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INTRODUCTION : Guhai Namasivaya (15th century AD) was a great Shaivite poet and a saint who lived in Tiruvannamalai, and written lot of spiritual poems on Lord Shiva, and sung in praise of him in the holy Arunachala temple, and meditated for a long time in a cave on Arunachala and due to that, he was called as Guhai Namasivaya. Guhai Namasivaya’s disciple was Guru Namasivaya who was also an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and done great service to his guru till his death.LIFEGuhai Namasivaya was born in Karnataka to a holy Virasaivite family. At his younger age itself, he was very sinc..
INTRODUCTION :Shri Krishna Saraswati Swamigal (1836-1900 AD) was lived in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Swami was also called as Dattaswami. He is considered as an avatar of Lord Dattatreya. He was a spiritual saint and born in this earth to propagate the teachings and importance of Lord Dattatreya among the people. He will used to visit the famous temple of Mata Mahalakshmi at Kolhapur, and offer his prayers to the goddess.Swami has got large number of followers, and the most prominent one is Sant Namdev, who lived in Kolhapur. His disciple Guruvarya Appa has shown the spiritual path to many devotee..
INTRODUCTIONVenkata Desai (16th century) was the landlord in the Kiritakiri Village, Karnataka, and belonged to an orthodox family. He was the chief person in the village, and lived along with his wife and his small child. He lived during the time of Guru Raghavendra, and was a great devotee of him. He was a pious and a noble scholar who was thorough in all the sacred texts, and lived an honest life, by regularly doing pujas, homams and abhishekhams at his home as well as in the temples of Lord Vishnu, and lived peacefully with sufficient wealth.Once, during his yatra, Guru Raghavendra visited..
INTRODUCTION: Shri Vagisha Teertha(14th century) was a great madhwa saint who succeeded Shri Kavindra Teertha and become the pontiff of Shri Uttaradi Matha. His birth name was Raghunathacharya. He was born in an orthodox family, and it is believed that he was born and brought up in a small village at Karnataka. He has got good knowledge in all the divine texts, Vedas, Upanishads and proficient in various languages. He has got wisdom, knowledge, courage and boldness and was a sincere devotee of Lord Vishnu.He travelled throughout India and propagated ..
INTRODUCTION: Sri Govinda Vodeyar(16th century) previously followed Advaita philosophy, but later become a dvaita saint, with the blessings of his Guru Sri Vyasaraja. He was a great pundit and contains good knowledge in all the subjects.He was defeated in the debate held with Sri Vyasaraja, and he has accepted his defeat, and changed into a dvaita saint. He attained Samadhi in Nava Brindavana along with eight other saints.Nava Brindavana is situated in Anegundi, Karnataka.He was born in a Brahmin family and followed shaivism sect and a sincere devotee of Lord Shiva. He will used to worshi..
INTRODUCTIONHari Sitaram Dixit also known as Kakasaheb Dixit was a famous advocate in Mumbai and visited Sai Baba in 1909 through the advice of his friend Nana Chandorkar. He was the main person responsible for the establishment and development of Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan and he served as Honorary Secretary till his last breath, and he died in the year 1926. He spread the importance of Sai Baba among the people, and developed them the habit of worshiping him regularly. He also properly administered in publishing the Monthly Magazine of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan till July 1926.He was born in 1864 ..
INTRODUCTION: Sri Kurmadas was born in a village at Maharashtra. He was born without having limbs in his hands and legs. Since from his childhood, he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vital. Once he got an opportunity to listen to the discourse on Lord Vital and was very much interested to reach the holy place, and to worship his beloved Pandurangan. He expressed his desire to the villagers, but they felt that it would be very difficult for him to reach Pandharpur, since he was a handicap person, and also pandharpur was far away from their village. But somehow he managed to go to Pandhari and..
INTRODUCTIONAkha Bhagat (1615-1674), also known as Akha Rahiyadas was a great Saint and Gujarati poet who wrote lot of divine texts. He was specialized for writing the poems in a simplified manner. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna.He was a goldsmith and lived in Ahmedabad. He was a disciple of Saint Gokulnath, and through his guidance, he has spread the Krishna Bhakti spirit among the masses. WORKS1. Panchikarana 2. Gurushishyasamvada 3. Akhe-gita4. Chittavichar Samvada 5. Santona Lakshano6. Anubhav Bindu 7. Avasthanirupan8. Kaivalya Git..
INTRODUCTION: Baba Balak Nath, is a great saint and well known for his yogic powers. He has incarnated in this Kali Yuga, in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the earth. He was considered as an incarnation of Lord Muruga. He was good at meditation and yoga.Baba Balak Nath is the forgiver of our sins, removes our mind and body related diseases and gives great strength and energy in our life, and the giver of boons. He is the follower of Nath Sect.According to legend, when once, Lord Shiva was sharing the spiritual matters with Mata Parvati in the cave of Amarnath, Parvati fell asle..
INTRODUCTIONArundhati is the wife of the sage Vashistha, and she is considered to be living in the Saptharishi Mandala, along with her husband Vashistha. We can see the rishi couples in the form of stars in the sky. She is considered as a pious woman with regard to chasteness and holiness. Her importance is mentioned in ancient puranas and other holy texts. She is considered as the “MARVELLOUS GEM AMONG THE WOMEN”, and considers as a worshipful women. It is advisable for the newly married ladies, to worship Mata Arundhati, in order to get her blessings and to gain all the prosperities in..