Previous Avataras of Guru Raghvendra
Guru Raghavendra Swamy is none other than Pralhadraja who was responsible for avatara of Lord Narasimha. Pralhadraja again took birth as Bhaleeka Raja in Dwapara yuga.Pralhadraja took avatara as Sri Vyasateertha in his third birth. Sri Vyasateertha was Rajaguru of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire. Sri Vyasateertha installed 732 Hanuman(Anjaneya/Mukhyapranadavaru) idols in various parts of the country and he also saved King from Kuha yoga.Sri Vyasateertha was respected and recognised as a great scholar,great saint and devine personality by all the kingdoms of India(Including Mughal and Bahamani Empire).The contemprories of Vyasathirtha were Surendra Theertharu, Raghunatha Theertharu, Raghuvarya Theertharu,Sripadarajaru(teacher of Vyasarajaru),Brhamanya Theertharu(The guru of Sri Vyasaraja who ordained him to sanyasa)and Sri Raghottama Theertharu.Vyasathirtha had a huge family of shishyas(students)in which the prominent personalities to name a few are Purandaradasaru,Kanakadasaru,Vadirajaru,Vijayeendra Theertharu,Somanatha Kavi. The same Vyasateertha took birth as Venkatanatha to be ordained as Sri Raghavendra Teertharu which is the fourth janma (birth) of Pralhadraja in this mundane world.
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