most commonly where do people with the last name Venkatesh originate from (what part of india)? what religion? any other info?
2007-09-15 15:26:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Lord Venkateswara, also called Venkatachalapathy, Balaji and many more names, is the Hindu God of Tirupathi-Tirumala. He is believed to be a form of the Hindu Deity Lord Vishnu. Lord Venkateshwara means "ven+kata+eshwara= sins+destroyer+supremegod", so the supreme god who destroys the sins of the people in this material world. He is stationed on the VENKATA GIRI HILL. There are crores of Bhaktas of this God. All names such as Venkatesh, Venkataramanan, Venkatachallam, Venkateswar, Venkataraman etc., are named after this god. Venkatesh is one such name, many people (Hindus) from Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka have this name-
2007-09-16 02:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the name Venkatesh is not the last name. Its mostly first name.Its th name of Lord Venkateswara a temple situated in Andhra pradesh India. Its mostly the name found in Andhra,Tamil Nadu and Karnataka i.e South India. Its likely other parts of India also use this name.
2007-09-15 22:35:06 · answer #2 · answered by KAAL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