Close to SriRaghavendraswamr s vrindavana we see another beautiful vrindavana. It belongs to SriVadindratirtha who happened to be the great-grandson of Sri Swami in his earlier ashrama. SriSwami had decided about this location for him much earlier. When Sri Swami entered the vrindavana, SriVadindra was a mere toddler of two’…
On the banks of river Tunga-Bhadra is a village by name Bichhale. Earlier it was famous as Bhikshalaya. SriGururaja’s favourite disciple Appannacharya used to live there conducting classes and discourses. He heard the news that SriSwami would be entering vrindavana. He started for Mantralaya with an intention to see Swami…
After SriSwami entered the vrindavana, devotees have been offering sevas to SriSwami all through the year unmindful of Ashadha, Bhadrapada, Shunyamasa etc. and have been rewarded with success. SriSwami is there inside the vrindavana even today but he is not visible to our physical eyes. Yet if we pray with…
SriSwami felt a desire to spend his last days in Mantralaya. He constructed a temple dedicated to Sri Venkateshwara his family deity at Manchale. Diwan Venkanna also used to come in on and off to enquire about the good health of SriSwami. When SriSwami told him that the days of…
The ever compassionate SriGururaja pacified the Nawab and said, ‘What will I, a sanyasin, do with your wealth and fiefdom?’ But the Nawab insisted that he desired to express his gratitude by gifting at least one village and consulted Diwan Venkanna on the matter. Venkanna explained the Nawab’s feelings to…
Venkanna told his Nawab Siddi Masoodkhan of the greatness of SriSwami. Although he had heard of these great powers from several sources, the Nawab with his inherent cunning came forward to test them. He placed some meat and wine in a plate, covered it with cloth and kept it in…
