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.
--- OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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