Visit to Tripple Anjaneya temple::Sri Shanthesha, Sri Kanthesha,&Sri Branthesha Temples

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                                               HANUMAN DARSHAN

  JAI  SHANTHESHA                                  JAI KANTHESHA                                 JAI BRANTHESHA

On the auspcisous day of 29^th May 2014 (Thursday) we left Yelahanka new town (Bangalore-56064) by Mini bus MANJUNAYHA(22  seater )at about 08:20 hrs for CHITRADURGA .In the afternoon  we had lunch at Sri Raghavendra swamy Mutt,Near My Aunt’ ( Smt Janamma wife of Bhattarahalli Krishnarao Senior Advocate) place. The entire area around the Mutt belonged to the Bhattarahalli family : In fact even the site of the Mutt was gifted by the said family, An ancestor of the B. Krishnarao was a shishya of Sri Raghvendra swamyji & he kept on pestering the swamyji to send him to Heaven. One day when the swamiji was  performing YAGNA The shishya asked him to send him to heaven the guruji  asked him to jump in the Agni Kunda, without blinking an eye lid the shishya Jumped into the Kunda & was burnt alive by the flames, The swamiji by his yogic powers sent the shishya to heaven. Many who were present at the site saw a Pushpak  vimana descend from heaven & took him to heaven. Near the mutt an area has been carved out ,fenced & a small Brindavan has been errected  as a memorial : This episode has been mentioned in Sri Raghavendra swmiji’s biography & also in Madhwa Vagmeyaru. After lunch at the mutt, we moved to the Devi Yellamma, Kambada  maramma & Anjaneya temple installed by the Great guru Sri Vyasaraja. we offered  sevas & worshipped the deity and proceeded to HARIHARA to visit HARIHARESHWAR TEMPLE (ie Near Davanagere (Where my son Chi Dr. Raghaavendra Prasad,MBBS.,MD,DNB.,FRCP&CH,Consultant Paediatrician,NHS, UK) studied) We reached the Harihara Town in the evening, fortunately there was no rush of pilgrims, as such we had a GREAT Darshan : Lord Harihareshwara is a combination of HARI & HARA ie one half of  the idol is VISHNU the other half is HARA(Ishwara) The temple is an old one(said to be one thousand years old) and is of excellent architecture;  If One watches from a distance the idol resembles that of  Sri VITHBHA.The height & Posture, Below the ankle it is buried in the ground ::In the temple complex there is A  DEVI Durgi sri (Chamundeswari) temple killing Mahishasura.to her left is the NAGAPPA temple(Though it is carved in stone, people say it is very soft & Very cold, as such people are scared to touch)to the right there is a Lord Ganesha temple: We had Tea & Biscuits in the temple complex itself & proceeded by after freshening up, we went to Sri Raghavendraswamy temple & had Darshan & dinner there. The temple is ably managed by a relative of Ms Rama Vadhiraj After that we went back to the hotel for night rest.

On 30^th May 2014(Friday) we went to KAGINELE,famous temple Town, where Sri KANAKADASA lived & worshiped lord Sri Krishna, there is a Brindavan of one of the Swamiji’s of Bandarakeri mutt, The Temple is being Renovated & lot of construction work is going on. MR. Keni of NICE fame has developed the town of Kaginele & is doing Yeoman service. After darshan & offering our Prayers for the welfare of our family, we came back to Sri Raghavendraswamiji’s Mutt,& there was a Munji (Brahmaupadesha) of the son of the owner/manager we attended the function, had Breakfast and left for KADARAMANDALIGI where Hanuman KANTHESHA is the presiding Deity. We reached the temple after 12:00 hrs & as per the tradition of the temple the Panchsali community(Lingayats) were the presiding priests. There is a Rayara Brindavan & Lord Srinivasa’a idol also. The temple originally belonged & worshipped by My Cousin Sister DEVAKI DASS,husband MR. K.venkatesha dass. His great grand father Sri Hanumantha dass was a pious devotee of Sri Hanuman. Local legend says he woke up a dead man by  praying or his life to Lord Hanuman. Even today their descendants are the main priests. Today the control of the temple is under the Mujurai Dept. of Govt of Karnataka. The God lord Hanuman is dressed as a Boy in the morning, & the Brahmin priests worship him, in the afternoon, the God is dressed as a young man & Panchasali lingayat priests do the sevas, in the evening the sudras(Bedaru) officiH even today. After taking bath in the tank & wearing wet clothes. There is a huge Chappal made of leather & of giant proportion. God Hanuman is supposed to use this chappal when he goes out during night, one can see chappal , worn out & is replaced every year, Rece,where the Hanuman is called SHANTHESHA. It is not an imposing  temple, but an old one. Here the Anjneya is said to be of MDHWA  AVATHARA,& has DANDA. Everyone is blessed by the lord by mildly striking the head of the Bhaktha. We had Lunch in the priest’s house (Close by) & left for SHIKARIPUR to visit the last of the triple hanumans

