Devotional

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..

INTRODUCTION:Sri Vilvamangalam Swamigal (1268-1369) was a great saint, poet and a devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, a form of Lord Krishna. He was born in a village in Trichur District at Kerala. He has written many devotional poems in praise of Lord Krishna, and sung in front of the Guruvayurappan deity at his famous temple in Kerala. Sri Krishna Karnamrutam was the famous work rendered by the great saint. Though he belonged to shaivite sect, he was a great devotee of Lord Krishna similar to Narayana Bhattadhiri and Poonthanam Namboodri. He was a great scholar who has studied all the hindu scri..

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..

INTRODUCTIONRaghavanka (12th century) was a famous Kannada writer and a poet in the Kingdom of Hoysala. Due to his talents, he was praised by the great kings and also by the common man. Raghavanka is a great person in Kannada literature.  He has written the famous text Harishchandra Kavya, based on the life history of King Harishchandra. He was the disciple of the great poet Harihara. He has also written texts on Lord Shiva and Vishnu in a simple language, which can be read even by the layman.WORKS1. Harishchandra Kavya2. Siddharama charitra3. Somanatha charitra4. Viresvara charita5. Hari..

INTRODUCTIONLakshmi Bai was born and brought up at a village near Yeola. At her younger age, she got married with a noble scholar Sri Tukaram Patil Shinde, and came to Shirdi. She had two sons. Her husband served as a village revenue officer, and performed his duties in a wonderful manner, and was praised by the British Government, for his remarkable service. But he died at his younger age, and due to that Lakshmi Bai has become a widow at her younger age, and the entire responsibility of taking care of her family fell on her shoulders. Lakshmibai looked after her children in a proper man..

INTRODUCTIONMorya Gosavi (14th century) also called as Moroba Gosavi was a popular saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Ganesha. It is believed that he was born in Bidar, Karnataka, to a noble family, and since he was lazy at his childhood, and didn’t attend to the school properly, his father has sent him out from the home. The young child wandered in the streets and had his food by taking alms, and traveled to many places and finally reached chinchwad, pune, maharashtra. And from there, he reached morgaon and visited the famous temple of Lord Ganesha, and for some time stayed in that plac..

INTRODUCTIONGuru Dhakshinamurthy is a divine form of Lord Shiva and is the universal guru. He is worshiped as the god of knowledge and the giver of all the boons to us. He is the god of yoga and meditation. Apart from worshiping several other Guru’s like Ramakrishna, Raghavendra Swamy and Shirdi Sai Baba, Dakshinamurthy must also be worshiped as a holy guru, and must be specifically worshiped on Thursdays by offering chickpeas as neivedyam (Holy Prasad) to him.He is a supreme teacher who gives good knowledge, wisdom and Salvation to his sincere devotees.  In most of the Shiva temples, a s..

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 ..