Monthly Archives: January 2020

INTRODUCTION Venkanna (16th century) was an ardent devotee of Guru Raghavendra, who served as a minister of Adoni under the Nawab Sidhi Masood Khan and helped the great Guru towards building his Jeeva Samadhi at Mantralayam, Andhra Pradesh. The young boy Venkanna lived in a village at Adoni, Andhra Pradesh, along with his uncle, since […]

INTRODUCTION Sri Srinivasa(1590-1640) belonged to Brahmin-Madhwa family, was a great scholar and also an expert in sanskrit language. He was born in Bidarahalli. He had written many divine books and lived a pious life. He was a great devotee of Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy and lived during his period. His guru was Sri Yadavaaryaru. He […]

INTRODUCTION Kacha was an ancient sage and the son of Deva Guru Brihaspati. He is also mentioned in various puranas and in Mahabharata.  He was known for learning all the divine scriptures from his father as well as from the demon guru Sri Sukracharya. Once Kacha met Sukracharya and become the disciple of Sukracharya, to learn the […]

INTRODUCTION Sri ParasaraBhattar, is the son of Sri Kurattazhwan and Andal, considered as an important person among the Vaishnavites. It is believed that he was born due to the grace of Sri Ranganatha, a form of Lord Vishnu and Sri Ramanuja. He was affectionately named as Parasara Bhattar by Sri Ramanuja himself. ParasaraBhattar was a […]

Ambarisha was an Ikshvaku king and the son of Mandhatri. He lived in Treta Yuga. He was a great devotee of Vishnu and through his great bhakti, lord Vishnu had offered him with Sudarshana Chakra. Once, Ambarisha performed the Ekadashi Vrata and at the time of completion of Ekadashi, Sage Durvasa visited his place and agreed to be his guest, also accepted to take food […]