We reached the town in the evening, and had Darshan of HANUMAN, Here he is called BRANTHESHA. AKA HOOCHURAYA. Any one affected by Black Magic, Ghost trouble Etc is cured by this Hanuma This god is supposed to be the Bheema  Avathara of Lord MukyaPrana. Here Hanuma has MATSYA SAALIGRAAMA in his mouth, The temple is again under Mujurai dept of Karnataka govt. They have constructed a NEW CHARIOT with a HUGE Metalic Dome. Near by there is a Brindavan of Sri Gururaghavendraswamji.We had Darshan. There we had Tea & Biscuits in a way side Tea Shop & Left for HONNALI. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE DID VISIT ALL THE HANUMAN TEMPLES WITHIN A DAY ie FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET : We saw Shanthesha, Kanthesha & Branthesha as ordained  before Sunset & prayed for the welfare of all our families.  It is said if one visits all the Hanuman temples in one day one gors the punya of performing one Aswamedha yagna .After Darshan we set out for Honnali & reached by 0800hrs PM. We took our lodgings in KV RESIDENCY(Air Coditioned Hotel) For Dinner we visited the Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple. The entire arrangements at Honnali was doneby Mr. Krishna moorthy’s Brother in law(co-brother) & his son Mr. Venkatesh We had High  Tea in his house & moved to the hotel for night rest

On 31^st May 2014(Saturday) we visited the temple of Sri MADHWA ACHRYA (Only one of its kind in the world)offered  prayers & proceeded towards HONNALI RAYARA MUTT on the banks of Tunga river. The Mutt here is very famous & is considered to be the second Brindavan established after MANTRALAYA. Sri VYASARAAYA(Earlier avathara of Sri Raghvendraswamy) is said to have walked into the Brindava alive & vanished Even today the priests show the Copper plate, MUKYA PRANAA IDOL & SALIGRAMA left behind by the Guru, Although in all Rayara mutts of this world the MANTRAKSHITE is red in colour yet here the Mantra akshite is YELLOW in colour(as is in Vyasarayamutt)  We visited HOSARITTY ,on the banks of Varadanadi,where there are three Brindavans; centre one  is  SRI Guru Raghavendra swamy ,to his left is sri Guru Susheelendra swamy & to his right is Guru Dheerendra Swamy. We offered Pancha amiritha seva, prayers & moved to the house of the great saint JAGANNATHADAS Awho worshiped Lord SRI Laxmi narasimha. The saligrama he worshiped is still with the family, to whom he gifted his house, nearby there is a Hanuman Temple ,installed by Guru Vyasaraya : We moved to Marikuppe, where there is a Devi Durga Temple, a famous one, we offered prayers, There were lot of people waiting for ,the fall of a flower, from the idol, as mark of YES OR NO to their prayers(Request for favours)The presiding deity is called Devi HALDAMMA. We had lunch in Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple, there is the rudrabhoomi of Sri Bidarahalli Sreenivasa Theertha. A great disciple & baktha of Sri Raghavendraswamy,an eminent vedic  scholar on Madhwa Phylosophy Guru Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralaya was so impressed by his erudition, he gave his suffix of THEERTHA to him; That is how he became Sreenivasa Theertha(Though not a sanyasi) After Sumptuous Lunch at THE SRI  KODANDARAMASWAMY temple we left for Bangalore. On the way we un-successfully tried to visit SIBI NARASINHA at SHIRA, The temple was closed early ,because it is located in a deserted place(Though by the side of National Highway) We reached Yelahanka New-Town (Bangalore) safely by the grace of god Lord Srinivasa

