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Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha!Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha!

Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaaya!Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha!

SRI SREEPAADARAJARU

(Sri Sreepadarajara Moola Brindavana)

Tham vande Narasimha theertha nilayam Sri Vyasaraja poojitham

Dhyayantham manasa Nrusimha charanam Sreepadarajam Gurum

There is a strong belief among the followers of Madhwa Philosophy that as

soon as one gets up from the bed, chanting the name of Saint Sri

Sreepaadarajaru with sincere devotion will bestow upon him sumptuous food

on that day. True to the spirit of the belief, there lived a great saint and

scholar by name Sri Sreepaadarajaru in 14th century during the period of

King Saluva Narasimha Raya of Vijayanagara Empire. An outstanding Saint

of the Madhwa parampara Sri Sreepaadarajaru is said and believed to be an

incarnation of King Dhruva popularly known as Bhaktha Dhruva who went on

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to perform severe penance at a tender age to have the darshan of Lord Sri

ManNarayana. Pleased with his penance Lord Sri ManNarayana blessed him

as the monarch of Dhruva Mandala in the Universe for a period of Brahma

Kalpa.

With a lineage from Bhaktha Dhruva, Sri Sreepaadarajaru was born to gifted

couple Sri Seshagiri Acharya and Smt. Giriamma in a village called Abbur in

Chennapatna Tq of Mysore district. During his childhood he was known as

Lakshminarayana who went on to become Sri Sreepaadarajaru later on in his

life. After Upanayana, Sri Lakshminarayana was inducted into Yati Aashrama

dharma by Sri Swarnavarna Theertharu and thenceforth was referred to as

Sri Lakshminarayana Yati.

Within no time Sri Lakshminarayana Yati became a great scholar and pundit.

Seeing his capabilities, Sri Swarnavarna Theertharu handed over the reignsof his samsthana and made him the Peetadhipathi. Even after becoming a

Yati, Sri Lakshminarayana had continued his further studies under the

guidance of another great saint Sri Vibhudendra Theertharu. Considering his

scholarly caliber, Sri Raghunatha Theertharu another great saint in Madhwa

Parampara called him as Sreepaadaraja (King of Sanyasis). Sreepaada is a

popular term used to refer a Sanyasi. Since then Sri Lakshminarayana Yati

came to be known as Sri Sreepaadarajaru and become popular with this

name and lived up to its reputation.

Born prodigy, Sri Sreepadarajaru has made an outstanding contribution to

propagate the Madhwa philosophy. He was a brilliant scholar as well as a

great author. He had authored several notable works on Dvaita Siddhantha.

He was the Vidya Guru of his gifted disciple Saint Sri Vyasarajaru who went

on to become the Raja Guru of Vijayanagara Empire. Known as Dasa

Pitamaha, Sri Sreepadarajaru was the founder of Daasakoota. His

contribution to Haridasa Sahitya was exemplary that many great stalwarts in

the Daasakoota commended his contribution in their literary works. He has

composed several keerthanas in praise of the God (Devarunama) in Kannada

language and has pioneered in singing them during pooja time.

Sri Sreepadarajaru was honoured to sit on the throne and performed

kanakabhisheka by the King Saluva Narasimha Raya as a token of his

gratitude to the great Saint for providing him relief from a dosha.

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During his final journey on this earth Sri Sreepaadarajaru came down to

Mulabagalu and took over the reigns of Sri Padmanabha Theertha Mutt, that

thenceforth came to be famously known as Sri Sreepaadaraja Mutt. The

place where Sri Sreepadarajaru settled down at Mulabagalu is known as

Nrusimha Theertha where Lord Naarasimha got manifested in a Yoga form(Yoga Narasimha) from a sketch drawn by Saint Sri Akshobhya Theertharu

with Angara.

(Lord Yoga Naarasimha at Nrusimha Theertha)

There is also an interesting tale behind the popularity of Nrusimha Theertha.

On one occasion Sri Sreepadarajaru wanted to have Ganga Snana (bath inriver Ganges) but could not travel due to his old age. On a prayer by him,

it seems the Divine River Ganges came down to mix with the waters of

Nrusimha Theertha. Since then, devotees believe, a dip in Nrusimha

Theertha at Mulabagalu as equivalent to Ganga Snana. The place is also

sanctified with the presence of Lord Hanuman adjacent to the Moola

Brindavana installed by Sri Vyasarajaru subsequently.

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(Lord Hanuman installed by Sri Vyasarajaru at Nrusimha Theertha)

A great saint, philosopher and a benevolent guru Sri Sreepaadarajaru, made

Brindavana Pravesa on the 14th day (Chaturdasi) of bright fortnight (sukla

paksha) in the lunar month Jyesta masam and fulfilling the desires of hisdevotes by mere darshan of his Brindavana, even by chanting his name.

This day every year is celebrated as Sri SreepadaRajara Aaradhana. His

moola Brindavana is located at Sri Nrusimha Theertha near Mulabagalu on

the Bangalore Chennai national high way about 100 km from Bangalore.

Contact details:

Sri Sreepaadaraja Mutt

Sri Sreepaadaraja Moola Brindavana Sannidhana

Sri Narasimha Theertha

Mulabagalu (Kolar District) - Karnataka

Tele: 08159-242111, 290839

Website:www.sripadarajamutt.org

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