Vision of Sri Madhvacharya

and

Guru Raghavendra swami

Tamarapu Sampath Kumaran

Contents:

1.About the Author2.Preface3.Introduction4.Sri Madhvacharya - “Ananda Theertha”5.Sri Raghavendra6.Works of Sri Raghavendra7.Miracles of Sri Raghvendra8.Last speech of Sri Raghavendra9.Haridasas and Bhakthi10.Sri Vyasaraya11.Sri Vadhirja Tirtha12.Udipi13.Manthralaya

About the Author

Tamarapu Sampath Kumaran is a freelance writer. He regularlycontributes articles on Management, Business, Ancient Temples andTemple Architecture to many leading Dailies and Magazines.His articles for the young is very popular in “The Young Worldsection” of THE HINDU.He was associated in the production of two Documentary films onNava Tirupathi Temples and Tirukkurungudi Temple in the TirunelveliDistrict of Tamilnadu.

His earlier books, The Path of Ramanuja, Guide to 108 Divya Desams,and 275 Siva sthalams have been well received in the religiouscircles. His other books Guide to Chennai, Guide to Kanchipuram andHinduism in a nut shell are popular with tourists.Preface:There are a number of books authored on Sri Raghavendra, the greatscholar, philosopher, writer and saint in the “

Dvaitha

” tradition.This book on the great saint is a tribute to him, and presented in asimple form mainly focused for the younger generation to enable thereader to understand the life and the teachings of Sri Raghavendra.Since the life and teachings of Sri Madhvacharya is interlinked whilereferring to Sri Raghavendra, I have also dealt in length of the greatAcharya, and his teachings.My indebtedness is due to all the authors whose works I haveconsulted and extensively quoted, to maintain the authenticity of thepresentation. I also express my gratitude to the Acharyas andlearned Scholars, Officials and Priests at Manthralaya, Office bearersof “

Kannada koota”

who have guided me in compiling this book. As agarland is made by gathering flowers from several plants, I havecompiled this book collecting information from several texts andscholars. Since the text has been compiled from several historicaland archaeological evidences some of which are debatable, I humblystate that I accept no responsibility for such references.Since several authors have translated the original texts in Sanskritand Kannada, a certain degree of coincidence might have occurred inmy presentation with regard to the choice of words, quotations andphrases, which is not intentional.