                                               JAI THIRUPATHY SRINIVASA

                                               HANUMAN DARSHAN

  JAI  SHANTHESHA                                  JAI KANTHESHA                                 JAI BRANTHESHA

On the auspcisous day of 29^th May 2014 (Thursday) we left Yelahanka new town (Bangalore-56064) by Mini bus MANJUNAYHA(22  seater )at about 08:20 hrs for CHITRADURGA .In the afternoon  we had lunch at Sri Raghavendra swamy Mutt,Near My Aunt’ ( Smt Janamma wife of Bhattarahalli Krishnarao Senior Advocate) place. The entire area around the Mutt belonged to the Bhattarahalli family : In fact even the site of the Mutt was gifted by the said family, An ancestor of the B. Krishnarao was a shishya of Sri Raghvendra swamyji & he kept on pestering the swamyji to send him to Heaven. One day when the swamiji was  performing YAGNA The shishya asked him to send him to heaven the guruji  asked him to jump in the Agni Kunda, without blinking an eye lid the shishya Jumped into the Kunda & was burnt alive by the flames, The swamiji by his yogic powers sent the shishya to heaven. Many who were present at the site saw a Pushpak  vimana descend from heaven & took him to heaven. Near the mutt an area has been carved out ,fenced & a small Brindavan has been errected  as a memorial : This episode has been mentioned in Sri Raghavendra swmiji’s biography & also in Madhwa Vagmeyaru. After lunch at the mutt, we moved to the Devi Yellamma, Kambada  maramma & Anjaneya temple installed by the Great guru Sri Vyasaraja. we offered  sevas & worshipped the deity and proceeded to HARIHARA to visit HARIHARESHWAR TEMPLE (ie Near Davanagere (Where my son Chi Dr. Raghaavendra Prasad,MBBS.,MD,DNB.,FRCP&CH,Consultant Paediatrician,NHS, UK) studied) We reached the Harihara Town in the evening, fortunately there was no rush of pilgrims, as such we had a GREAT Darshan : Lord Harihareshwara is a combination of HARI & HARA ie one half of  the idol is VISHNU the other half is HARA(Ishwara) The temple is an old one(said to be one thousand years old) and is of excellent architecture;  If One watches from a distance the idol resembles that of  Sri VITHBHA.The height & Posture, Below the ankle it is buried in the ground ::In the temple complex there is A  DEVI Durgi sri (Chamundeswari) temple killing Mahishasura.to her left is the NAGAPPA temple(Though it is carved in stone, people say it is very soft & Very cold, as such people are scared to touch)to the right there is a Lord Ganesha temple: We had Tea & Biscuits in the temple complex itself & proceeded by after freshening up, we went to Sri Raghavendraswamy temple & had Darshan & dinner there. The temple is ably managed by a relative of Ms Rama Vadhiraj After that we went back to the hotel for night rest.

On 30^th May 2014(Friday) we went to KAGINELE,famous temple Town, where Sri KANAKADASA lived & worshiped lord Sri Krishna, there is a Brindavan of one of the Swamiji’s of Bandarakeri mutt, The Temple is being Renovated & lot of construction work is going on. MR. Keni of NICE fame has developed the town of Kaginele & is doing Yeoman service. After darshan & offering our Prayers for the welfare of our family, we came back to Sri Raghavendraswamiji’s Mutt,& there was a Munji (Brahmaupadesha) of the son of the owner/manager we attended the function, had Breakfast and left for KADARAMANDALIGI where Hanuman KANTHESHA is the presiding Deity. We reached the temple after 12:00 hrs & as per the tradition of the temple the Panchsali community(Lingayats) were the presiding priests. There is a Rayara Brindavan & Lord Srinivasa’a idol also. The temple originally belonged & worshipped by My Cousin Sister DEVAKI DASS,husband MR. K.venkatesha dass. His great grand father Sri Hanumantha dass was a pious devotee of Sri Hanuman. Local legend says he woke up a dead man by  praying or his life to Lord Hanuman. Even today their descendants are the main priests. Today the control of the temple is under the Mujurai Dept. of Govt of Karnataka. The God lord Hanuman is dressed as a Boy in the morning, & the Brahmin priests worship him, in the afternoon, the God is dressed as a young man & Panchasali lingayat priests do the sevas, in the evening the sudras(Bedaru) officiH even today. After taking bath in the tank & wearing wet clothes. There is a huge Chappal made of leather & of giant proportion. God Hanuman is supposed to use this chappal when he goes out during night, one can see chappal , worn out & is replaced every year, Rece,where the Hanuman is called SHANTHESHA. It is not an imposing  temple, but an old one. Here the Anjneya is said to be of MDHWA  AVATHARA,& has DANDA. Everyone is blessed by the lord by mildly striking the head of the Bhaktha. We had Lunch in the priest’s house (Close by) & left for SHIKARIPUR to visit the last of the triple hanumans

