This South Indian mystic, also known as Raghwindra Swami, was born, c.1595, as Venkatanatha to Kannada-speaking
parents in the town of Bhuvanagiri in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu. He
entered the Sri Mutt (or matha;
Tamil: monastery) in Kumbakonam where he adopted the name Raghavendra Theertha.
Raghavendra succeeded his guru Sudheendra Theertha as the head of the Sri Mutt
(1624 to 1636). He travelled all over South India expounding Madhvacharya's
Dvaita philosophy.
Raghavendra entered samadhi at
his mutt (monastery) in Mantralayam
on the bank of the Tungabhadra river, on the border of Andhra Pradesh with
neighbouring Karnataka. The shrine built
around the samadhi continues to be an
important place of pilgrimage.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, when speaking to a Sahaja Yoga public program
in Chennai in 1991, commented:
This is a very special time you are all born, where people have to get
their Self-realization. … lots of prophecies have been there in our shastras
about these times, but specially Bhrigumuni in Nadigranth has described about these times. If you tally them with
the timing of today, it is exactly this time. After the death of Raghwindra
Swami this will happen, and that's what is happening now. For you people it is
very important to understand that Raghwindra Swami was in this area and he did
a lot of work, and now the time has come to complete his work. (1991-1207)
Bibliography
Raghavendra Mahatmyam (Saint of Mantralaya)(original in Tamil by Amman Sathiyanathan in 8
vols; also translated into English)
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