As per the Holy Text, Sri Raghavendra Vijayam, Guru Raghavendra has performed lot of miracles, and still he is actively doing for the sake of his devotees.
Some of the miracles performed by him are as follows:-
After ascending the peetha, Sri Raghavendra embarked on a series of pilgrimages. Wherever he went, he spread the message of Shrimadacharya, defeating scholars of opposing doctrines, writing commentaries and notes, teaching the shastras to enthusiastic students, and encouraging local scholars. He continued to bless and cure his devotees of ailments and afflictions wherever he went.
It once happened that a prince was bitten by a poisonous snake and died immediately; when Rayaru heard of this, he summoned the same snake which had bitten the prince and revived him by removing the venom of the snake from his body. In another miracle, while his devotees were arranging a special puja (offering ritual) in his house, a child who was playing in the kitchen fell into a huge cauldron of juice and drowned. Guru Raghavendra revived the dead child by sprinkling holy water from the kamandalu on to the child.
Once, The King of Tanjore, who had great devotion for Ragahvendra, presented him with a rare gem-studded necklace. Rayaru (familiar name for Sri Raghavendraswami) offered it into the homa-kundam (sacrificial fire), but the King was annoyed by this and asked for his necklace to be returned to him. Raghavendra put his hand in the fire and retrieved the necklace for the King.
Stories of the miraculous healing powers of Sri Raghavendra Swami spread far and wide. Once, some mischievous boys wanted to test Rayaru. On his pilgrimage route, one of them lay down pretending to be dead, fully covered by a white cloth. The understanding was that the boy should not get up when Rayaru sprinkled water and asked him to rise, but would get up when the command was given to him by his friends. When Rayaru passed on the way, the drama was enacted as planned by the boys. One of them asked the Guru to revive the boy who was lying on the ground. But the guru simply replied that the lifespan of the boy was over, and he could not do anything to help the boy. His friends, intending to mock Sri Raghavendra Swami, asked the boy lying on the ground to get up, but to their shock, they realized that he was really dead.
In Sirasangi, another gentleman, intending to test Guru Raghavendra, gave him a dry wooden pestle and asked him to make it sprout new leaves. After Rayaru sprinkled water from his kamandalu, the dead wood started sprouting.
Written by
R Harishankar