We reached the town in the evening, and had Darshan of HANUMAN, Here he is called BRANTHESHA. AKA HOOCHURAYA. Any one affected by Black Magic, Ghost trouble Etc is cured by this Hanuma This god is supposed to be the Bheema  Avathara of Lord MukyaPrana. Here Hanuma has MATSYA SAALIGRAAMA in his mouth, The temple is again under Mujurai dept of Karnataka govt. They have constructed a NEW CHARIOT with a HUGE Metalic Dome. Near by there is a Brindavan of Sri Gururaghavendraswamji.We had Darshan. There we had Tea & Biscuits in a way side Tea Shop & Left for HONNALI. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE DID VISIT ALL THE HANUMAN TEMPLES WITHIN A DAY ie FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET : We saw Shanthesha, Kanthesha & Branthesha as ordained  before Sunset & prayed for the welfare of all our families.  It is said if one visits all the Hanuman temples in one day one gors the punya of performing one Aswamedha yagna .After Darshan we set out for Honnali & reached by 0800hrs PM. We took our lodgings in KV RESIDENCY(Air Coditioned Hotel) For Dinner we visited the Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple. The entire arrangements at Honnali was doneby Mr. Krishna moorthy’s Brother in law(co-brother) & his son Mr. Venkatesh We had High  Tea in his house & moved to the hotel for night rest

On 31^st May 2014(Saturday) we visited the temple of Sri MADHWA ACHRYA (Only one of its kind in the world)offered  prayers & proceeded towards HONNALI RAYARA MUTT on the banks of Tunga river. The Mutt here is very famous & is considered to be the second Brindavan established after MANTRALAYA. Sri VYASARAAYA(Earlier avathara of Sri Raghvendraswamy) is said to have walked into the Brindava alive & vanished Even today the priests show the Copper plate, MUKYA PRANAA IDOL & SALIGRAMA left behind by the Guru, Although in all Rayara mutts of this world the MANTRAKSHITE is red in colour yet here the Mantra akshite is YELLOW in colour(as is in Vyasarayamutt)  We visited HOSARITTY ,on the banks of Varadanadi,where there are three Brindavans; centre one  is  SRI Guru Raghavendra swamy ,to his left is sri Guru Susheelendra swamy & to his right is Guru Dheerendra Swamy. We offered Pancha amiritha seva, prayers & moved to the house of the great saint JAGANNATHADAS Awho worshiped Lord SRI Laxmi narasimha. The saligrama he worshiped is still with the family, to whom he gifted his house, nearby there is a Hanuman Temple ,installed by Guru Vyasaraya : We moved to Marikuppe, where there is a Devi Durga Temple, a famous one, we offered prayers, There were lot of people waiting for ,the fall of a flower, from the idol, as mark of YES OR NO to their prayers(Request for favours)The presiding deity is called Devi HALDAMMA. We had lunch in Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple, there is the rudrabhoomi of Sri Bidarahalli Sreenivasa Theertha. A great disciple & baktha of Sri Raghavendraswamy,an eminent vedic  scholar on Madhwa Phylosophy Guru Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralaya was so impressed by his erudition, he gave his suffix of THEERTHA to him; That is how he became Sreenivasa Theertha(Though not a sanyasi) After Sumptuous Lunch at THE SRI  KODANDARAMASWAMY temple we left for Bangalore. On the way we un-successfully tried to visit SIBI NARASINHA at SHIRA, The temple was closed early ,because it is located in a deserted place(Though by the side of National Highway) We reached Yelahanka New-Town (Bangalore) safely by the grace of god Lord Srinivasa

