Shista-Palaka Govinda. One of the thousand names of Lord Venkateshwara, Sri Vari, popularly known as Govinda, or Balaji. Shista-Palaka Govinda literally means one who follows the rules stringently. This we realized over a period of time, after about a couple of dozen trips to the sacred 7 hills, popularly known as Bhoo-loka Vaikuntha (Spiritual planet of Earth). One fine Monday morning, on receiving a call from my new employer confirming my employment with them and asking to join on following Thursday, purely by the Lord’s grace and arrangement. A usual tradition is followed to visit a temple, before commencing a new task, job, project to have commendable success. Even I made up my mind to visit the majestic shrine, residing on 7 hills, commonly known as Tirumala-Tirupati to seek the Lord’s blessings in my future endeavors. On reaching the foothills of 7 hills, at about 3 early in the morning, the gates to climb the hill were temporarily sealed until sunrise, du