[Advaita-l] Jayanthi of Sri Satchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati of Sringeri

[D.V.N. Sarma]

It is Bhaskara Setupati.

regards,
Sarma.

On 3/15/10, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Just a minor historical correction in this account:
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>> As per the tradition of Sringeri Mutt he undertook tours to various parts
>> of the country preaching moral and spiritual values of this >ancient land.
>> On such an occasion, he visited Talacauvery in Kodagu and worshipped the
>> goddess Cauvery with gold coins. He >went to Travancore in Kerala and
>> stayed with king Setupathi. The king brought to Swamiji's notice that
>> during Dasara one >thousand animals are being sacrificed to the goddess
>> Rajarajeswari and he had failed to stop this obnoxious practice. Swamiji
>> >called the leaders of the city and explained to them that goddess cannot
>> be propitiated by killing animals and in fact it is a sinful
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> This was in Rameswaram, not Travancore, during the rule of either
> Muthuramalinga
> Setupati or Bhaskara Setupati (I forget which king exactly).
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> Incidentally, Bhaskara Setupati was also the royal patron who financed and
> arranged
> for Swami Vivekananda to attend and speak at what has now become the famous
> session of the parliament of world religions in the United States.
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> Regards,
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> Vidyasankar
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