Guru Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralayam
Venkanna (16th century) was an ardent devotee of Guru Raghavendra, who served as a minister of Adoni, under the Nawab SidhiMasood Khan, and helped the great Guru towards building his Jeeva Samadhi at Mantralayam, Andhra Pradesh.
The young boy Venkanna lived in a village at Adoni, Andhra Pradesh, along with his uncle, since he has lost his parents.His uncle didn’t send him to school, and made him to graze the cattle. Once when he was playing with the boys in the streets, Guru Raghavendra visited Adoni, and the boy worshipped him. The great guru blessed him, and asked him to meditate him by chanting his mantra “OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA” during the time of difficult situations.
After some time, a representative of the Sultan came to Adoni and asked Venkanna to read the messages written in palm leaves. Since Venkanna was an illiterate, he was unable to read the text, and was very much worried, and prayed to Guru Raghavendra by chanting his mantra. Immediately, he could able to read the things written in the palm leaves. And he informed the details to the Sultan’s representative. Since he conveyed the message in favour of Sultan, the messenger immediately informed it to him. The next day, the Sultan has appointed Venkanna as the Diwan of Adoni. Thus by the divine grace of Guru Raghavendra, the illiterate boy became a Diwan.
Diwan Venkanna later played a very important role in obtaining the holy place Manchala, as per the wish of Guru Raghavendra, where the Guru entered Jeeva Samadhi. The place is now known as Mantralaya, situated in Andhra Pradesh, where the Moola Brindavana of Guru Raghavendra is located. Daily Lot of people visit this holy place and getting the blessings of Guru Raghavendra, and by the grace of the divine guru, they are getting relieved from their problems.
Let us taste some of the beautiful songs sung by Sri Venkanna in praise of his Guru Sri Raghavendra Swamy:
The wonderful Guru Raghavendra, would makes us to easily cross the ocean of life, would remove the worldly illusions and destroy the worst enemies like lust, anger and greed, he is very much attached with the “God of Seven Hills”, Sri Venkateswara, and he is very much interested to remove our bad karmas.
The great Guru Raghavendra would give us a better life, he would never differentiates his devotees by considering their status, he acts as an affectionate mother to the orphaned children, and he increases his spiritual powers day by day, by keep on doing meditation at his holy abode, the beautiful Mantralayam.
Sri Raghavendra would give us all the necessities in our life, he destroys the abundant sins into ashes for those who keep bhakti and who shows utmost faith on him. With his great mercy, Guru Raghavendra guards us like an affectionate father, and he would also remain in our soul, and would stop us in committing sins, and would make us to inculcate more and more bhakti on Lord Vishnu.
Sri Raghavendra would be very much pleased with those, who keep sincere faith on his beloved Lord Narayana, and he is considered to be the wish fulfilling tree, Kalpavriksha and the holy divine cow Kamadhenu, who would always bless his devotees.
Guru Raghavendra is a great spiritual personality, who burns our sorrows and miseries, who looks after the welfare of the devotees and he is capable of destroying the effects of the evil planetary position of his devotees, since he is the Great Bhakta Prahalada, who was reborn as Guru Raghavendra.
Guru Raghavendra is pure, pious and perfect, and he doesn’t contain any badness, he is a great “PUNYASALI”, Saint containing lot of good karmas. He is the one, who is capable of adding sweetness in our lives, and he is having the sufficient powers even to grant salvation to us.And his greatness can be full known only by those who believe him sincerely with utmost faith and devotion.
Guru Raghavendra would grant us good children, wealth, devotion and health and he would kill all of our diseases, and would make us to travel in the correct direction in our life journey.
Guru Raghavendra is a holy saint, who can be compared with the holy mother Ganges River, and those who fall at his feet, would get the benefit of bathing in the Holy Ganges River. We can get fulfilled all of our desires, by surrendering at his holy feet, and he would give us good peace of mind forever in our life.
Just by applying the holy dust from his feet on our head would washes all of our sins, and by reading his marvellous divine works, we would feel as if we are reading the holy book Srimad Bhagavatham, and those who falls at his lotus like feet, would be freed from their sins and diseases, and would become pure and pious.
Guru Raghavendra is a great saint who has propagated very nicely about the principles of our Holy Guru Sri Madhwacharya, and he has won in the debates held with great scholars, and he contains Vedic knowledge equivalent to the Divine Gurus, Sri Brihaspati and Sri Sukracharya.
Guru Raghavendra is a great saint who takes away our fear, and he would give us good wisdom, courage, name and fame, and he would keep increasing our good karmas by making us to engage in doing only good activities.
Guru Raghavendra cannot be compared with anyone, since he is a special saint who has been specially created and sent by Lord Brahma to the earth, to heal the depressed and the suppressed souls and by removing the pain on their body and soul.
Guru Raghavendra is a blessed Guru Who has directly seen Lord Vishnu, Who has discarded all of our bad desires, And he is the one who grants our desires, based on our faith. Guru Raghavendra, would never curse anybody, since he didn’t know how to curse, but would always bless even those who don’t keep faith on him.
Guru Raghavendra, would remove ignorance, and would give good memory power, and he would strengthen our body organs, by praying to his beloved god Vishnu. Guru Raghavendra’s powerful mantra is “Om Sri Raghavendraya Namah”, and those who sincerely and faithfully recite this mantra regularly, would get fulfillment in their life, and their life would go more stronger than ever before.
Guru Raghavendra is doing meditation on Lord Rama continuously for hundreds of years, from his holy abode Mantralayam, and he is doing that, only for our welfare. The great Guru is free from worldly bondages and sins, and he can be compared with the great Sages like Vasishta and Vishwamitra, and his name and fame would never diminish even after the end of this Kaliyuga.
This is the wonderful song composed by Sri Venkanna, due to the grace of the great Guru Raghavendra.
“OM SRI GURU RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR
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