Shri Satyadhiraja Teertharu Aradhana (Bidi Sanyasigalu)

Shri Satyadhiraja Teertharu 

ArAdhane: AshADa shuddha navami

Parampare:  biDi sanyAsigaLu in uttarAdi maTa

gurugaLu: shri satyAbhinava tIrtharu

bindavana: rAyavElUr in 1670

Sri satyAdhirAja knowing the greatness of Sri Vidhyapathi tIrtharu, decided to stay at rAyavElUr where shri vidyApati tIrthara mUla brindAvanA is there and did pUja for many years. Shri satyAdhirAja tIrtharu was a master in shAstra and considered to be an aparOksha gyAni.

rAyavElUr is located on the banks of the river “Palar”, in Vellore district. It is located around 130Kms from Chennai and 200 Kms from Bangalore. 

Importance of this place:

This place is famous for more than 800 years. This place is fortunate to get the foot prints of various holy Madhva Saints. Jagadguru Sri Madhvacharya said to be here for sometime and visited the place. Sri Vyasa Tirtha did his installation of Sri Hanumantha at the same place. Kalyyuga Kalpatharu/Kamadhenu Mantralaya mahaprabhu Sri Raghavendra Swamiji stayed in this place for 14 days and did pooja.

Miracles performed by Sri Swamiji:

Arcot Nawab was ruling the City of Vellore during his time. At that time his Son was on death bed and Nawab was very much worried that his son was about to die in few hours. At that time, Nawab decided to have dharshan of Sri Sathyadhiraja Tirtha. Nawab went to the place and begged Srigalu for his son's recovery. SwAmIji who was famous for his Vairagya, thapas shakthi went to the place directly and mediated upon Lord Sri Hari Vayu for few minutes and sprinkled holy Tirtha from his Kamandala. The boy who was about to die got up immediately and the King fell at the feet of Sri Swamiji for saving his Child.

Nawab’s donation to maTa:

After the above miracle Nawab decided to donate an amount of Rs.1/-per day daily, which was the expense of sri maTa for one day during the period of Sri Swamiji. The

King continued to worship Sri Swamiji for many years. Even now an amount of Rs.365/- year is  been given by the Government in order to respect the rich tradition.

Secret behind Vellore fort:

Vellore Fort was constructed during the period of Kings Bommireddy & Timmireddy Nayaks. This fort still stands strong because of the blessings of Sri Sathyadhiraja Tirtha Swamiji. When the Kings initially constructed the Fort the stones/bricks did not stand properly due to the erosion in the soil. The Kings called up Architects and proceeded with the Construction but all their efforts ended in vain unfortunately. Finally they decided to have dharshan of Sri Swamiji who was staying at rAyavElUr. Sri Swamiji mediated Lord and asked the Kings to construct the Fort with little Brindhavanas in between the walls. They did as per the advice of Sri Swamiji and the Fort which you see today stands beautiful/strong till date because of Sri Swamiji blessings.