An interesting episode from c.1917 from Dharmavaram is a must-know case study for Hindus INTRODUCTION Studying the local histories throws a lot of light on many things that we may not be aware thus far. But the glaring truths that emerge from them are sometime fascinating & sometimes frightening. Here is one such anecdote from…
Tombs of Krishnadevaraya and Timmarasa – The Facts & Myths There are many videos floating on social media, particularly in Youtube, that claim to be telling secrets of the ‘graves of Krishnadevaraya and Timmarasa.’ But are these claims true? Recently, I have uploaded a podcast on Anveshi Channel. It was a Telugu…
Further notes on Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji INTRODUCTION: In my previous note on the historical meeting between Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji at Kolhapur, I have given a brief description of the said event. In that write-up, I have written that this meeting was organised by one Naropant Hanumante, a Madhva Brahmin…
INTRODUCTION: Maha Shivaratri, one of the sacred parvakala for Sanatana Dharmikas, coincides with the Aradhana of Sri Madanur Vishnutirtha. Sri Vishnutirtha of Madanur has a unique place in the Guru Parampara of Dvaita school of Vedanta though he wasn’t a Peethadhipati or endowed by the great and powerful lords. Yet Madanuru Sri Vishnutirtha holds a…
A BRIEF NOTE ON THE TITLE ‘SRIPADARAYA’ INTRODUCTION In the absence of a clinical approach towards history, fables rule the root and distort the truth. Who gave the title Sripadaraya to Sri Lakshmi Narayana Tirtha is also one such case in point that must be studied properly. This topic needs an impartial examination of the…
INTRODUCTION Sometime ago Srikanth, a friend on Twitter, written a thread on short history of Madhva community. In that he mentioned about ‘an element of iconoclasm‘ supposedly committed by Sri Madhvacharya against the murti of Subrahmanya. This writeup explores the accuracy of the accusation levelled against Sri Madhvacharya and explains whether there was indeed…
INTRODUCTION This article is about Sri Kanadasa and serves as a brief account of his life history. CHILDHOOD & EARLY LIFE: Timmappa (would-be Kanakadasa) was born in c.1508 to Beerappa and Bachchamma. Beerappa was a palegar of Bada village under Vijayanagara rule. Bada village was a strategic & vantage point for Vijayanagara…
KARMA VIPAKA SAMHITA FROM BRAHMA PURANA INTRODUCTION: Parama Shiva’s teaching to Parvati Devi about the Karma and its effects on human beings is known as Karma Vipaka Samhita. This Samhita shows the way to achieve ‘withering of Karma Shesha’ and thereby to become nissESha. Maha Shivaratri is the most auspicious day to revisit this sacred treatise. …
INTRODUCTION: Sri Vijayadasa, second only to the great Sri Purandaradasa, was born in c.1687 and left the mortal world in c.1755 on Thursday, 10th day of bright half of kArtika month. Sri Vijayadasa said to have written 25,000 kIrtanA-s most of them being suLAdi-s. Legend has it that he was the son…
Sri Gopaladasa, the disciple of Sri Vijayadasa, is well know for his unique devotional songs. One of his famous suLAdis, a vivid description of a horseman who rode from nowhere & sped away in no time is the topic of this small write-up. The said suLAdi that beings with the following lines – “ನೀಲಗುದುರೆಯನ್ನೇರಿ ಶಾಲು…
