14th and 15th September 2019.
“Poojyaaya Raghavendraya satya Dharma Rathaayacha
Bhajataam Kalpa Vrukshaaya Namathaam Kaamadhenave”
The visit to Sri Sri Raghavendra’s Avatharasthala was a part of Temples Visit in and around Sirkazhi on 14th and 15th September 2019. After visit to Vadalur Sutha Sanmarkka Sathya Gnana Sabai, had been to this Sri Sri Raghavendra’s avatharasthala. During my Jothir linga dharshan’s visit, had been to Mantralayam where Sri Raghavendra went in to Jeeva Samadhi. And now had the chance of visiting the his avatharasthala Temple. During our visit the temple was under balalayam. The present brick shrine, constructed in side a mandapa, planned to reconstruct with stone.
A brief history of Sri Raghavendra…. In 1595AD, Sri Raghavendra was born as Venkatanatha in a small town Bhuvanagiri in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu to Timmanacharya and Gopikamba, a Kannada Brahmin Family of scholars & musicians, who are the followers of Madhva sect of Vishnava. His great grand father Krishnabhattar was a tutor to Vijayanagara King Krishnadevaraya. After the fall of Vijayanagara empire, Timmanacharya with his family migrated to Kanchi. Venkatanatha took his formal education through his brother-in-law Lakshminarasinhacahrya.
After his father’s demise he was subsequently got married to Saraswati Bhai in 1614 AD. After marriage they moved to Kumbakonam, where he studied Dwaita vedantha, grammer and literary works under the guru Sudhindra Tirtha, the erstwhile pontiff of Kumbakonam Mutt. After seeing Venkatanatha’s triumph in debates and wanted him to become his successor. After the demise of Sudhindra Tirtha in 1623AD, Venkatanatha took as pontiff of Kumbakonam Mutt and was called as Raghavendra Tirtha. ( Saraswati Bhai wanted to see her husband Venkatanatha’s face before renunciation to Sanyasa. Since she couldn’t see, ends her life by jumping in to an abandoned well. Latter she was given moksha by Raghavendra Tirtha).
Sri Raghavendra traveled a lot, length and breadth of the Country, which includes Udupi, Kolhapur, Bijapur, etc. Latter he settled down at Mantralaya which was given as gift by the Governor of Adoni. He knows that he was the incarnation of Bhakta Prahlada and wanted to settled down where Prahlada offered yagnyas to Lord Rama during Dwapara yuga. When a fertile land was offered, Sri Raghavendra preferred to stay in a dry land around Mantralayam on the banks of river Tungabhadra.
After delivering his last speech Sri Raghavendra Swami, went in to dhyana, where he wants to go in to Samadhi in 1671AD. He asked his disciples construct his Samadhi on all the sides and close the top when his finger stop rolling the japamala beads. Before and after the Samadhi, Sri Raghavendra performed many miracles.
He was a saint, sidhar, Philosopher and a good musician also. His literary works includes Tantradipika is an interpretation of Brahma Sutra, Bhavadipa a commentary on Jayatirtha’s Tattva Prakasika Purva Mimamsa and Vyakarana on Vyasatirtha’s Tatparya Chandrika, which runs up to 18000 stanzas, Commentaries on Upanishads first three chapters of Rig veda & Bhagvad Gita and commentary on Jaimini Sutras called Bhatta Sangraha.
REQUEST:
Since the re-construction of Sanctum Sanctorum
mandapa ( 25 lakhs ) and a mandapa ( 3.85 crores ) for various purposes are progress,
Devotees are requested to donate liberally.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The land line 04144 240500 may be contacted for
further details.
HOW TO
REACH:
Bhuvanagiri is 10.2 KM from Chidambaram and 50 KM from District Head
quarters Cuddalore.
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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