Hari Vayu Guru Sahitya

This holy place on the banks of river Kanva has the mula-Vrindavana of Sri Brahmanya Tirtha and other Vaisnava saints. The location is amid greenfields and coconut groves. Sri Brahmanya Tirtha comes in the parampara of Sri Rajendra Tirtha, Sri Jayadhvaja Tirtha and SriPurusottama Tirtha. He is said to be Suryamsa-Sambhoota . He was intrumentle in presenting the great Sri Vyasaraja (Sri Vyasatirtha)to the Spiritual World. As per history, Sri Brahmanya Tirtha went on apilgrimage to Badri Kshetra on foot and served Sri Badrinarayana for several periods. He then came back to Aboor after visiting the holy shrines in north and south. He entered the cave and did penance for long there. He was a great tapasvi . His intelligence was like Bruhaspati, his bhakti was like Prahlada and his virakti (renunciation) was compared to Sanaka and other great sages (munis). He lived as he should, like a true sannyasi. He performed many miracles during His lifetime. He was the person who restored the lost le...

Ahobilam is a pilgrimage center of great antiquity. It is a hilly, forested region where the almighty god,Mahä-vishnu has taken the form of Narasimha. Significantly, every plant, tree and stone found is pregnant with the presence of Narasimha, the lion-god. As such, this place is considered the most venerated Vaisnava shrines of Andhra Pradesa, enshrining nine iconological forms of Narasimha.There are reference to this place in Brahmanda Purana,Bhavisyottara Purana and Padma Purana. According to it, it is where Lord Garuda did penance. It is where the Vedas were protected from the hands of Raksasasand it is believed as sacred as Gayä and Käshi. It is also mentioned in Srimad Bhagavata and Sri Vadiraja’s‘Tirtha Prabandha’. It is famed to be a place where four faced Sri Brahma visits and worships God everyday and Markandeya did penance. It is also known to be a place where Lord Rama had come during his exile and wrote Narasimha Stavana.Forming part of the Central Eastern Ghats, it has tw...