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మంత్రాలయం శ్రీ గురు రాఘవేంద్ర స్వామిశ్రీ గురు రాఘవేంద్ర స్వామి (1595-1671), హిందూ మతంలో ఓ ప్రముఖమైన గురువు. 16వ శతాబ్దంలో జీవించాడు. ఇతను వైష్ణవాన్ని అనుసరించాడు. మధ్వాచార్యులు బోధించిన ద్వైతాన్ని అవలంబించాడు. ఇతని శిష్యగణం ఇతడిని ప్రహ్లాదుడి అవతారంగా భావిస్తారు.తమిళనాడు-భువనగిరి వాసులైన తిమ్మనభట్టు-గోపికాంబ దంపతులకు వెంకటనాథుడు (రాఘవేంద్రస్వామికి తల్లిదండ్రులు పెట్టిన పేరు ఇదే!) 1595లో జన్మించారు. ఐదేళ్లప్రాయంలో అక్షరాభ్యాసం చేసి.. ఆపై నాలుగు వేదాల అధ్యయనం చేశారు. యుక్తవయసు వచ్చేసరికే విద్యల సారాన్ని గ్రహించిన వెంకటనాథుడు సాధారణ కుటుంబ జీవితాన్ని వద్దనుకుని.. సన్..

IntroductionSri Anandacharya(19th century AD) was a famous Madhwa scholar, and he was a staunch devotee of Guru Raghavendra. He considered Guru Raghavendra as his second Kula Deva, since his first Kula Deva was Sri Venkateswara of Tirumala. He strongly believed that Guru Raghavendra was a true saint, and he considered the great Guru as an avatar of Lord Vishnu itself.Prahalada is a popular devotee of Lord Vishnu. He worshipped Lord Vishnu day and night since from the first Satya Yuga, and as a result he has become a form of Lord Vishnu itself, and he contains supreme powers similar t..

IntroductionGopannacharya was a direct disciple of Guru Raghavendra Swamigal, similar to Sri Appanacharya, and he was born in a village in Adoni District of Andhra Pradesh. Adoni is situated some kilometres far away from Mantralayam. Gopanna has studied Vedas and other devotional scriptures at his younger age itself, and he had got the golden opportunity of serving the Great Madhwa Saint Sree Raghavendra Swamigal. He has also helped his guru towards performing Moola Rama puja and also helped in other daily routine devotional activities like fetching water from the water, bri..

IntroductionWe have to be very careful while moving with the strangers, and we should always maintain some sort of distance with them, since sometimes we might even have to lose our precious lives due to bad intention of the strangers! We should not think that a stranger would look like a big bearded terrorist, since he may even look like a sweet and soft person! Bad strangers cannot be easily identified, since their true ugly face would be usually hidden from us, but however, with the grace of the almighty, we could be able to escape from them! I am writing this article, in order ..

Similar to adorning the precious gold ornaments to Lord Ayyappa from the ornament Box, also called as Thiruvabarana Petti, the Mantralayam priests can also adorn the ornaments from the ornament Box to the idol of Sri Prahalada, the utsava idol of Guru Raghavendra, during the annual Aradhana festival days in order to show our love, honour and respect to the great Guru. There are various ways to please our beloved Guru Raghavendra, and one such way is to decorate him with beautiful garments on the auspicious festival days.Rich devotees while donating ornaments to the Mantralayam Temple ..

Introduction :We can give the wonderful title, ‘ANNA BABA’, to our marvellous Guru Raghavendra, since with his blessings, daily thousands and thousands of devotees are being fed two times a day at Mantralayam, the holy abode of Guru Raghavendra. Apart from afternoon lunch which covers wholesome food with other dishes, daily night, mostly tiffin items, would be offered to the devotees. Hence most of the devotees who visit Mantralayam used to finish their lunch and dinner only at the Annadana Hall present at Mantralayam.Similar to Ma Annapurani who offers food at Kashi and Horanadu, Gur..

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