Tuesday 24 September 2019

Sri Raghavendra Temple / Sri Sri Raghavendra Avatara Sthala Mruthika Brindavan / Sri Raghavendra Swami Birth Place Temple, Bhuvanagiri in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu.

14th and 15th September 2019.

“Poojyaaya Raghavendraya satya Dharma Rathaayacha
Bhajataam Kalpa Vrukshaaya Namathaam Kaamadhenave”


The visit to Sri Sri Raghavendra’s Avatara sthala  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 avathara sthalam. During my Jyotirlinga darshan’s visit, had been to Mantralayam where Sri Raghavendra went in to Jeeva Samadhi. And now had the chance of visiting the his avathara sthalam 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 1595 CE, 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 Vaishnava. His great grand father  Krishna bhattar 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 Lakshminarasimhacahrya. 

After his father’s demise he was subsequently got married to Saraswati Bhai in 1614 CE. After marriage they moved to Kumbakonam, where he studied Dvaita vedanta, grammar 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 1671 CE. 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 & Bhagavad 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.
Nearest Railway Station is Chidambaram.

LOCATION: CLICK HERE





--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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