Sri Nrisimha Bharati VI

Acharyas who adorned the Peetham between 1560 and 1706 · Guru Parampara

26.1663 - 1706Dakshinamnaya 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 Nrisimha Bharati VI (1663 – 1706)

महामेरुसमं धैर्ये माधुर्येऽप्यमृतोपमम् ।
ऊहापोहार्थ निष्णातं नरसिंहं गुरुं भजे ॥

His mighty courage is like that of the mount Meru, His tender heart is like the sweet nectar,
He who is clear in the inner Truth of things I hail that holy Master Nrisimha!

Somasekhara Nayak (1664 – 1675) confirmed the grant of lands in Erehalli village to be utilised for the worship of Sri Chandramoulishwara. The Acharya visited Bednur at the request of Rani Channamaji (1671 – 1696). Her minister provided an ‘Utsava Murti’ (idol used in rathotsavas) for the Sri Sringeshwara temple in Kigga. The Rani instructed her officers not to collect duties on articles bought for the use of Math. Her successor Basavappa (1696-1714) issued orders to his officers directing them to help Sringeri authorities in their enquiries regarding ‘achara’ and in the collection of dues. The Acharya fed thousands of people during the great famine of Akshaya in 1686. The places he visited in his pilgrimage included Kollur, famous for the temple of Sri Mookambika, Gokarna and Kotishwara. He founded an agrahara which he named Sacchidananapura after his guru, and also installed a linga named Sacchidanandeshwara.

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