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mantralayam
Mantralaya is place in present state of Andhra pradesh in India.It lies on bank of river Tungabhadra.The Samadhi of Guru Raghavendra Swami, a Madhwa saint and follower of Sri Madhwaacharya is at Mantralaya ( Mantralayam ). The nearest railway station is Mantralayam road which is ten kilometres from Mantralaya. The station is on Raichur - Bangalore route.Thousands of piligrims visit Mantralaya every year.There are frequent bus services from Raichur and Bellary both in Karnataka.
Raghavendra Swami (1601-1671), one of the influential saints in Hinduism, lived in the 17th century. He advocated Vaishnavism (worship of Vishnu as the supreme God) and the Dvaita philosophy, advocated by Madhvacharya. He is considered by His devotees to be a reincarnation of Prahlada, the devotee who was saved by Vishnu, in His avatar as Narasimha (see Vaishnava Theology). Shri Raghavendra Swami is said to have performed many miracles during His lifetime and is believed to continue to bless His devotees to this day.
He was an ardent devotee of Sri Moola Rama and Sri Panchamukha Anjaneya (the five-faced form of Hanuman - Pancha meaning five, mukha meaning faces). He performed penance at a place called Panchamukhi, where He received darshan of Hanuman in the form of Sri Panchamukha Anjaneya.There is a huge statue of Sri Panchamukha Hanuman at tiruvallur, near Chennai.
Mantralaya in present day Andhra Pradesh close to the Karnataka border is the abode of Raghavendra Swami. The Raghavendra Mutt in Mantralaya is visited by thousands of devotees every year. Raghavendra Swami attained samadhi at Brindavan (sacred tomb) which is located at Mantralaya.
Guru RaghavendraShanku Karna was cursed to be born, into the world as Prahlad son of demon king Hiranyakashyapu. Prahlad had extreme devotion to Sri Vishnu, who took the form of the Narasimha Avatar to Kill Hiranyakashipu. In his next birth it is written that he was born as Bahlika during the Period of Mahabharatha, he fought against the Pandavas, since he was a great disciple of Vishnu, he was willing to die at the hands of Bhima, one of the Pandavas). In his Next birth, it is claimed that he was destined to be one of the great Madhwa saints, Vyasaraja . Displeased with the amount of seva he performed for Hari, is is claimed that he was born again as Venkatanatha, who became Guru Raghavendra, one of the greatest madhwa saints.
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- Balaji Suresh Balaji Suresh Nov 3, 2008 @ 3:35 am
- Hi Sagar,
I am Balaji Suresh. I am planning to go to Manthralayam in January. I am from Chennai. Can u give me the information train facilities and lodging. My mail ID is balajisuresh88@gmail.com. I am waiting for ur reply.
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- sagar sagar Feb 16, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
- Dear all,
This is sagar who worship raghavendraswamy. once i visted mantralayam when i was child.but this time i want to go mantralayam wnats to see Sri raghavendra swamy,,,
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