Long back, We visited Sathyavijaya Nagara during the Aradhana of Sri SathyaVijaya Theertharu. During that time, We visited Brindavana of Sri Sankarshana Wodeyaru, Karapoondi .
I know only 2 things about Sankarshana wodeyaru:
He has written commentary for Jagannatha dasaru’s Magnum-opus “Harikathamruta saara”
He strictly advised his disciples to give Parched rice/Murmura as neivedhya for everyday. Except Aradhana, Only Parched rice is kept as Neivedhya to Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru
Recently, I happen to talk to Raghavendra Rao sir(Whom I know thru Facebook) and He gave me a lot of information and history about Sri Sankarshana Wodeyaru thru the phone call. I dedicate this posts to Sri Raghavendra Rao mama on appreciating his efforts in introducing the greatness of Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru to the people across Karnataka and Tamilnadu and also his humongous effort in Aradhana work of Great Yathigalu)
Location:
The brindavana of Sri Sankarshana Wodeyar is situated at Karapoondi, A village near Polur (3 Kms east of Polur) on the banks of River Cheyyar (also known as Baahuda river)
Introduction
Period – 1810-1862
Birth Place – Gurlahosur, Belgaum
Poorvashrama Name – Tamanna Naik
Father – Dhumappa Naik
Vidya Gurugalu – Sri Vishwapriya Tirtharu of Sri Sode Mutt , Sri Bheemavarahachar
Ashrama Gurugalu – Sri Satya Parayana Tirtharu
Vrundavana – Karapoondi village
Vrundavana – 1862AD – Margashira Shudda Panchami
Birth & Life:
Dhumappa Naik(A Merchant of Gold, Silver, Pearl) whose native was Gurlahosur, Later moved to Dharwar for expanding their family business. He had two wives. Sri Sankarshana wodeyar(Poorvashrama name: Tammana Naik) born as second son to his second wife. It is believed He was born with the blessings of Sri Sathya Dharma theertharu, to whom Tamanna Naik’s mom had done seva
At the right age, Upanayana was performed and Tammanna naik did veda shasthra adhyayana under Bheemavarahachar.
In Right time, he got married and blessed with two children. Unfortunately he lost his wife at early age of 22
Pilgrimage to Udupi
Tammanna naik wanted to study Sarvamoola granthas. So he traveled all the way to Udupi. With the blessings of Udupi krishna, Under the guidance of Sri Vishwapriya thirtharu of Sode Math, He mastered sarvamoola granthagalu and did Sudha Mangala there
Met Sri Sathyaparayana thirtharu
Sri Satya Santhushta Thirtharu and Sri Satya Sankalpa Thirtharu were doing Sri Rama Vedavyasa puje at the same place for years. Due to some debts, They pledged the priceless navarathna mantapa of Sri Rama Vedavyasa devaru, and the golden gangala to Ramanna Nayak, brother of Thammanna.
After some years, Sri Satya Parayana Thirtharu the then pontiff of Uttaradhi math during his sanchara visited Ramanna Nayak’s house. One day, he spoke to Ramanna and explained his feeling that Rama devara pooja is incomplete without navarathna mantapa. He also added that he will do sanchara and will repay from the contributions .He also added to send a representative from Ramanna side so that he will settle all his dues thru the representative. Ramanna accepted this and Thammanna joined Srigalu with the main motiveof doing teertha yatra and also to collect the dues.
During Sanchara, Tamanna used the opportunity of learning shasthras from Sri Sathya parayana thirtharu once again and performed sudha mangala. Tamanna asked Srigalu about what he should give as Guru dakshine. for that Srigalu requested Tammanna to return the Navarathna mantapa and golden gangala back to Matha.
Tamanna agreed to this and As per srigalu guidance, Thammanna wrote two letters to his brother Ramanna, one letter stating that all dues have been received from the matha and the second one requesting that the navarathna mantapa and the golden gangala to be delivered to the matha’s representative.
Matha’s debts were cleared and all the pledges items were restored successfuly by sri Sathya Parayana thirtharu and He was very happy to perform Moola rama pooja in Navarathna mantapa. He continued his sanchara and propogated MAdhwa philosophy
Ramanna waited for so long to get all his settlements from Tamanna. But Tamanna didnt turned up. Ramanna went in search of Tamanna and got to know what had happened.
He returned home with heavy heart. Tamanna realised the loss he has bought for his brother. Instantly he decided to gave all his share of wealth to Ramanna.
