GURU MALLANNA's MUNESHWARA ASHRAM IS AT
CHALLAKERE,31KMs FROM CHITHRADURGA ,KARNATAKA.
GURU MALLANNA OF CHALLAKERE |
KARNATAKA
-- HIS ASHRAM IS CLOSE TO MUNESHWARA TEMPLE AT
CHALLAKERE
-- THERE ARE SHRINES INSIDE THE ASHRAM FOR
DATTATHREYA, DIGAMBARA, NARSIMHA
SARASWATHI ETC.
-- HE IS VERY POPULAR AMONG THE LOCALS.
HOWEVER I COULD NOT FIND HIS PHOTO IN
INTERNET.AS SOON AS I FIND ONE I SHALL
POST IT HERE.
-- THERE ARE PHOTOS AT ASHRAM SHOWING HIM
DANCING,SINGING WITH A TANPURA IN HAND.
-- HE HAS WRITTEN SPIRITUAL BOOKS IN KANNADA.
-- HE COMES TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE STAND
SPIRITUALLY.
-- HE IS MARRIED & HIS WIFE,CHILDREN ARE STAYING IN
ONE OF THE ROOMS OF THE ASHRAM.
-- HE TALKS LESS, HE DOES AGRICULTURE ON THE
LANDS ATTACHED TO THE ASHRAM.
-- HE HAS HABIT OF CHEWING BEETLE LEAF & NUT.
-- WHEN WE WENT IT RAINED HEAVILY & HE SUGGESTED
TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT ASHRAM AS IF IT MAKES NO
DIFFERENCE TO HIM.
-- AS IT WAS SUMMER VACATION MANY SCHOOL
STUDENTS FROM NEARBY VILLAGES HAD COME TO
THE ASHRAM & STAYING THERE. ONE GIRL OF AGE
ABOUT 23YEARS HAS COME FROM KERALA FOR
SPIRITUALITY & RESIDING THERE. ONE OR TWO
MEN HAVE TAKEN SANYASA & WERE WEARING
OCHRE COLOUR ROBES.THEY WERE TELLING
THEY GOT UP AT 2 AM TO DECORATE THE
STATUES. ONE PERSON WHO DID ARATHI DURING
POOJA TOLD HE IS DOING IT FROM LAST 25 YEARS.
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHETHER MALLANNA
TEACHES THEM ABOUT JNANA(SPIRITUAL
KNOWLEDGE) HE REPLIED ON THE NEGATIVE.
HE TOLD ME THAT I CAN GO TO THAT ASHRAM
& STAY THERE.
-- WE SAT NEAR HIS COT ON THE FLOOR & EVENING
BHAJANS STARTED AT 6 PM. INSIDE THE
DATTATHREYA SHRINE. SUDDENLY HE SIGNALED
TO ME TO GO & TAKE PART IN BHAJANS.WE WENT
TO THE SHRINE & TOOK PART IN BHAJANS.AT 9 PM.
SIMPLE DINNER WAS SERVED.
-- .NEXT DAY EARLY MORNING AT 5 AM. POOJAS
STARTED.GURU MALLANNA ALSO WAS SITTING
ON THE COT AT 4.30 AM.MORNING POOJAS ENDED
AT 6.30 AM.HE WENT TO THE FIELDS & WAS
SITTING ON THE FIELD UNDER SHADE.WE WENT
TO THE FIELDS TO BID GOOD BY TO HIM. ONE
PERSON ACCOMPANYING US HAD HEARD FROM
ASHRAMITES THAT HE CAN MATERIALISE VIBHUTHI,
SO HE REQUESTED FOR PRASAD AT THE FIELD.
GURU MALLANA TOLD HE WILL COME TO THE
ASHRAM & GIVE VIBHUTHI PRASAD. ACCORDINGLY
HE CAME BACK TO ASHRAM & GAVE PRASAD. HE
DID NOT DEMONSTRATE MATERIALISATION !
-- I MET MANAGER OF MUNESHAWARA TEMPLE AT
THE FIELDS WHO WAS FULL OF APPRECIATION
OF THE GURU !
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