Route: Hyderabdad to Mantralayam
Trip members :2
Date of travel: 30th december 2015
Trip plan !!!!!
To cover
Mantralayam,Bichale,Panchamukhi
Journey from
Hyderabad to Mantralayam !!!!!
We started on 30th dec
2015 and reached Mantralayam by 5am .Every Jan 1st visit to one temple is must
in our travel agenda. This time a long pending visit to Mantralayam after 2009
floods,located in Kurnool district of Andhra – Karnataka border.As a pious
devotee keep on promising god to visit him this time is usually done by lot of
people.But this time its time for no postponement.
Mantralayam is abode of
Rayaruvaru and called his Jeeva Samadhi as Brindavanum, a saint who belong to
the 16th century where lot of devotees of Karnataka believe him
& here the priests are also from Karnataka and later during Partition it
came under Andhra Pradesh ,Kurnool district It is a Madvaitham and all priests
are called as Madhvacharies. Eventhough Lord Raghavendra Swamy is born in
Tamilnadu in 1601 in Bhuvanagiri near Chidambaram & studied at Kumbakonam
mutt under Suseendra theertha & later settled here.After marriage he has
taken sanyasam at Thanjavur & became Sri Raghavendra swamy in
1623-24 & stayed at Tanjavur 12 yrs.
From Hyderabad
Mantralayam is 180kms around 6-7hours journey because of very worst condition
of roads.
Finally we are at
Mantralayam, and our trip agenda was
Day1 –31st dec
2015 --- darshan of Lord ,Bichale ,Panchamukhi (Raichoor district,Karnataka)
Day 2—1st dec
2016 ---Lord bridavanum darshan
Day 1st visit
to Bichale !!!!!!
Because of bad roads we
engaged an auto to cover the places and he charged 200 per head to cover
Bichale & Panchamukhi .From Mantralayam we proceeded to Bichale called
as Bikshalaya village on the banks of Tungabhadra river ,which is the place of
Sri Appanacharya a staunch devotee of Guru Raghavendra Swamy.
Bichale
is on the banks of Tungabhadra River and here water is very fresh with full
flow and was completely submerged in floods a couple of years back.The ride is
very tuff especially to old people ,because of bad condition of
roads still worth a place of historical importance not to
miss when visiting Mantralayam.
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Tungabhadra river |
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Appanacharya house |
Snake bill
As per the folklore, in
the backyard of sri Appanacharya house there was a snake bill where king cobra
used to reside.
Rayaru varu daily used to do puja and when lord moving to manchali he had decided to dismantle the snake bill.when dismantled an idol of snake appeared ,which is now being worshipped.
Rayaru varu daily used to do puja and when lord moving to manchali he had decided to dismantle the snake bill.when dismantled an idol of snake appeared ,which is now being worshipped.
Brief history of Sri
Appanacharya !!!!
Bichale village has the
house of sri Appanachari , one among the immense devotee of Rayaru.Inside the
house there are idols of Krishna ,Mukyaprana and sesha devaru of that time.
On the day Virodhi nama
samvasthare sravana bhahula dwithiya 1671 A.D thousands of people
had congregated in Manchale to see the person entering a Bridavanum alive.
Guru
Raghavendra Swamy has first completed his morning daily chokes of pooja and
addressed his disciples like
- Without right thing ,right
thinking will never come.
- Have devotion to the Lord
.This devotion should never be blind faith.
- Always keep away people who
merely do miracles.
- Dharma should prevail in the
world ……………
Rayaru started playing
veena with a song “indu enege Govinda “ in bharavi raga invoking lord Krishna
to dance before him hands were stopped moving japamala & this was
indication to arrange slabs of Brindavanum.
They placed a copper box
containing 1200 Lakshmi Narayana Saligramas specially
brought from Gandaki river and covered with slab &
filled the mruthika.They pour 12000 varahas (abhisheka ) over the Brindavanam
that they had built.
Today Rayaru varu Live
in Brindavanum!!!!!!
