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A little background on why this is an amazing kindness and miracle from our beloved Rayaru. Like they say “Rayaru comes whenever and wherever you call him – ಕರೆದಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬರುವ”.
When we came to India, the very first day the three of us – myself, my Husband and my Sister talked about visiting overnight Tirupati and Mantralaya. We discussed we would take the night bus visit the place and return back next day. That night as we slept, I kept thinking, if we three go to visit these two places which are the most favorite place of my Father, we will have to tell him about the trip and that we would be going without him accompanying us. His health has deteriorated since he had health issues last year on the day of Rayaru Aaradhane. I kept thinking all night how would we even tell him we would be leaving him and going on our own. That night I decided, we will not visit any place and focus each and every single moment with my Father. When I told my Husband and Sister, they agreed immediately and we cancelled all our travel plans.
I felt whatever time we had with my Father and looking after him, cooking his favorite dishes and just spending time with him was more important that anything else. And true to that I was able to make everything he loved to eat. We prepared dishes such as Hayagreeva, to Moong dal Payasa, Kesari bath, Poori, Akki roti, Kootu, Majjige Huli all kinds of Vegetables, all kinds of Kosambari, and see the joy on his face as he was eating food.
However, I kept thinking about Rayaru and if he approved my decision of not visiting him in Mantralaya. Also, did I even take care of my Father properly was the constant worry I had. I cooked all 22 days and was looking for some miracle from Rayaru to know that my Seva to my Father was acceptable to him.
Mr. Badriparasad commented saying he was close to the service apartment we were staying and willing to come and give Parimala Prasada I called immediately and he didn’t pick up the phone. So, I thought I may not be able to get it. However, Mr. Badriparasad was relentless and called the Service Apartment, talked to me and came in the evening to deliver the Parimala Prasada.
Mr. Badriparasad said he had not seen or read my blog for the past 4-5 months. He has a separate tab in Gmail and all the subscribed posts go there. It cannot be a coincidence for him to look at the one post that was about me telling I was not able to travel to Mantralaya. He had just visited Mantralaya a few days back and had a pack of Parimala Prasada to distribute to this colleagues at work. For some reason, he didn’t go to work on Monday, and saw the post the same day. Too many coincidences to happen and this can be attributed to Rayaru’s kindness and Rayaru accepting my seva to my Father, and showing that he will come to the devotes wherever we are.
My Father and my Husband were ecstatic to see Mr. Badriparasad and talk to him. I was overwhelmed with joy seeing him and the Parimala Prasada he gave us. Even in this day and age there are people like Mr. Badriparasad who took the time to come visit us and give us Prasada and show Rayaru’s kindness. I sincerely pray to Rayaru to shower his choicest blessings on Mr. Badriparasad and his family.
We decided not to travel to Mantralaya, but Rayaru knew how much I missed seeing him. He sent Mantralaya Swamigalu to NR Colony Mutta, which was like 7 minutes walk from the apartment we were staying. We visited the Mutta every single day in the morning and were able to see Swamigalu. And with Mr. Badriparasad coming and giving us Parimala Prasada, Rayaru was showing us he comes to us when we pray to him sincerely and take care of our Parents and that service is also God’s service.
There are a few other instances of miracles that have happened recently, posts coming soon.
P.S: If you want to share any miracles, comment and send me an email. I will post. Like I said earlier, except for mine all will be anonymized. No one’s identity will be revealed.
ಶ್ರೀಪಾದರಾಜರ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ಟಣ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಅಬ್ಬೂರು. ಅದು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯತೀರ್ಥರೆಂಬ ಯತಿಗಳ ಸ್ಥಳವೂ ಹೌದು. ಶ್ರೀಪಾದರಾಜರ ಪೂರ್ವಾಶ್ರಮದ ಹೆಸರು ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀನಾರಾಯಣ ಎಂಬುದು.
ಶೇಷಗಿರಿಯಪ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಗಿರಿಯಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆತಾಯಿಗಳು, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀನಾರಾಯಣ ಚಿಕ್ಕವನಿದ್ದಾಗ ಹಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಮೇಯಿಸುತ್ತ ಊರ ಹೊರಗೆ ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ.
ಆ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವರ್ಣವರ್ಣತೀರ್ಥರೆಂಬ ಯತಿಗಳ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದ. ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಮ್ದಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಅವರು ಅಬ್ಬೂರುನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಶ್ರೀ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ ತೀರ್ಥರನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಯಸಿದ್ದರು. ತಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀನಾರಾಯಣನ ಮುಖದ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು, ವಾಕ್ಚತುರತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮನಗಂಡು, ಶ್ರೀ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮತೀರ್ಥರ ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ತಂದೆತಾಯಿಗಳನ್ನೊಪ್ಪಿಸಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಮ್ಗೆ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ದರು.
