. At least after my death you may teach people to end the caste differences making them realise that there is none as untouchable in your creation and you do not approve of this ,discrimination any longer."

Taking Chinnaiah to have gone mad, the guards tried to hit him with sticks. One such stroke hit Chinnaiah on his head and there was profuse bleeding. Chinnaiah uttering, Govinda, Govinda fell unconscious.

At midnight that day. Sri Hari made his presence before Chinnaiah. He lifted him up and consoled him. Seeing the presence of the Lord before him, Chinnaiah forgot everything and in joy cried, "O, Lord, You have come all the way to help me. How kind You are?" He feet upon His feet, touched it and put the chappals prepared by him on to His feet.

Srinivasa smiled and looking at the chappals said, 'Dear Bhaktha, I appreciate your devotion and the skill. These chappals I will treasure.' Every midnight I will wear these on my way to Tiruchanur to meet my consort Padmavati and at day break leave them here before I return to Ananda Nilayam. And all the Pilgrims to, my place will touch these chappals with their head in utmost devotion before they have my darshan. Such people will also receive my blessings for health and happiness.

On seeing this, the guards begged pardon of Chinnaiah for having- wounded his feelings and he was considered a great Bhaktha of Lord Venkateswara The chappals were placed at the entrance of the hills and puja performed daily.

Pilgrims built a temple there and put the chappals in it Chinnaiah after sometime attained mukthi. Even today Chinnaiah's statue is there at Alipiri and all the pilgrims worship him.

Thus Chinnaiah was responsible for the removal of untouchability among human beings. Nowadays people in large numbers irrespective of caste, visit Tirupati and have the Lord's darshan. With the movement of pilgrims all round the year, Tirupati has gone famous and it is popularly known as Kaliyuga Vaikuntam. Those who read, hear or write this story and visit Tirupati shrine will be blessed by the Lord with health, weal th and happiness.

Om Santhi, Santhi, Santhihi.