In 1671, after assuring his disciples in a speech that he will be in spirit (Tejoroopa) with them for the next seven hundred years.
During this period, he travelled all over South India expounding Madhvacharya’s Dvaita philosophy and is attributed with a number of miracles.
Then in 1614, he took sannyasa and adopted the name Raghavendra Theertha and in 1621, Raghavendra Theertha succeeded his guru Sudheendra Theertha as the head of the Sri Mutt and served from 1621 to 1671. He was also known as a teacher of Sanskrit and the ancient Vedic texts. He quickly emerged as a talented scholar and consistently won debates over scholars older than him. In Sri Mutt, Venkatanatha studied under Sudheendra Theertha. Their son, Lakshmi Narayanacharya, was born in the same year, after which the family moved to Kumbakonam. He is sometimes also known as Venkatacharya in honor of Lord Venkateshwara.Īfter his initial education under his brother-in-law – Lakshmi Narasimhachar in Madurai, Venkatanatha was admitted to the Sri Mutt in Kumbakonam, after he returned from Madurai, Venkatanatha married Saraswathi Bai. Sri Raghavendra Swami was born as Venkatanatha in the town of Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu, India to Kannada Brahmin parents – Thimanna Bhatta and Gopikamba in 1595. *You may also be interested in Raghavendra Gayatri Mantra, Raghavendra Maha Mantra, and Raghavendra Stotram. Sri Raghavendra Moola Mantra is the Moola Mantra dedicated to Sri Raghavendra Swamy. Last Updated : 9th June, 2017 Sri Raghavendra Moola Mantra Lord Shanmukha (Lord Karthikeya / Lord Subramanya).
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