Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra Tirtharu - Sumadhwa Seva

Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra TirtharuPeriod 1575 to 1632 ADFather – Sri KuppacharyaVth in succession after Sri VyasarajaruVyasaraja Mutt ParampareVrundavana @ RayavelloreAradhana – Margashira Shudda TriteeyaAshrama Gurugalu – Sri Sripati TirtharuAshrama Shishyaru – Sri Lakshmi Vallabha TirtharuHis Shishyaas – VaaTivaala Narasimha, Sri Ratnagarbha OdeyarªÀAzÁgÀÄPÀ®àvÀgÀªÉà ªÁ¢PÉÊgÀªÀ¨sÁ£ÀªÉòæÃgÁªÀÄZÀAzÀæUÀÄgÀªÉà £ÀªÀÄ: PÁgÀÄtå¹AzsÀªÉà |uÉÇSÉÂMüsmÉiÉUuÉå uÉÉÌSMæüUuÉpÉÉlÉuÉå´ÉÏUÉqÉcÉÇSìaÉÑUuÉå lÉqÉ: MüÉÂhrÉÍxÉÇkÉuÉå |õñ¢î£¼èô¢ðîó«õ õ£î¤¬èóõð£ï«õÿó£ñêñ¢î¢ó°ó«õ ïñ: 裼í¢òú¤ñ¢î«õ |www.sumadhwaseva.com Collection by Narahari Sumadhwa Page 1

Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra Tirtharu¢Al¸±µÀOµvêhµ±µÊ¢ ¢¸l¼ËODZµ¢sû¹mÊ¢§ñ±¸¢ÀVµAlµñSµÀ±µÊ¢ m¢À: O¸±µÀgﻪAlûµÊ¢ |vaMdaarukalpataravE vaadikairavabhaanavEshrIraamachaMdraguravE nama: kaaruNyasiMdhavE |va¯d¡rukalpatarav£ v¡dikairavabh¡nav£¾r§r¡maca¯dragurav£ nama: k¡ru³yasi¯dhav£ |He is regarded as the “Sampradaya Pravarthakaru” of Sri VyasarajaMutt. He was a great scholar and a debater. He belongs to Kambalurufamily (Sri Vibudendra Tirtharu also belong to the same family). Hispoorvikaas are from Coimbatore District in KavileeppaaLayaM village inSatyamangalaM Taluk.Mass conversion to Madhwa Philosophy - When he was sitting forChaturmasya in Pennaatturu near Veluru, he had given MadhwaDeekshe to many Kannada speaking Brahmins and converted them toMadhwa philosophy. Still many such families are still living inCoimbatore District with the surname Pennatturu.Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra Tirtharu, in his Srimannyaaya SudhaTippani, has quoted that he has studied under Sri Vijayeendraruपदवाक्यप्रमाणज्ञान ्सौशील्याद्युपशोभितान ्।ववजयीन्द्रयतीन्द्राख्यान ्सेवे ववद्यागुरून्द्मम ॥His contemporaries – Sri Vijayeendra Tirtharu, SriVidyadeesha Tirtharu of UM, Sri Vedanidhi tirtharu, SriVedavyasa Tirtharu, etc.www.sumadhwaseva.com Collection by Narahari Sumadhwa Page 2

Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra TirtharuHis works –1. Srimannyaayasudha VyaaKyaa2. Sri Jayatirtha’s Rugbhashya Teeka Vyaakyaa3. AitarEya Bhaashya Teeka4. TatvavivEka TeekaThe area where his vrundavana is located is termed as “ MadhwaVijaya Nagara”, Vellore. Apart from Sri Kambalur RamachandraTirtharu, there are 8 more vrundavanas located in that place. Theyare :Sri Vidyapathy Thirtharu.. ........Sri Uttaradi MuttSri Sathyadiraja Thirtharu.. ......Sri Uttaradi muttSri Sripati Tirtharu,Sri Vyasaraja MuttSri Kambaluru Ramachandra Tirtharu, Sri Vyasaraja MuttSri Raghavendra Swamigalu, Mruttika VrundavanaSri Kesava Udayaru..Bidi Sanyasi, Shishyaru of Satyadiraja TirtharuSri Govinda Madhava Udayaru..... -do-Sri Bhoovaraga Udayaru..... ........ -do-Sri Raghunatha Udayaru..... –do –Stopping of Big Rock – Raya Vellore –During his stay once in Rayavellore, some miscreants not able to sustainthe growth of Madhwa Shastra and his Vak Chaturya, tried to kill him bythrowing a big stone on him, when he was doing japa. He realized that abig stone is being thrown, so he said “antaraale tista”. Immediately thatrock stood there without falling on any body. Such was his tapashakthi.That is why that place which was called as Vellore is called as“Rayavellore” – Raya means “big stone”. The Rock which was stopped byswamiji is still can be seen near his Vrundavana.www.sumadhwaseva.com Collection by Narahari Sumadhwa Page 3