Vyasaraja Mutt-Sosale & Bannur

                 || Sri Moola Gopala Krishno Vijayathe ||
               || Sri Moola Pattabhi Ramo Vijayathe ||
           || Sri Vyasarajo Vijayathe ||

Sri Vyasarajaru

"Arthikalpitha kalpoyam Prathyarthi gajakesari |

 Vyasathritha gururbhuyarth asmad ishtartha siddhaye" ||

(For those who come to him as supplicants, he is the Kalpakavriksha granting all desires; For his dialectical opponents he is like the lion who destroys elephants. May the great teacher, Vyasathirtha, be our guide and protector, to grant all our desires)

Sri Vyasarajara Moola Brindavana-Anegundi - Hampi

Sosale is located on the left bank of the Cauvery River near its confluence with the Kabini River, about 3 km away from the Agastheswara Temple at Tirumakudlu (T.Narasipura). It is under the jurisdiction of T.Narasipura Taluk in Mysore district, Karnataka State, India.

Another view of the Moola Brindavana

The important towns of historic and religious importance located within 5 km radius of Sosale are Talakadu, Somnathpura and T.Narasipura.

Brindavana Alankara

He is the Spearhead to Start Daasa Koota & Haridasa koota Singing and Dancing praising lord every time by singing songs.

Sosale’s famous for spiritiual- Madhwa Sampradaya it has the head quarters of Sri Vyasaraja Mutt. Sri Vyasatirtha,the Madhwa saint chose this place for his Mutt under the shade of a Banyan tree and close to the Cauvery river. It is also famous for learned seers born here and also for gifted musicians (like Famous violin maestro T Chowdiah) and many writers.

                     Also Sri Vysaraja who is believed to be an avatar of Prahlada.

Sri Vyasaraja mutt Bannur

In Madhwa lineage, there are 3 major mutts…direct following of Madhwacharya’s peetha (Seat of religious importance). After the first 5 prominent swamis, there were around 25-30 swamis and then came Sri Rajendra Thirtha, whose guru was Sri Vidyadhiraja who gave deeksha to two people which resulted in the splitting of the lineage. The famous Vyasaraja Mutt, established by Sri Rajendra Thirtha (Poorvadi Mutt) during his time, got split during Rama Thirtha’s (14th Pontiff) time into - Kundapur Vyasaraja Mutt & Sosale Vyasarja Mutt, headed by Sri Lakshmi Dhara Thirtharu and Sri Lakshmi Kantha Thirtharu (affectionately called Sesha Chandrikacharaya) respectively.

sri Vyasaraja mutt - Sosale

After Sri Brahmanya Tirtha, Sri Vyasa Tirtha became the head of the Purvadimutt in the year 1476. Sri Vyasa Tirtha, named Yatiraja at birth, was a follower of Sri Madhwa's Dvaita School of philosophy. He was born around the year 1460 A.D. to Sri Ballanna Sumati ( Ramacharya ) & Smt. Akkamma of Strotriya, Kashyapa gothra family and at Bannur, a village north of Sosale in Mysore District of Karnataka.

sri Vyasaraja mutt - Bannur

Sri Vyasa Tirtha did his studies in philosophy at Kanchi and also under Sri Sripadaraja Tirtha at Mulabagal. Under the direction of Sri Sripadaraja Tirtha, the Saluva king Narasimha honoured Sri Vyasa Tirtha and made him Rajaguru. Thereafter, he came to be known as Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha.

But, Sri Vyasaraya’s deekshe (sainthood) was given by Sri Brahmanya Thirtha. Sri Brahamanya Thirtha had his own lineage and Brahmanya thirtha mutt was called as Abbur Mutt. It is also called as Kundapur Vyasaraya Mutt. His works are a) Chandrika – Treatise on Nyayasudha, b) Nyamaruta and c) Tarkatandava. Purvadhimutt started being called as Vyasarayara mutt.

Tulasi Katte

Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha was known as Chandrikacharya for having authored an epic “Grantha Chandrika”. Through his compositions (considered divine), which is full of love for the SriHari, Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha spread Sri Hari Bhakthi. Sri Purandaradasa and Sri Kanakadasa (two peripatetic saints of the Dasakuta) were disciples of Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha. During his glorious pontific beneficence.

Achars Gods Room

Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha constructed several temples, including 732 idols of Anjaneya (Hanuman / Prana devaru)  which is spread all over South India in a space of 1 year during Vijayanagara empire times and Noticed feature of installed Pranadevarus is Abayahasta with Bell sculpted at end of its tail.

Rudra Devaru at Sosale Mutt

After 214 years of attaining Brindavan of Sri Raghunatha Thirtha, Sri Vidhyapayonidhi thirtha, the 38th Pontiff, restructured the place at Tiramakudlu, close to Sosale, and made Nava Vrindavana of Saints on the lines of Hampi’s Nava brindavana, and thus making this place more holy and also known as the “Navabrindavanas” - the nine (9) Brindavanas (where saints are laid to rest) of saints Sri Sri Raghunatha Thirtha, Sri Sri Vyasaraj Thirtha, Sripathi Thirtha, Sri Payonidhi Thirtha, Sri Raghavendra Thirtha (mruthika), etc.