Ramanna’s loss was made good and Tamanna had his search on something else
Thamanna became Sankarshana Wodeyaru
Tamanna once again visited udupi and took an oath to follow sanyasashrama.He wandered in search of Shri Sathya parayan thirtharu. He met Srigalu and asked him to offer sanyasa diksha. Though srigalu tried to convince Tamanna , Later on seeing his stubborn mind, He gave sanyashrama to Tamanna and named him as Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru at the age of 32 years
Visit to Tirupathi
Sri sankarshana wodeyar traveled to Tirupathi. He did tapas at the sannidhana of Lord Varaha for nearly 2 months
During his stay there, Sri Venkateswara swamy appeared in his dream and directed him to visit Gatikachala(Sholingur, Lord Narasimha temple & Yoga anjaneya temple)
Later after visiting Ghatikachala, Again sri Venkateshwara swamy appeared in his dream and asked him to go to Vellore and solve the problems caused by one achar to the pooja at Sri Sathyadhiraja thirtharu brindavana sthala
Moved to Vellore
Sri sankarshana wodeyaru moved to Vellore and stayed 9 long years and restored the matha activitied and pooja to Sri Sathyadhiraja thirtharu
Sri Sathyaparayana thirtharu during his visit to vellore, felt happy on seeing matha activities and pooja to Sri Sathyadhiraja thirtharu
Reached Karapoondi(Final Destination)
Later Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru started his sanchara and on his disciple’s request, he decided to stay at Karapoondi village near Polur
A full view of Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru devasthana
The entire village is so sanctified by the shadow of Sampathgiri hill.
A View of Sampathgiri hills
A matha was contructed for his stay and Sri Wodeyaru continued his puje and sashtra patha there.
Mukhyaprana devaru worshipped by Sri Sankarshana Wodeyaru(Installed by Sri Vyasarajaru)
Brindavana pravesha:
In 1862, Margasirsha maasa suddha panchami Dundhubi nama samvathsara , Sri Sankarshanaru entered brundavana at Karapoondi.
The place where brindavana was initially installed is now raised as Tulasi brindavana
Sri Sankarshanaru ordered his disciple Sanjeevi Rao to make necessary arrangements for the brindavana pravesha. Sanjeevi Rao along with others prepared the place, and made all arrangements.
After some months Sri Sankarshanaru appeared in the swapna of Sanjeevi Rao and said that his instructions have not been carried out properly. While seeing the site the next day, Sanjeevi Rao and other devotees were surprised to see that Sri Wodeyaru’s gopichandana mudras were as fresh as on the day of brindavana installation. after Eight months, a brundavana was installed again.
Brindavana alankara on 2016 AradhanaSri Sankarshana wodeyaru brindavana
Full view of main shrine
The entire event has appeared in the dream of Venkataramana achar and with the blessings of Sri Sankarshana wodeyaru, He has composed Sri Sankarshana kavacham, Kalpadharu Stotra, Mangalashtakam and Navarathna Malika.
Aradhana invitation 2017:
I request all our readers to support aradhana in every possible way and when time permits, Please visit Karapoondi and have great darshan and get blessings of Sri Sankarshana Wodeyaru
People who visit Karapoondi can contact Sri Mani whose residence is nearby choultry . He will guide you to the Moola Brindhavana, Hanuma Temple and choultry where you can relax.
Those who are planning to visit sathyavijaya nagara/Shenbakkam Nava brindavana please include Karapoondi in your itinerary
