Sripadaraya , a haridasa is also known as Sripadaraja or Lakshminarayana Tirtha 1404 - 1502. Haridasa (haridasaru in Kannada) movement is considered as one of the turning points in Indian history. ... Events June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sripadaraya was born in Shivaganga on the banks of the river Kaveri in Karnataka. It is believed that he was the incarnation of dhruva. His contributions to dvaita philosophy, haridasa sahitya, and the then existing social and political circumstances in the Vijayanagar empire were considerable. He was also the guru of Sri Vyasatirtha (who was the guru of Purandaradasa and Kanakadasa). Sripadaraya was the Rajaguru of the Vijayanagar kings of that time. Karnātakā (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ, Hindi: कर्नाटक) (IPA: //) is one of the four southern states of India. ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... Vyasatirtha (1460-1539) (also known as Vyasaraja, Vyasaraayaru) was one of the foremost dialecticians in the history of Indian philosophy. ... Sri Purandara Dasa (1494-1564) (the follower (dasa) of Lord Purandara Vittala [Lord Vishnu in one of his many avatars. ... Kanakadasa (c 1509-1609 A.D.) belongs to the tradition of Haridasa literary movement which ushered in an era of devotional literature in Karnataka. ... Vijayanagara (often written Vijayanagar), in northern Karnataka, is the name of the now ruined capital city of the historic Vijayanagar empire in the Southern part of India. ...

Sainthood and Contributions

Once as a child when Lakshminarayana was playing with his friends, Svarnavarna tirtha a pontiff happend to come across them and asked them how far Abbur, a village was. Lakshminarayana gave him a clever answer. he said "Look at the setting sun, and look at us playing here. Now you guess how far Abburu is! ". The pontiff ws taken aback by the answer but the meaning was not lost to him. The clever boy meant "even though the sun is so close to setting, we are still playing. We can reach our homes quickly before it gets too dark." The pontiff then proceeded to make the boy his pupil and took him into sainthood.

The name Sripadaraya was given to him by Sri Raghunatha tiirtha of Uttaradi matha. Sripadaraja earned great fame by removing the ruling Vijayanagara King's Brahmahatya dosha (the sin of killing brahmins) which is considered to be the most heinous of all sins.

Sripadaraya was a great scholar and poet. He was also known for singing devaranama or devotional songs in Kannada with bhakti. Some of his important compositions were Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ...

• Bhramaragita
• Venugita
• Gopigita
• Madhvanama

Some of his famous devaranama are

• Ne ittahange iruveno hariye...
• Kangalidyathako kaveri rangana nodada...
• Bhushanake Bhushana...

The brindavana is in Mulbagal in Kolar District. His disciple Vyasatirtha also composed songs in praise of his master. Mulbagal is a place in Kolar, India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vyasatirtha (1460-1539) (also known as Vyasaraja, Vyasaraayaru) was one of the foremost dialecticians in the history of Indian philosophy. ...

Reference

• Haridasas of Karnataka