After this event Rayaru
varu has given the proof he is alive even he left his
mortal coil.Sri appanacharya a beloved disciple who could not attend
the event and struck in the other side of the Tungabhadra river. He
started guru thothram reciting & started crossing Tungabhadra
pave the way for him.but seeing the last slab placed on
brindavan he could not sung the song of last line .Tears gushed out
from his eyes and voice chocked. Miraculously the line was completed by lord
from jeeva Samadhi that “Sakshi Hayasyotra hi” means lord hayagreeva is the
witness to the statements made by Appanacharya in this sthothra.
Even today this reciting
of sthothra in full faith & devotion gets all the grace of Guru Raghavendra swamy.
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Appanacharya House renovated |
The water here is pure
& fresh .Sri Vyasa (earlier incarnation of lord) has visited this place
& installed lord hanuman idol & worshipped & ugra narasimha
installed by Sri Padaraja.
Appanacharya born to Sri
Ramsubbana charya, a great scholar.He started Gurukulam due to this ,the
students go around the village for collection of rice for the Gurukulam,that’s
why called as Bikshalaya .he stayed with Apanacharya in this house for 12 years
and Appanacharya himself use to cook for lord.
even today we can see the place at where rayaru performed pooja & sleeping area can be seen.
even today we can see the place at where rayaru performed pooja & sleeping area can be seen.
Japadakatte!!!!
Ekasila Brindavana of
rayaru at bichale was installed by Appanacharaya .
Rayaru was use to sit on the platform japadaKatte & Appanacharya use to squat on the foot of the japadakatte & discuss many things .Because of his oldage ,lord gave him a boon that install a Ekasila brindavanum on the Japadakatte in bichale & he will be given darshan in form of divine Jyothi.
Rayaru was use to sit on the platform japadaKatte & Appanacharya use to squat on the foot of the japadakatte & discuss many things .Because of his oldage ,lord gave him a boon that install a Ekasila brindavanum on the Japadakatte in bichale & he will be given darshan in form of divine Jyothi.
Bikshalaya is a place of
secenic beauty,we can hear only water flowing sound,swirling wind.The water
flows very soft & can bath here.
Naga Silas
Ancient Grinder!!!!
Here we can see the
peanut grinder appanacharya grind peanuts for Rayaru , Appanacharya's house is the place where
Gururayaru did moola rama pooja & can see Vitala idol which was worshipped by Rayaru and
Appanacharya.
Idol of Hanuman
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Idol of Lord sri Ugra
Narasimha
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Journey towards Panchamukhi!!!!
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Panchamukhi Temple |
Lord here located in cave on small hill.Lord Hanuman is manifested here in a rare posture sitting on his knees with folded hands facing east.
Here we can see Lord Venkateshwara swamy (Tirupathi) .Goddess Lakshmi (kolhapur), kurma avthara postures on rocky hill along with panchamukhi Hanuman & small bridavana indicating the place where Rayaru did penance.
Natural Rock formations!!!!
After
darshan we have taken stroll round the temple where we can see
natural rock formations around the temple in the form of an aerial
vehicle (aeroplane)and people say it as pushpak vimana once used by lord
Hanuman & Then we find another rock formation which looks
like an bed & a pillow.
Large Wooden Sandals!!!
people believe that Lord
Hanuman used to sleep on this. It also houses a pair of Large
sized wooden sandals assumed to be the lord Hanuman's & is
believed that Lord Hanuman wears these sandals every night and takes
a stroll around the village and the nearby forest area.Here the people say
every morning chappal are soiled due to wear .Thats why Once in every 5 years
new sandals are made by one follower family and presented to Lord as per local
customs. There are a few other smaller shrines around.
Yerukalamma temple
(Grama devatha)!!!!
There is Yerakalamma
temple where goddess manifested in cave, she is behind panchamukhi temple .Thru
her Lord hanuman is said to reach mahiravana & finally killed him ,this
folklore is connected to Threthayuga ramayan era.
Back to Mantralayam
!!!!!
At around 6:30 pm
reached back to Mantralayam and refresehed at our room and went back
to Brindavanum for Rayaruvaru darshan and attended procession at temple on last
day the year.
And had dinner at
Raghavendraswamy brahmin mutt and sat in temple premises for some time and
reached back to room.
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