Photo credits: Sri Raghavendra Rao.
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ಹರಿಕಥೆಯನು ಕೇಳಿ ತತ್ವಗಳನುಸರಿಸಿ |
ಪರಮ ಭಾಗವತರಿಂದ ಗಾಯನವ ಲಾಲಿಸಿ |
ಕರೆದು ಸಜ್ಜನರ ಸಂಗಡಲೆ ಕುಣಿದು |
ಬರುತಾ ನೂರು ನೂರು ಪಾವಟಿಗಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೇ |
ತೆರದಿಂದ ಮಾಡುತ ತಡವಾಗದಂತೆ[ಯೇ] |
ನರಸಿಂಹ ಮೂರುತಿಯ ದರುಶನವು ಮಾಡಿ ಸು |
ದರುಶನ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂದು ತುತಿಸಿ ನಿಂದು |
ಕರತಳ ಶಬ್ದದಲಿ ಹೋಯೆಂದು ನಲಿದಾಡೆ |
ಸಿರಿವರ[ತ]ರರಸಾ ತಿರ್ಮಲ ವಿಜಯವಿಠಲ |
ಪರದೈವವೆಂದು ಪೊಗಳಿ ಹಿಗ್ಗಲಿಬೇಕು ||3||
ಝಂಪೆತಾಳ
ಏರುತೇರುತ ಬಂದು ಮಾರುತನ್ನ ನೋಡಿ ಮಹ |
ದ್ವಾರದ ಬಳಿಯ ಸಾರ್ದು ಅತಿ ಮೋದದಿ |
ಸಾರಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ಗುಣಾವಳಿಯ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಿ |
ಈರಾರು ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆಯನು ಮಾಡಿ |
ಭೋರನೆ ಮತಿಕೊಡುವ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಪುಷ್ಕರಣಿಯಾ |
ತೀರದಲಿ ನಿಂದು ಸ್ನಾನವನು ಮಾಡಿ |
ಚಾರು ಮನಸಿಂದ ಸವ್ಯದಲಿ ಬಂದು ವಿ |
ಸ್ತಾರ ಭಕುತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಾರವನೆ ಪೊಕ್ಕು |
ಭೂರಮಣನ ಪಾದ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ ಆಮೇಲೆ |
ಆರಾಧಿಸು ಗುಪ್ತದಲಿ ಬಿಡದೆ |
ಮೀರಿದ ಮಹಾ ಮೂರ್ತಿ ವಿಜಯವಿಠಲ ವೆಂಕಟ |
ಸೂರೆಗಾಣೊ ಕಂಡ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ||4||
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ದ್ವಾರವ ಪೊಕ್ಕು ಗರುಡಗಂಬದ ಬಳಿಯಾ |
ಪಾರಮಾರ್ಥಕನಾಗಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಹರಿಯಾ ವ್ಯಾ |
ಪಾರವ ಚಿಂತಿಸು ಅಡಿಗಡಿಗೆ |
ತಾರತಮ್ಯದಿಂದ ಸುರರಾದಿ ಗುಣ ತಿಳಿದು |
ಚಾರು ಪೀಠಾವರ್ಣ ಪೂಜೆ ವಿಧವ |
ಪೂರೈಸಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಸಮ್ಮೊಗದಿ ನಿಂದು ಬಂ |
ಗಾರ ಬಾಗಿಲನೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮಾಡಿ |
ಹಾರೈಸು ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಹೊನ್ನ ಹೊಸ್ತಲ ಬಳಿಯ |
ಸೇರಿ ಸಾಕಲ್ಯದಲಿ ಹರಿಮೂರ್ತಿಯಾ |
ಕಾರಣಿಕವ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ ಗೋಳಕವ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿ |
ಗಾರು ಮಾಡದೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಒಳಗೆ ಇಪ್ಪ |
ಮೂರುತಿಯಾ ಇಟ್ಟು ಏಕಿಭೂತವೆಂದು |
ನಾರಾಯಣನ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತತ್ವ ತಿಳಿದು |
ಶಾರದ ಪತಿ ಪ್ರೀಯ ವಿಜವಿಠಲ ತಿಮ್ಮನ |
ಪಾರ ಗುಣಗಳು ತುತಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡಾಡಿ ||5||
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ರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರನೆ ರಣರಂಗ ಧೈರ್ಯನೆ |
ತೇಜೋಮಯ ಕಾಯ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾದಿಗಳಿಂದ |
ಪೂಜಿತ ಪುಣ್ಯಶ್ಲೋಕ ಮುಕ್ತಿ |
ಬೀಜನೇ ಭವದೂರ ಬಲು ಲೀಲಾವಿನೋದ |
ಮೂಜಗತ್ಪತಿ ಮೂಲ ಪುರುಷ ಪರಮೇಶ |
ಸೋಜಿಗ ತೋರುವ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಮಹಿಮಾ ಸ |
ರೋಜ ನಯನ ಬಲಜ್ಞಾನಾನಂದ ಪೂರ್ಣ |
ಹೇ ಜಲಧರವರ್ನ ಹೇಮಾಂಬರಧರ |
ರಾಜರಾಜರನುತ ರಾಗ ವಿದೂರಾಯೋ |
ನಿಜ ನಿಶ್ಚಿಂತ ನಿರ್ಮಳಾ ನಿತ್ಯ ತೃಪ್ತ ಪ್ರ |
ಯೋಜನವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಜಗವ ಪುಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ವಿ |
ರಾಜಿತ ಸತ್ಕೀರ್ತಿ ದೈತ್ಯವಿದಾರಣ |
ಭೋಜಾ ಕುಲೋತ್ತುಮ ವಿಜಯವಿಠಲ ವೆಂಕಟ |
ಮಾಜದೆ ಪೊರೆಯೆಂದು ಧ್ಯಾನ ಮಾಡುತಲಿರು||6||
ಆದಿತಾಳ
ಸರ್ಪಗಿರಿಯ ಯಾತ್ರಿ ಮುಪ್ಪರಾರಿ ಗರಿದು |
ತಪ್ಪದೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿ ಬಪ್ಪುಪ್ಪಗೊಂಬುವ ಹರಿ |
ಅಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ತಪ್ಪುಗಳಿರೆ ಒಲಿದು |
ಕಪ್ಪು ಉಳಿಯದಂತೆ ಅಪಹರಿಸಿ ಇವನಾ |
ಅಪ್ಪಡಿಯಾಗಿ ಸಾಕಿ ಅಪವರ್ಗವ ಕೊಡುವ |
ಒಪ್ಪಿಡಿ ಅವಲಿಗೆ ಭಾಗ್ಯವಿತ್ತನ್ನ ಪಾದಾ |
ರೆಪ್ಪಿ ಹಾಕದೆ ನೋಡಿ ಮನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಲಿಸೋದು |
ಸುಪ್ರಕಾಶ ನಮ್ಮ ವಿಜಯವಿಠಲ ವೆಂಕಟ |
ನಿಪ್ಪ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮಹಿಮೆ ನಾನಾ ಬಗಿ ವರ್ಣನೆ||7||
ಜತೆ
ಕಾಮಿತಾರ್ಥಪ್ರದಾಯಕ ತಿರುವೆಂಗಳ |
ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವೆಂಕಟರನ್ನ ವಿಜಯವಿಠಲನೊಲಿವ ||8||
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