                                               JAI THIRUPATHY SRINIVASA

                                               HANUMAN DARSHAN

  JAI  SHANTHESHA                                  JAI KANTHESHA                                 JAI BRANTHESHA

On the auspcisous day of 29^th May 2014 (Thursday) we left Yelahanka new town (Bangalore-56064) by Mini bus MANJUNAYHA(22  seater )at about 08:20 hrs for CHITRADURGA .In the afternoon  we had lunch at Sri Raghavendra swamy Mutt,Near My Aunt’ ( Smt Janamma wife of Bhattarahalli Krishnarao Senior Advocate) place. The entire area around the Mutt belonged to the Bhattarahalli family : In fact even the site of the Mutt was gifted by the said family, An ancestor of the B. Krishnarao was a shishya of Sri Raghvendra swamyji & he kept on pestering the swamyji to send him to Heaven. One day when the swamiji was  performing YAGNA The shishya asked him to send him to heaven the guruji  asked him to jump in the Agni Kunda, without blinking an eye lid the shishya Jumped into the Kunda & was burnt alive by the flames, The swamiji by his yogic powers sent the shishya to heaven. Many who were present at the site saw a Pushpak  vimana descend from heaven & took him to heaven. Near the mutt an area has been carved out ,fenced & a small Brindavan has been errected  as a memorial : This episode has been mentioned in Sri Raghavendra swmiji’s biography & also in Madhwa Vagmeyaru. After lunch at the mutt, we moved to the Devi Yellamma, Kambada  maramma & Anjaneya temple installed by the Great guru Sri Vyasaraja. we offered  sevas & worshipped the deity and proceeded to HARIHARA to visit HARIHARESHWAR TEMPLE (ie Near Davanagere (Where my son Chi Dr. Raghaavendra Prasad,MBBS.,MD,DNB.,FRCP&CH,Consultant Paediatrician,NHS, UK) studied) We reached the Harihara Town in the evening, fortunately there was no rush of pilgrims, as such we had a GREAT Darshan : Lord Harihareshwara is a combination of HARI & HARA ie one half of  the idol is VISHNU the other half is HARA(Ishwara) The temple is an old one(said to be one thousand years old) and is of excellent architecture;  If One watches from a distance the idol resembles that of  Sri VITHBHA.The height & Posture, Below the ankle it is buried in the ground ::In the temple complex there is A  DEVI Durgi sri (Chamundeswari) temple killing Mahishasura.to her left is the NAGAPPA temple(Though it is carved in stone, people say it is very soft & Very cold, as such people are scared to touch)to the right there is a Lord Ganesha temple: We had Tea & Biscuits in the temple complex itself & proceeded by after freshening up, we went to Sri Raghavendraswamy temple & had Darshan & dinner there. The temple is ably managed by a relative of Ms Rama Vadhiraj After that we went back to the hotel for night rest.

On 30^th May 2014(Friday) we went to KAGINELE,famous temple Town, where Sri KANAKADASA lived & worshiped lord Sri Krishna, there is a Brindavan of one of the Swamiji’s of Bandarakeri mutt, The Temple is being Renovated & lot of construction work is going on. MR. Keni of NICE fame has developed the town of Kaginele & is doing Yeoman service. After darshan & offering our Prayers for the welfare of our family, we came back to Sri Raghavendraswamiji’s Mutt,& there was a Munji (Brahmaupadesha) of the son of the owner/manager we attended the function, had Breakfast and left for KADARAMANDALIGI where Hanuman KANTHESHA is the presiding Deity. We reached the temple after 12:00 hrs & as per the tradition of the temple the Panchsali community(Lingayats) were the presiding priests. There is a Rayara Brindavan & Lord Srinivasa’a idol also. The temple originally belonged & worshipped by My Cousin Sister DEVAKI DASS,husband MR. K.venkatesha dass. His great grand father Sri Hanumantha dass was a pious devotee of Sri Hanuman. Local legend says he woke up a dead man by  praying or his life to Lord Hanuman. Even today their descendants are the main priests. Today the control of the temple is under the Mujurai Dept. of Govt of Karnataka. The God lord Hanuman is dressed as a Boy in the morning, & the Brahmin priests worship him, in the afternoon, the God is dressed as a young man & Panchasali lingayat priests do the sevas, in the evening the sudras(Bedaru) officiH even today. After taking bath in the tank & wearing wet clothes. There is a huge Chappal made of leather & of giant proportion. God Hanuman is supposed to use this chappal when he goes out during night, one can see chappal , worn out & is replaced every year, Rece,where the Hanuman is called SHANTHESHA. It is not an imposing  temple, but an old one. Here the Anjneya is said to be of MDHWA  AVATHARA,& has DANDA. Everyone is blessed by the lord by mildly striking the head of the Bhaktha. We had Lunch in the priest’s house (Close by) & left for SHIKARIPUR to visit the last of the triple hanumans

