Sri Jayatirtha and his mula brindavana has become a dispute between two Madhva Mathas and many arguments are being exchanged since 2014. This issue is not as unfathomable as Bermuda Triangle or Shangrila city. It only needs a little bit of commonsense, an unfalsified will and an unbiased research. More importantly, this issue demands for the…
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…
This is a 3 part research-based ebook written by C. Raghothama Rao on the much debated topic of Sri Jayatirtha’s Mula brindavana and its exact location. “In Search of Sri Jayatirtha’s Brindavana” has been written by utilizing various sources of medieval and ancient history of India. Enough care has been taken to acknowledge the original…
Sanatana Dharma’s grandiose lies in its simplicity and inclusivity. It not only reveres fellow humans but also the meanest animals, plants and lifeless objects such as hills and rivers! Sanatana Dharma recognizes the quadrate of Mother, Father, Teacher and the Guest as the most venerable persons in whom the God dwells-in, always!. Amongst these four revered persons, Dharma…
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…
Madhva’s Logic is an English translation of Pramāna Chandrika written by Chalari Seshacharya. Pramana Chandrika follows Pramana Paddhati by Sri Jayatirtha or Teekarayaru which is a commentary on Sri Madhvacharya’s Pramana Lakshana. Sri Chalari Acharya, in the first invocation shloka, says that the purpose of writing Pramana Chandrika is to enable the beginners to understand…
Published in 1909, ‘The Life and Teachings of Sri Madhvacharya” by Sri C.M. Padmanabhachar could be one of the earliest book on Sri Madhvacharya in English language. Sri Padmanabhachar seems to be the first scholar to fix the date of Sri Madhva between 1238 – 1317 AD which has been supported and strengthened further by greats like…
