Sri Ramachandra Bharati

Acharyas who adorned the Peetham between 1380 and 1560 · Guru Parampara

20.1517 - 1560Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

With reverence and gratitude to the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, which has kept the lives of its Jagadgurus through the centuries and shares them with the world. What follows is the Peetham's own account, exactly as it gives it.

Sri Ramachandra Bharati (1517 – 1560)

कामद्विरदपञ्चास्यरामणीयकमन्दिरम् ।
सोमोपमाननं श्रीमद्रामचन्द्रगुरुं भजे ॥

The lion that kills the elephant of lust, The holy shrine of pleasing qualities,
His smiling face is bright like the full moon; Hail holy master Srimad Ramananda!

In 1545 Honnappa Nayaka, a representative of the emperor Sadasiva Raya of Vijayanagara, granted to the Mutt, Bastihalli in Aragarajya.

During his visit to Karkala, the Acharya responded to the invitation of the local Jains and visited their temple, where to the astonishment of the assembled worshippers, the idol appeared as Anantha Padmanabha.

The Kudali Mutt was founded by Nrisimha Bharati, a disciple of the Sringeri Guru.

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