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…
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. …
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…
SRI VYASATIRTHA & THE LAKSHANAS OF ANJANEYAS CONSECRATED This article is an attempt to list the standard & variable ‘lakshNa-s’ [characteristics/features] of Anjaneya installed by Sri Vyasaraya (referred to as Vyasa-Anjayena for easy reference) STANDARD FEATURES: (a) mid-stride pose (b) right hand raised above the head with palm fully shown (c) left hand bent towards chest/waist…
Sri Vadiraja Tirtha, one of the stalwarts of Dvaita School of Vedanta and author of hundreds of works, has written a treatise titled “Bhugola Varnanam” that deals with the brahmAnDa that we live in. [Sources: Kannada & English Translations by Sri V. Badarayana Murthy] Bhugola Varnanam has 35 topics related to the earth, planets, stars, cosmos…
Sri Vyasatirtha also known as Vyasaraya or Vyasaraja Tirtha acted as spiritual master for 6 Vijayanagara emperors from Saluva Narasimha to Achyuta. But his reach and influence were not limited to Vijayanagara Empire or South India but got spread in the North and more particularly in the Eastern India as well. This article is about…
TIRTHA PRABANDHA – AN YATI’S TRAVELOGUE Today is the 409th ArAdhana of Sri Vadiraja Tirtha who appeared on earth in physical form for 120 years. He witnessed the fate of Vijayanagara Empire from c.1480-1600. This thread is about his unique contribution to the world of Samskruta literature titled “Tirtha Prabandha.’ Vadiraja was a prolific writer in Samskruta,…
A PROVEN METHOD TO UNDERSTAND PURANA & ITIHASA Recently a heated debate raged over a Telugu piece on Sitadevi. The person who wrote that is a Xtian missionary & a known Hindu hater. I didn’t read that piece but read the snippets posted on the Facebook updates by a few friends. Such attempts are not…
BHARATA TATPARYA NIRNAYA – ACHARYA MADHVA’S UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION On the sacred occasion of Madhva Navami, here is a brief introduction to an invaluable contribution of Acharya Madhva made to firm up the very foundation of Sanatana Dharma in the age of Kali. And that contribution’s name is “Sriman Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya.” BACKGROUND: As was done by…
This article is about an anecdote found in a Telugu book on Andhra literature in Vijayanagara which throws light on Sri Vyasatirtha’s persona. Tekumalla Achyuta Rao, a Telugu writer specialised in history of Telugu literature wrote a book titled “Vijayanagara mandali Andhra Vangmaya Charitramu” (విజయనగరమందలి ఆంధ్ర వాజ్ఞ్మయ చరిత్రము) which means “The History of Telugu Literature in…
