keshavamadhava teertharu tambihalli matha madhava tirtha yati 18 ashada shukla shashti ಕೇಶವಮಾಧವ ತೀರ್ಥರು

Keshava Madhava Theertha is the 14^th saint after Sri Madhava Theertha in the guru parampare of Tambihalli mutt.

Keshava Madhava Theertha

Poorvashrama Name : 

Ashrama Guru : Sri Rama Madhava Theertha

Ashrama Shishya : Sri Prajna Madhava Theertha

Aradhana : Ashada Shudha Shashti

Vrundavana : Tambihalli near Mulbagal ? / Bhadravathi check

ಭಕ್ತಾಭೀಷ್ಟಪ್ರದಾತಾರಂ ಭದ್ರಾತಟನಿವಾಸಿನಂಕೇಶವಮಾಧವಂ ವಂದೇ ಕೈವಲ್ಯಮಾರ್ಗಬೋಧಕಂ

bhaktAbhIShTapradAtAraM bhadrAtaTanivAsinaMkEshavamAdhavaM vaMdE kaivalyamArgabOdhakaM

Sri Keshava Madhava Theertha took Ashrama from Sri Rama Madhava Theertha and ruled Peeta for about few years. Not much information is available about him. He gave Ashrama to Sri Prajna Madhava Theertha, he entered Vrundavana at Tambihalli.

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ArAdhane: AshADa shuddha shashTi 
Parampare : sri mAdhava tIrtha maTa, #17
Period: 1740 - 1780  to check

He was a highly learned scholar and a vairagya-shikAmaNi. During his tour he came to place called kabaLi kaTTe, near bhadrAvati. At that time there was huge famine and people did not even have drinking water. Seeing their suffering, he could not proceed further and decided to stay there. He built a hut for his pUja. As he was well versed in AyurvEda, he treated and cured people of illness.

Sri Mummudi Krishnaraja Wodeyaru came there and was astonished to see a yati take care of people. He met swamiji and granted him lands. He also named the place where swamiji stayed as "majjige halli". The mata came to be known as majjigehalli mata at that time. 

His brindAvana is a vibrant place and he has apperared in the dreams of people and instructed them on what he wants around his brindAvana. There are people even today who have seen him take bath in the river and get back into the brindAvana. He instructed his vamshIkaru to relocate his brindAvana to the current place.

The praNadEvaru behind his brindAvana is also very jAgruta and blesses people.

haridAsaratnam gOpAla dAsaru has composed a stOtra on gurugaLu.

shri kEshava mAdhava tIrtha varada gOvindA gOvindA... 


shri krishNArpaNamastu...

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