We reached the town in the evening, and had Darshan of HANUMAN, Here he is called BRANTHESHA. AKA HOOCHURAYA. Any one affected by Black Magic, Ghost trouble Etc is cured by this Hanuma This god is supposed to be the Bheema  Avathara of Lord MukyaPrana. Here Hanuma has MATSYA SAALIGRAAMA in his mouth, The temple is again under Mujurai dept of Karnataka govt. They have constructed a NEW CHARIOT with a HUGE Metalic Dome. Near by there is a Brindavan of Sri Gururaghavendraswamji.We had Darshan. There we had Tea & Biscuits in a way side Tea Shop & Left for HONNALI. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE DID VISIT ALL THE HANUMAN TEMPLES WITHIN A DAY ie FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET : We saw Shanthesha, Kanthesha & Branthesha as ordained  before Sunset & prayed for the welfare of all our families.  It is said if one visits all the Hanuman temples in one day one gors the punya of performing one Aswamedha yagna .After Darshan we set out for Honnali & reached by 0800hrs PM. We took our lodgings in KV RESIDENCY(Air Coditioned Hotel) For Dinner we visited the Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple. The entire arrangements at Honnali was doneby Mr. Krishna moorthy’s Brother in law(co-brother) & his son Mr. Venkatesh We had High  Tea in his house & moved to the hotel for night rest

On 31^st May 2014(Saturday) we visited the temple of Sri MADHWA ACHRYA (Only one of its kind in the world)offered  prayers & proceeded towards HONNALI RAYARA MUTT on the banks of Tunga river. The Mutt here is very famous & is considered to be the second Brindavan established after MANTRALAYA. Sri VYASARAAYA(Earlier avathara of Sri Raghvendraswamy) is said to have walked into the Brindava alive & vanished Even today the priests show the Copper plate, MUKYA PRANAA IDOL & SALIGRAMA left behind by the Guru, Although in all Rayara mutts of this world the MANTRAKSHITE is red in colour yet here the Mantra akshite is YELLOW in colour(as is in Vyasarayamutt)  We visited HOSARITTY ,on the banks of Varadanadi,where there are three Brindavans; centre one  is  SRI Guru Raghavendra swamy ,to his left is sri Guru Susheelendra swamy & to his right is Guru Dheerendra Swamy. We offered Pancha amiritha seva, prayers & moved to the house of the great saint JAGANNATHADAS Awho worshiped Lord SRI Laxmi narasimha. The saligrama he worshiped is still with the family, to whom he gifted his house, nearby there is a Hanuman Temple ,installed by Guru Vyasaraya : We moved to Marikuppe, where there is a Devi Durga Temple, a famous one, we offered prayers, There were lot of people waiting for ,the fall of a flower, from the idol, as mark of YES OR NO to their prayers(Request for favours)The presiding deity is called Devi HALDAMMA. We had lunch in Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple, there is the rudrabhoomi of Sri Bidarahalli Sreenivasa Theertha. A great disciple & baktha of Sri Raghavendraswamy,an eminent vedic  scholar on Madhwa Phylosophy Guru Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralaya was so impressed by his erudition, he gave his suffix of THEERTHA to him; That is how he became Sreenivasa Theertha(Though not a sanyasi) After Sumptuous Lunch at THE SRI  KODANDARAMASWAMY temple we left for Bangalore. On the way we un-successfully tried to visit SIBI NARASINHA at SHIRA, The temple was closed early ,because it is located in a deserted place(Though by the side of National Highway) We reached Yelahanka New-Town (Bangalore) safely by the grace of god Lord Srinivasa