ಉಪನಯನ ಮಾಡಿಸಿ ಸನ್ಯಾಸ ದೀಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನಿತ್ತರು. ತಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕೆಲಕಾಲ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸ ಮಾಡಿಸಿ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಯನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಭುದೇಂದ್ರ- ತೀರ್ಥರಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (ಈಗಿನ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಮಠದ ಆರಂಭಪೂರ್ವದ ಶ್ರೀಗಳವರು) ಕಳುಹಿದರು. ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀನಾರಾಯಣ ತೀರ್ಥರು ಬಲು ಬೇಗ ಸಕಲ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಪಾರಂಗತರಾದರು.
ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಕೊಪ ಎಂಬಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಭುದೇಂದ್ರರು ಉತ್ತರಾದಿಮಠದ ಶ್ರೀ ರಘುನಾಥತೀರ್ಥರನ್ನು ಸಂಧಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಅವರೆದುರು ತಮ್ಮ ಈ ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಶಿಷ್ಯನ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯವನ್ನು ತೋರ್ಪಡಿಸುವಂತೆ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು.
ಅದರಿಂದ ಸುಪ್ರೀತರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ರಘುನಾಥತೀರ್ಥರು ಮನವಾರೆ ಹೊಗಳಿದಾಗ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ-ನಾರಾಯಣತೀರ್ಥರು “ತಮ್ಮಂಥ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದರ ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರನಾದ ನಾನು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಧನ್ಯನು” ಎಂದರಂತೆ, ಆಗ ಶ್ರೀಗಳವರು “ನಾವು ಶ್ರೀಪಾದರಾದರೆ ನೀವೋ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದ ರಾಜರು” ಎಂದು ಉದ್ಗಾರವೆತ್ತಿದರು. ಅಂದಿನಿಂದ ‘ಶ್ರೀಪಾದರಾಜರು’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮಧೇಯವೇ ರೂಢಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿತು.
Sripadaraja’s birth place is Abbur in Channapatnam taluk. It is also the place of Yatigalu called Brahmanyatirtharu.
The name of Sripadaraja’s Purvashram is Lakshminarayana. Seshagiriappa and Giriamma were his parents, Lakshminarayan used to roam outside the town tending cows when he was young.
At that time Svarnavarnatirtha yatigalu saw him. Coming from Srirangam, he wanted to visit Sri Purushottama Theertha at Abbur. Seeing the brilliance of Lakshminarayana’s face and eloquence, they took him to Srirangam through the intervention of Sri Purushottamathirtha. After doing Upanayana, he was given sainthood. After studying on his own for some time, he left for further study from Sri Vibhudendra-Theertha (the pre-srigalalu of the present Sri Raghavendra Math). As a result, Lakshminarayan Theertha became well versed in all the scriptures very quickly.
Once at Koppa, Sri Vibhudendra met Sri Raghunathtirtha of Uttaradimatha, who arranged for his favorite disciple to demonstrate his mastery. When Sri Raghunathatirtha, who was pleased with that, praised Manavare, Lakshmi-Narayanatirtha said, “I am truly blessed to have been praised by such a Sripada“, then the Raghunathatirtha Swamigalu exclaimed, “If I am Sripada, then you are the kings of Sripada – Sripada Rajaru“. Since then, the name ‘Sripadarajaru‘ became the name of Lakshminarayana .
I had this Cucumber Coconut Raita at my Cousin Shylaja’s house along with Bisibele Bath. This week I had invited my Co-sisters to my Service Apartment here in Bangalore for lunch and decided I needed to prepare this raita. It tastes just so delicious quick and quite thick. You can see the items in the Banana Leaf. We ate the Cucumber Raita with Vegetable Rice, and Poori. You can eat it with plain rice or even chapathi also.
Ingredients:
1 big Cucumber cut in small pieces, remove the skin.
2 cups Yogurt
1 head coconut, 3 green chillies and 1/2 tsp Jeera, grind this to a fine paste.
Method:
Add chopped cucumber, the ground paste and salt to taste.
Adjust yogurt based on the consistency you need.
You can add seasoning also with little oil, mustard seeds, Hing and Jeera. I skipped since I didn’t want too much oil.
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