SIR THOMAS MANRO’S TRYST WITH SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY
FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: SIR THOMAS MANRO’S TRYST WITH SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY (Sir meets SRI) FORMER MADRAS COLLECTOR SIR THOMAS MANRO’S TRYST WITH SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY IN HIS BRINDAVAN: DETAILS: As we all know, the Jeeva Samadhi (Brindavan) of Sri Raghavendra Swamy is in Mantralayam, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh (Manchale). He entered His Brindavan (Divine Eternity) at this site in 1671 AD. In the year 1800, Sir Thomas Munro, a Collector in British India, met and conversed with the Dvaita saint Sri Raghavendra Swamy who emerged from his Vrindavana (Samadhi) at Swamy's Mutt in Mantralayam to resolve a land revenue and ownership dispute regarding the Mutt. The then Madras Government ordered Munro to collect annual tax and revenue from the Mantralayam village and the Mutt. Revenue officials could not process it because historical ownership documents were missing. Munro visited the sacred site in 1800. ...