                                               JAI THIRUPATHY SRINIVASA

                                               HANUMAN DARSHAN

  JAI  SHANTHESHA                                  JAI KANTHESHA                                 JAI BRANTHESHA

On the auspcisous day of 29^th May 2014 (Thursday) we left Yelahanka new town (Bangalore-56064) by Mini bus MANJUNAYHA(22  seater )at about 08:20 hrs for CHITRADURGA .In the afternoon  we had lunch at Sri Raghavendra swamy Mutt,Near My Aunt’ ( Smt Janamma wife of Bhattarahalli Krishnarao Senior Advocate) place. The entire area around the Mutt belonged to the Bhattarahalli family : In fact even the site of the Mutt was gifted by the said family, An ancestor of the B. Krishnarao was a shishya of Sri Raghvendra swamyji & he kept on pestering the swamyji to send him to Heaven. One day when the swamiji was  performing YAGNA The shishya asked him to send him to heaven the guruji  asked him to jump in the Agni Kunda, without blinking an eye lid the shishya Jumped into the Kunda & was burnt alive by the flames, The swamiji by his yogic powers sent the shishya to heaven. Many who were present at the site saw a Pushpak  vimana descend from heaven & took him to heaven. Near the mutt an area has been carved out ,fenced & a small Brindavan has been errected  as a memorial : This episode has been mentioned in Sri Raghavendra swmiji’s biography & also in Madhwa Vagmeyaru. After lunch at the mutt, we moved to the Devi Yellamma, Kambada  maramma & Anjaneya temple installed by the Great guru Sri Vyasaraja. we offered  sevas & worshipped the deity and proceeded to HARIHARA to visit HARIHARESHWAR TEMPLE (ie Near Davanagere (Where my son Chi Dr. Raghaavendra Prasad,MBBS.,MD,DNB.,FRCP&CH,Consultant Paediatrician,NHS, UK) studied) We reached the Harihara Town in the evening, fortunately there was no rush of pilgrims, as such we had a GREAT Darshan : Lord Harihareshwara is a combination of HARI & HARA ie one half of  the idol is VISHNU the other half is HARA(Ishwara) The temple is an old one(said to be one thousand years old) and is of excellent architecture;  If One watches from a distance the idol resembles that of  Sri VITHBHA.The height & Posture, Below the ankle it is buried in the ground ::In the temple complex there is A  DEVI Durgi sri (Chamundeswari) temple killing Mahishasura.to her left is the NAGAPPA temple(Though it is carved in stone, people say it is very soft & Very cold, as such people are scared to touch)to the right there is a Lord Ganesha temple: We had Tea & Biscuits in the temple complex itself & proceeded by after freshening up, we went to Sri Raghavendraswamy temple & had Darshan & dinner there. The temple is ably managed by a relative of Ms Rama Vadhiraj After that we went back to the hotel for night rest.

On 30^th May 2014(Friday) we went to KAGINELE,famous temple Town, where Sri KANAKADASA lived & worshiped lord Sri Krishna, there is a Brindavan of one of the Swamiji’s of Bandarakeri mutt, The Temple is being Renovated & lot of construction work is going on. MR. Keni of NICE fame has developed the town of Kaginele & is doing Yeoman service. After darshan & offering our Prayers for the welfare of our family, we came back to Sri Raghavendraswamiji’s Mutt,& there was a Munji (Brahmaupadesha) of the son of the owner/manager we attended the function, had Breakfast and left for KADARAMANDALIGI where Hanuman KANTHESHA is the presiding Deity. We reached the temple after 12:00 hrs & as per the tradition of the temple the Panchsali community(Lingayats) were the presiding priests. There is a Rayara Brindavan & Lord Srinivasa’a idol also. The temple originally belonged & worshipped by My Cousin Sister DEVAKI DASS,husband MR. K.venkatesha dass. His great grand father Sri Hanumantha dass was a pious devotee of Sri Hanuman. Local legend says he woke up a dead man by  praying or his life to Lord Hanuman. Even today their descendants are the main priests. Today the control of the temple is under the Mujurai Dept. of Govt of Karnataka. The God lord Hanuman is dressed as a Boy in the morning, & the Brahmin priests worship him, in the afternoon, the God is dressed as a young man & Panchasali lingayat priests do the sevas, in the evening the sudras(Bedaru) officiH even today. After taking bath in the tank & wearing wet clothes. There is a huge Chappal made of leather & of giant proportion. God Hanuman is supposed to use this chappal when he goes out during night, one can see chappal , worn out & is replaced every year, Rece,where the Hanuman is called SHANTHESHA. It is not an imposing  temple, but an old one. Here the Anjneya is said to be of MDHWA  AVATHARA,& has DANDA. Everyone is blessed by the lord by mildly striking the head of the Bhaktha. We had Lunch in the priest’s house (Close by) & left for SHIKARIPUR to visit the last of the triple hanumans

