Sri Vijayindra Tirtha is the bulwark of Dvaita Vedanta from post-Vyasatirtha period. This write-up is a humble contribution about a great yati who foresaw the difficult times for Vijayanagara Empire & forewarned Ramaraya to take measures. Vijayindra was born in c.1514 as ‘Vitthala.’ Got initiated into sanyAsa by Vyasatirtha as ‘Vishnutirtha.’ But subsequently…
Battle of Talikota Completes 450 years Battle of Talikota as dipicted in a 16th century miniature art Image courtesy: Wikimedia.org 26th of January is not only the occasion to celebrate Republic Day but also to recall a historical event that triggered the final showdown of a mighty South Indian Dharmik Empire. This date must be…
SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – REVIEW OF DOUBTS RAISED BY SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI – PART 3 In the previous article, I have explained about the incidents of thefts in Tirumala temple, types and cadres of people involved and how to understand the hidden purport of Sripadaraya’s glory by reading between the lines of Krishnadevaraya’s inscription at…
SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – REVIEW OF DOUBTS RAISED BY SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI – PART 2 In the previous article, I have tried to bring forth an important aspect of “reading between the lines” of Krishnadevaraya’s inscription issued to Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha on 12/01/1524 AD (Inscription No. 157 – contents as published in Inscriptions…
Sri Sripadaraja and Sri Vyasaraya – Doubts raised on Accuracy of Maadhva Narratives History, without the shadows of skepticism, looks dull ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BRIEF NOTE ON SADHU SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastri is the first official epigraphist of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He began his career as Peishkar of Tirumala…
DHARMIK CONTINUUM OF VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE The mighty Vijayanagara Empire that flourished from c.1336 to c.1646 has been held and ruled by four dynasties – (1) Sangama (2) Saluva (3) Tulu and (4) Aravidu. We can read some blood curdling stories from Vijayanagara history on how the successive dynasties snatched the power from the outgoing one. Sometimes, the…
