Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy (1595-1671) is an influential 16th century Hindu saint who advocated Vaishnavism (worship of Vishnu as the supreme God) and Sri Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy. He attained Jeeva Samadhi at Mantralayam in present day Andhra Pradesh in 1671.
His devotees' faith regarding his continued presence at his Brindavan in Mantralayam, either in physical or metaphysical form makes it a very popular religious destination in India.
Sri Raghavendra Swami was born as Sri Venkanna Bhatta, the second son of Sri Thimanna Bhatta and Smt. Gopikamba on Thursday, Sukla Saptami of Phalguna month in 1595, when the moon was in Mrigashirisha Nakshatra, at Bhuvanagiri, near present-day Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.
Sri Thimmanna Bhatta was the son of Sri Kanakachala Bhatta and the grandson of Sri Krishna bhatta, a Veena scholar in the court of King Krishnadevaraya.
Sri.Thimanna Bhatta and his wife, Smt. Gopikamba had a son, Gururajacharya and a daughter, Venkatamba.
Sri Venkanna Bhatta was also called Venkatanatha or Venkatacharya in honor of Sri Venkateshwara at Tirupati, with whose blessings he was considered to have been born, as a gift to his parents for their devotion and diligence towards the deity.
Early Life
Sri Venkatanatha proved to be a very brilliant scholar from a very young age who learnt to play the Veena very proficiently thanks to his father and grandfather.
After his father's demise, young Venkatanatha was brought up by his brother Sri Gururaja Bhatta and completed the initial portion of his education under his brother-in-law Lakshminarasimhacharya's guidance in Madurai .
Marriage
After his return from Madurai in 1614, Sri Venkatanatha married Smt.Saraswathi Bai in the same year and had a son Sri Lakshminarayanacharya.
After his marriage, Sri Venkatanatha and his family went to Kumbakonam where he studied the Dwaita vedantha, grammar and literary works under his guru, Sri Sudheendra Theertha.
Sri Venkatanatha was already very well versed in bhashyas and consistently prevailed over renowned and reputed scholars, irrespective of the complexity of the debates.
He was an ardent devotee of Sri Moola Rama and Sri Panchamukha MukhyaPranaDevaru (the five-faced form of Hanuman - Pancha meaning five, mukha meaning faces).
He spent a large part of his Poorvashrama life teaching Sanskrit and the ancient Vedic texts to children.
He never demanded any money for his services and endured a life of poverty along with his wife and son. They went without food several times a week.
But he was so devoted in his quest for a higher spiritual plane that these obstacles never deterred his faith in the Lord.
21/ఫిబ్రవరి /2010 .
నాగావళి నదీతీరాన ఉన్న రాగావెండ్రుల బృందావనం లో రాగవేంద్ర స్వామి జయంతి ఉత్సవాలు ప్రతి సంవత్సరము ఫాల్గుణ మాసం శుక్ల సప్తమి రోజున జరుపుతారు . అర్చకులు ముద్గుల బాబు పూజా కార్యక్రమాలు జరిపేరు ... క్షీరాభిషేకం , పంచామ్రుతాభిషేకం , ఫలరసాలాభిషేకం చేశారు .
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