Poojyaya Raghavendraaya

Sathya Dharma Rathayacha

Bhajathaam ,Kalpavrikshaya

Namathaam Kamadhenave

There is a Kannada TV Serial "Shri Guru Raghavendra Vaibhava" aired in Suvarna Channel every night from 10PM to 10:30PM. This is the best serial I have seen since very very long. All in our family enjoy the episodes.

As the name suggests , the serial is the life history of Shri Guru Raghavendra Swamy. He is a great saint of south india. He is an avatara-purusha , originally by name of Shankukarna who was cursed ( which was a boon in disguise ) by Brahma to take birth on the earth. He was then born as Prahlada , son of Hiranya Kashyapu. Prahlada as a young boy was a great devotee of Shri Hari , whereas his father was a demon king. Prahlada used to say Shri Hari is omni present, which his father was not accepting.Prahalada emerged from many death sentences by Hiranya Kashyapu just by his complete and unwavering devotion to Shri Hari. Later on , Shri Vishnu took the form of Lord Narasimha and emerged from a pillar to protect Prahlada and slay Hiranya Kashyapu.

Shankukarna was later born as Bahlika during the period of Mahabharatha and he was a great devotee of Shri Vishnu. In his next birth , Shankukarna was born as Vyasaraja , one of the great devotees of Shri Madhwacharya. In his next birth, he was born as Venkatanatha who was later on named Raghavendra.

Coming back to the serial,from past few days , the episodes are narrating the incidents from Vyasarayaru, Kanakadasa and Purandaradasa. There were two episodes when all three great saints sing a song each in devotion of Shri Krishna. That was very well picturised , the actors are just excellent in their roles , the dance with bhakti bhava and the songs sung by famous Carnatic singers were heart-capturing.
Its been a blissful 30 mins each night.
Thanks and Well Done , Ba La Suresh and team !