Good morning.(6th July 2017)
Datta kshetra Audumbar is a small Village near Sangli in Kolhapur district Maharashtra.
On the banjs of Krishna river Audumbar kshetra is known for the shrine of Lord Dattatreya. It is said to have been built in honour of Narasimha Saraswati Swamy who was a great saint and who is the second incarnation of Dattatreya. His greatness has been extolled in Shree Guru Charitra written by Gangadhar Saraswathi. All the devotees of Lord Dattatreya treat Shree Datta Kshetra Audumber with similar respect as that of other places of Lord Dattatreya like Ganagapur and Narsoba Wadi.
Audumbar is the place where swamy left his padukas.This is a glory of place where people are blessed by knowledge and are freed from their troubles. This place is overgrown with audumbar trees .
Maa Bhuvaneswari devi Temple is situated on the other bank of Krishna river where a poor Brahmin boy was blessed.
The story goes as follows in adhyaya 17 of Shree Gurucharitra.. . Narasimha was born to a poor Brahmin couple, Madhava and Amba, in about 1304. Even after his thread ceremony he could not recite any of his lessons and so faced lot of insult from his elders and teachers.
So he left his home and came to Audumbar on the bank of the Krishna and prayed Maa Bhuvaneswari for three days and nights without taking any food.
But the goddess remained unmoved by his severe penance upon which he cut off his tongue and laid it at her feet. Taking pity the goddess advised him to go to Audumbar and pray Narasimha Saraswathy swamy. The boy taking the command and went to Sri Guru and fell at his feet. He received the blessings of the Swamy and became a scholar.
As per vision from Lord Dattatreya to Sage Bramhanand of Girnar, he discovered and renowned this divine holy place Audumber where Datta Avatar Narasimha Saraswati performed Chaturmas Anushtan (Four holy months).
The identity of Narasimha Saraswathi having been known, thousands of people began to flock to the place for darsan. At the end of Chaturmasa, when the sage prepared to leave, the people requested him to stay.
The outer mandap is of very recent construction. The shrine is situated at a lovely spot on the banks of the Krishna. Devotees can have darshan of Nijaroopa darshan of swamy padukas in the mandir in morning hours.
Rudrabhisheka will be performed to padukas at about 7 to 8 a.m. and the padukas will be covered with alankara after abhisheka.
Datta kshetra Audumbar is a small Village near Sangli in Kolhapur district Maharashtra.
On the banjs of Krishna river Audumbar kshetra is known for the shrine of Lord Dattatreya. It is said to have been built in honour of Narasimha Saraswati Swamy who was a great saint and who is the second incarnation of Dattatreya. His greatness has been extolled in Shree Guru Charitra written by Gangadhar Saraswathi. All the devotees of Lord Dattatreya treat Shree Datta Kshetra Audumber with similar respect as that of other places of Lord Dattatreya like Ganagapur and Narsoba Wadi.
Audumbar is the place where swamy left his padukas.This is a glory of place where people are blessed by knowledge and are freed from their troubles. This place is overgrown with audumbar trees .Maa Bhuvaneswari devi Temple is situated on the other bank of Krishna river where a poor Brahmin boy was blessed.
The story goes as follows in adhyaya 17 of Shree Gurucharitra.. . Narasimha was born to a poor Brahmin couple, Madhava and Amba, in about 1304. Even after his thread ceremony he could not recite any of his lessons and so faced lot of insult from his elders and teachers.
So he left his home and came to Audumbar on the bank of the Krishna and prayed Maa Bhuvaneswari for three days and nights without taking any food.
But the goddess remained unmoved by his severe penance upon which he cut off his tongue and laid it at her feet. Taking pity the goddess advised him to go to Audumbar and pray Narasimha Saraswathy swamy. The boy taking the command and went to Sri Guru and fell at his feet. He received the blessings of the Swamy and became a scholar.As per vision from Lord Dattatreya to Sage Bramhanand of Girnar, he discovered and renowned this divine holy place Audumber where Datta Avatar Narasimha Saraswati performed Chaturmas Anushtan (Four holy months).
The identity of Narasimha Saraswathi having been known, thousands of people began to flock to the place for darsan. At the end of Chaturmasa, when the sage prepared to leave, the people requested him to stay.
The outer mandap is of very recent construction. The shrine is situated at a lovely spot on the banks of the Krishna. Devotees can have darshan of Nijaroopa darshan of swamy padukas in the mandir in morning hours.
Rudrabhisheka will be performed to padukas at about 7 to 8 a.m. and the padukas will be covered with alankara after abhisheka.
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