GURU MALLANNA OF CHALLAKERE

GURU MALLANNA's MUNESHWARA ASHRAM IS AT 
CHALLAKERE,31KMs FROM CHITHRADURGA ,KARNATAKA.

GURU MALLANNA  OF  CHALLAKERE

-- HE IS A SELF REALISED GURU AMONG 4 OR 5 IN 
        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 !