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Purnima Tithi will begin at 11.33 am on July 4 2020 and will continue till 10.13 am on 5th July 2020
Sri Guru Raghavendra was born in Buvanagiri, TamilNadu. From his childhood he grew up at Kumbakonam under Guru Sri Sudheendra Thirtha. He was not well to do but poor (economically). He led a normal household life like any other person of his age group and begot a son from his wife Saraswathi. However he was not happy in family bondage though his wife was affectionate and worshipped him as God as any other orthodox Hindu wife would do. He went back to his guru to become a Sanyasi.
Venkatanatha after renunciation was renamed as Swami Raghavendra Thirtha and later became head of the Mutt. He performed many miracles to help many devotees. He has composed many verses on Lord Vishnu and written many books on Vedantha and other sacred books on Dwaitha philosophy as he was a staunch follower Madhwacharya the founder of Madhwa philosophy namely Dwaitha.
In the later days Swami Raghavendra Thirtha came to be popularly known as Guru Raghavendra. He is considered as a reincarnation of Prahlada, the devotee who was saved by Vishnu, in Narasimha avatar. Guru Raghavendra got buried alive at the age of 78th year at village Manchale which is now called Mantralaya. He has shown many miracles even after his sajeeva samadhi and will continues to protect his devotees from his Samadhi for 700 years from 1671. Hence Mantralaya has become world famous pilgrimage centre in (Southern) India. All class of devotees visit this Brindavan/samadhi/temple temple irrespective whether rich or poor to have darshan atleast once in life time. Fortunately I have gone there several times since 1960.
Parimala prasadam is a unique kind of prasadam prepared and offered to deity in Mantralaya. This prasada is available in the counters outside the Mutt.
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