Saturday, May 29, 2010



















History:
The Swayambhu Vigraha of Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva was given to Goddess Saraswathi by Lord Brahma for worship. Goddess Saraswathi who also gained knowledge from Lord Hayagriva in turn gifted the idol to Bhagavad Ramanuja when she bestowed him with the title "Sri Bhaskara". After him, the iodol was worshipped by Sri Nigamantha Maha Desika. This great sage established a mutt at Kanchipuram in service of the Lord in 1338A.D and proclaimed Visishtadwaita.

Vedanta Desika started his scholarly outporings numbering more than hundred with the stuti of Lord Lakshmi Hayagriva, the Lord of Wisdom. The first sloka of the stuti goes as follows:

Gnananda mayam devam nirmala sphatikaakritim,
Addharam sarva vidhyanam, Hayagrivam upasmahe.

The glorious and honoured practice of worshipping Lord Hayagriva was handed over to Sri Brahmatantra Swami. Since then, the idol is being worshipped by the lineage of the Acharyas of Sri Prakala Mutt with utmost devotion and without letup. Some of the most illustrious Acharyas of this Mutt happen to be from AP. The present pontiff of Sri Parakala Mutt , H.H. Srimad Abhinava Vageesha Swamy, is 36th in the order.

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