Vidya Srinivasa tirtharu

Vidya Prasanna tirtharu

Vidya Ratnakara tirtharu

Vidya Samudra tirtharu

Vidya Sri Sindu tirtharu

Vidya Nidhi tirtharu

Vidya Kantha tirtharu

sri Vidya Prasanna tirthara photo

Sri Vyasaraja Photo

Legend says that this place was to be taken over as per the orders of Hyder Ali on a complaint by the Shaivaites (Worshippers of Shiva) that the Sanyasi’s Samadhi was located very close to their place of worship. But Hyder Ali had a dream on the Friday following his order in which he saw his capital Srirangapatna flooded and his son drowning at the Sangam (confluence of the two branches of the Cauvery river) and there was nobody in sight to rescue him. When he was shouting for help, he saw a Sanyasi (Saint) whom he approached to save the boy Tippu Sultan, who was five years old. The Saint threw a piece of cloth at the drowning boy and thus saved his (Tippu’s) life. Next day, disturbed by his dream, and apprehending that some calamity would befall on him, he narrated the whole dream to Divan Poorniah. The Divan prophesized that it might be Sri Seshachandrikacharya who had come in the King’s dream warning him not to disturb him from his present Samadhi place. On the advice of Dewan Poornaiah, Hyder Ali cancelled the order of taking over the place. Hyder Ali then came to T.Narsipur to offer Salam to the Saint’s Samadhi but also ordered that Brindavana be built there for worship. The place was ordered to be given to Sri Vysaraja Mutt.

Sloka

When Vyasa Tirtha approached the seven hills of Tirumala, he saw them as the direct manifestation of Lord Ananta shesha. Considering stepping on the sacred hills to be a great offense, Vyasa Tirtha climbed the hills on his knees. He then stayed at the Tirumala hills for twelve years from 1486 AD to 1498 AD. He worshipped Lord Venkateshwara according to the authorized Deity manual tantrasara. He established special services on specific days for the worship of lord Venkateshwara. He offered an extraordinary garland of 108 shaligrama shilas set in gold to the Lord. He also offered 600 kgs of gold for making various ornaments for the Lord. He also arranged for special festivities on 222 days in a year for Lord Venkateshwara, 154 days for Goddess Padmavathi at Tiruchanur and Lord Govindarajaswamy at Tirupati. The monumental feats of Vyasa Tirtha in the administration of the temple are elaborately described on numerous stone inscriptions. He also established the Deity of vimana shrinivasa on the northen vimana of the temple. The worship offered by Vyasa Tirtha to Lord Venkateshwara is nicely expressed in the following verse.

|shrinivasecchaya praptam vaibhavam vikshya tan mahat

                                 om ity uktva bhakti bharas tantrasarokta margatah
                                 apujayac chirinivasam vyasarajo dvishat samah
                                 vibhavair bahubhish caiva tada bhakti purassaram ||

“By the divine will of Lord Srinivasa, Vyasa Tirtha devoted himself to the worship of the Supreme Lord with intense devotional fervour and exactly according to the instructions of the deity manual tantrasara for a period of twelve years. He also presented innumerable opulent offerings to the Lord along with his unflinching pure devotional service”

another Sloka

He has condensed in a nutshell the important prameyas contained in the 37 works of Sri Madhwa in a single stanza

This was an answer to a question by a pandit at Kanchi asking to tell about the importance of  Madhwa siddhanta in a nutshell.

See Below :

Sri Manmadwanate Harihi paratarah Satyam Jagattatwako/Bhinnajeevagana Hareranucharaah NichochhaBhavam gatah// Muktirnyja Sukhanubhhootiratula Bhaktischa tatsadhanam/Hyakshdritayam Pramanamakilaamnaykavedyo HARI//

Dhyanada Kambha

                                   Essence on the Main Works of Sri Vyasaraja Tirtharu

1)Nyayamrta

Nyayamrta is his magnum opus. In this he has undertaken

                                a complete vindication of the philosophical power and
                                prestige of the realistic metaphysics of Srimad Acharya Acharya.
                                In this work he cites a great number of authors/works
                                from other schools of philosophy, which shows the innate
                                grasp he had of the various systems of Indian philosophy.

                                                                   2)Tatparya Chandrika

The Tatparya Chandrika is a commentary on Sri Jayatirtha’s Tatva

                  Prakashika (which is a tika on Srimad Acharya’s Brahma Sutra Bhashya
               His Tatparya chandrika happens to be the only work in sanskrit philosophical
              literature which gives us a critical and comparative estimate of the Brahma Sutra
              and interpretations of the major schools of Vedanta.

3)Tarka Tandava

The Tarka Tandava is the third of his major works. Here

                                  he has undetaken an up up-to to-date examination of the key
                                  points of Dvaita School and the Nyaya Vaiseshika school
                                  of philosophies.

Mangalarathi

sri Anjaneya Sloka

The other works of  Vyasaraja Tirtharu

Nyâyâmrta

Tâtparya Chandrika (Commentary on Sri Jayat Jayatîrtha's rtha's
Tatvaprakâshika Tatvaprakâshika) )
Tarka Tândava
Mâyâvâda Khandana Mandaramanjari
Upâdhi Khandana Mandaramanjari
Prapancha Mithyâtvânumana Khandana Mandâramanjar Mandâramanjarî
Tattvaviveka Mandâramanjar Mandâramanjarî
Bhedojjivana
Sattarkavilâsa

Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha left for the heavenly abode on 8th of March 1539. His Brindavana (final resting place - grave) is at Nava Brindavana on the banks of Tungabhadra river, very close to Hospet (Hampi).

---- Hari Om ----