ArAdhane: bhAdrapada bahuLa trayOdashi
PUrvAshrama name: shri bhImasEnAchAr
Parampare: shri shrIpAdarAja maTa, #36
Period: 1987 - 2010
GurugaLu: shri vijayanidhi tIrtharu
Shishyaru: shri kEshavaidhi tIrtharu brindAvana: narasimha tIrtha, near muLabAgilu
He was closely associated with the shrIpAdarAja maTa long before becoming
MaTadhipathi. In pUrvAshrama his father was shri satyanidhi tIrtharu and brother-in-law was shri vijayanidhi tIrtharu in their pUrvAshrama. He succeeded shri vijayanidhi tIrtharu.
He has a very special place in shrIpAdarAja maTa paramparE. He was instrumental in making huge improvements at the maTa headquarters of narasimha tIrtha housing the mrtithika brindAvana of shrI padmanAbha tIrtharu and mUla brindAvana of shripAdarAjaru and 11 yatIs of the parampare, one of pEjAvara maTa parampare and 2 of biDi sanyAsigaLUs.
He started the "vEda vignAna" institution to promote the study of science in vEda.
Both of these achievements are aptly described in his charama shlOka.
pUrNapragna suhruta padma rAja mandira vardakam |
vignAnanidhim vandE vEda vignAna darshakam ||
In his pUrvAshrama, he was the municipality president of muLabAgilu town and brought in lot of improvements to the town and endeared himself to the public.
He had taken up the cleaning of narasimha tIrtha during his pUrvAshrama days. After the tIrtha was completely emptied and was to be filled up the next day, at a corner of the tIrtha, GANGA DEVI appeared and the pond started filling up. This was a miracle.
He was a big promoter of haridAsa sAhitya. He started rangaviTTala magazine with the objective of spreading the greatness of various haridAsAs and dEvaranAmAs.
Once when he was performing samsthAna pUje at vijaya rAyara kaTTe in chippagiri, shri vijaya dAsaru appeared before him. Others present there such as araLumallige pArthasArathy, etc. also witnessed this event and had darshaNa of shri vijaya rAyaru. This place is now cordoned off with vishNu pAda. It is near the door to prANa dEvara sannidhAna.
Shri araLumallige pArthasArathy took haridAsa dIkshe from him as pArthasArathy viTTala dAsaru.
Shri vignAnanidhi tIrtharu celebrated the 500th ArAdhane of shrIpAdarAjaru every day for one full year.
He was an expert in shAstrAs and numerology. There are many instances where he foresaw the obstacles of common people who met him and prevented those obstacles from happening including preventing death of a child. We have also been a recipient of his anugraha several times.
He used to do chintana of shAstrAs all the time and would ask panditharus present to elaborate.
He took on the people who opposed him giving place for the brindAvana of biDi sanyAsigaLu shri dEvEndra tIrtharu, at narsimha tIrtha. He argued that if shri padmanAbha tIrtharu has given place to biDi sanyAsigaLu such as shri gOvinda woDeyaru, at nava brindAvana, he could give place to shri dEvEndra tIrtharu at narasimha tIrtha. Later he also gave place for the brindAvana of shri vEdavyAsa tIrtharu, another biDi sanyAsigaLu. Both the yathis are offered hastOdaka every day by the maTa.
| Category | Aradhana |
| month | Bhadrapada |
| paksha | Krishna |
| tithi | Trayodashi |
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