INTRODUCTION
Sri Vidyapathi Teertha(18th century) served as a pontiff in Sri Vyasaraja Mutt at Kumbakonam during the period:1788-1798. His Guru was Sri Vidyanatha Teertha, and his successor was Sri Vidyavallabha Teertha. He attained Jeeva Samadhi at Kumbakonam, during the year 1798. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Srirama and Hanuman. He was a great scholar and an expert in all the regional languages.
He also served sincerely in the Vyasaraja mutt, and performed Puja to Rama, Narasimha, Hanuman and Sri Vyasaraja in an amazing manner. After the performance of puja, he would distribute the sacred rice to the devotees, and used to provide annadanam during the festival days like Ramanavami, Hanuman Jayanthi, Sri Vyasaraja Jayanti, Krishna Jayanthi etc.
He would patiently hear the problems of the devotees and gave suitable suggestions to them. He also conducted divine lectures on Ramayan, Bhagavatham and Bhagavat Gita and asked the devotees to chant the Sri rama mantra continuously. Throughout his life, he has concentrated his attention only on devotional matters, and ignored the rest of the things in his life. He lived a holistic life, and contains great wisdom, bhakti, courage and boldness.
Let us worship the holy saint and be blessed.
“OM SRI VIDYAPATHI TEERTHARE NAMAHA”
“OM SRI VYASARAJARE NAMAHA”
“JAI SRI RAM”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR
