Diwaan of Adoni
On one of his numerous travels, Sri Raghavendra Swamy came across a young and poor sheep rancher who prostrated before him in respect. Swamiji blessed him and told the young rancher to think of him or pray to him in times of adversity.
A few days later, the Nawaab siddi masud khan (king) of Adoni who is a Persian, and he did not know how to read, write the local language Telugu or Kannada was riding on a horse near where the sheep rancher's herd was grazing. At that time an ambassador brought a letter written in local language, and gave it to Nawaab. The Nawaab who did not read the local language, looked around to seek someone's help to read and explain the contents of the letter. He saw the rancher and asked him to read and explain the contents of the letter. The sheep rancher too was illiterate and could not help the Nawaab in deciphering the contents of the letter. This angered the Nawaab because the Nawaab misunderstood the sheep rancher's inability to translate the contents of the letter as not obeying his order and threatened the man with dire consequences for failing to obey his order. The sheep rancher, who was in desperation by then, remembered the benevolent Swamiji who had passed by the same route a few days earlier. He prayed hard to him and tried reading the letter. Miraculously, the rancher was able to read and explain the contents of the letter to the Nawab. Since the information was favorable to the Nawab, he was impressed and the rancher became the Diwaan of Adoni (administrator of the local region Adoni). Many years later, the Nawab came to know about Sri Raghavendra Swami from this man.
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