We reached the town in the evening, and had Darshan of HANUMAN, Here he is called BRANTHESHA. AKA HOOCHURAYA. Any one affected by Black Magic, Ghost trouble Etc is cured by this Hanuma This god is supposed to be the Bheema  Avathara of Lord MukyaPrana. Here Hanuma has MATSYA SAALIGRAAMA in his mouth, The temple is again under Mujurai dept of Karnataka govt. They have constructed a NEW CHARIOT with a HUGE Metalic Dome. Near by there is a Brindavan of Sri Gururaghavendraswamji.We had Darshan. There we had Tea & Biscuits in a way side Tea Shop & Left for HONNALI. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE DID VISIT ALL THE HANUMAN TEMPLES WITHIN A DAY ie FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET : We saw Shanthesha, Kanthesha & Branthesha as ordained  before Sunset & prayed for the welfare of all our families.  It is said if one visits all the Hanuman temples in one day one gors the punya of performing one Aswamedha yagna .After Darshan we set out for Honnali & reached by 0800hrs PM. We took our lodgings in KV RESIDENCY(Air Coditioned Hotel) For Dinner we visited the Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple. The entire arrangements at Honnali was doneby Mr. Krishna moorthy’s Brother in law(co-brother) & his son Mr. Venkatesh We had High  Tea in his house & moved to the hotel for night rest

On 31^st May 2014(Saturday) we visited the temple of Sri MADHWA ACHRYA (Only one of its kind in the world)offered  prayers & proceeded towards HONNALI RAYARA MUTT on the banks of Tunga river. The Mutt here is very famous & is considered to be the second Brindavan established after MANTRALAYA. Sri VYASARAAYA(Earlier avathara of Sri Raghvendraswamy) is said to have walked into the Brindava alive & vanished Even today the priests show the Copper plate, MUKYA PRANAA IDOL & SALIGRAMA left behind by the Guru, Although in all Rayara mutts of this world the MANTRAKSHITE is red in colour yet here the Mantra akshite is YELLOW in colour(as is in Vyasarayamutt)  We visited HOSARITTY ,on the banks of Varadanadi,where there are three Brindavans; centre one  is  SRI Guru Raghavendra swamy ,to his left is sri Guru Susheelendra swamy & to his right is Guru Dheerendra Swamy. We offered Pancha amiritha seva, prayers & moved to the house of the great saint JAGANNATHADAS Awho worshiped Lord SRI Laxmi narasimha. The saligrama he worshiped is still with the family, to whom he gifted his house, nearby there is a Hanuman Temple ,installed by Guru Vyasaraya : We moved to Marikuppe, where there is a Devi Durga Temple, a famous one, we offered prayers, There were lot of people waiting for ,the fall of a flower, from the idol, as mark of YES OR NO to their prayers(Request for favours)The presiding deity is called Devi HALDAMMA. We had lunch in Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple, there is the rudrabhoomi of Sri Bidarahalli Sreenivasa Theertha. A great disciple & baktha of Sri Raghavendraswamy,an eminent vedic  scholar on Madhwa Phylosophy Guru Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralaya was so impressed by his erudition, he gave his suffix of THEERTHA to him; That is how he became Sreenivasa Theertha(Though not a sanyasi) After Sumptuous Lunch at THE SRI  KODANDARAMASWAMY temple we left for Bangalore. On the way we un-successfully tried to visit SIBI NARASINHA at SHIRA, The temple was closed early ,because it is located in a deserted place(Though by the side of National Highway) We reached Yelahanka New-Town (Bangalore) safely by the grace of god Lord Srinivasa

                                               JAI THIRUPATHY SRINIVASA