INTRODUCTION :
Manik Prabhu was a Hindu saint and guru. He is also regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Shri Manik Prabhu composed several songs in various languages. He has interacted with the great saints like Shri Sai Baba, Shri Swami Samarth and Shri Bramhachaitanya on matters related to spirituality.
LIFE :
Manik Prabhu was born in a Brahmin family, on 1817 at Bidar district of Karnataka. It is believed that Lord Dattatreya has appeared to his parents in their dream, and told that he himself would take birth as their son on Datta Jayanti. Prabhu lost his father at an early age and was brought up by his uncle at Basava Kalyan, Karnataka. And he has performed many miracles at a younger age. He is said to have given Darshan to one person in the form of Lord Shiva, and also cured the diseases of the people. He was not interested in studying and going to school. Due to that once he was scolded badly by his uncle. Immediately he left his uncle’s place and stayed at Amrutkund - a holy place in the jungles of Karnataka for few months. He traveled to many holy places such as Varanasi, Haridwar, Mathura, pandharpur and other major temples of India. During his travel, he composed numerous songs in praise of various gods in many languages. Manik Prabhu settled on Maniknagar in the year 1845. Manik Prabhu guided his devotees and removed the difficulties in their life. He has given food to the needy and the poor. Manik Prabhu celebrated Datta Jayanti Utsav every year at Maniknagar in a grand manner. In 1865, Prabhu took mahasamadhi at manik nagar, karnataka. Prabhu's devotees believe that he is still answering to the prayers of his devotees from his Samadhi.
CONCLUSION :
A great divine person, who has helped a lot to the people without seeing any differentiation with respect to their caste,creed and religion. He was also respected by people in other religions. He has done a lot of miracles during his lifetime and has guided the people towards moving to the right path. He was also talented in all kinds of art and a great scholar, and was well versed in vedas,puranas and other hindu texts. He is a guiding us even today, and analysing our good and bad karmas, and keep reducing our bad karmas through his great divine power. Let us worship him and chant his name with sincere devotion and be blessed.
“OM SREE MANIK PRABHU MAHARAJ JAI”
“OM SREE DATTATREYARE NAMAHA”
SENT BY
R.HARISHANKAR
