akkalkot niwasi shree swami samarth maharaj

As he travelled and stayed at various places, he became the Guru (preceptor) of many great souls like Shree Ramkrishna Paramahansa, Shree Saibaba of Shirdi, Shree Shankar Maharaj, Shree Gajajan Maharaj of Shegaon etc. Thus at one place he was known as Chanchal Bharati and at another place he would be called Digambar Swami. This resulted in the break in Tapasya and Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati then left for an extensive travel throughout the Indian sub-continent guiding the devotees.ĭuring this travel, he became popular by various names at various places. This Tapasya in the Himalayas lasted for nearly 250 years, but a woodcutter unknowingly axed the anthill enveloping the body of Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati. Later he sat under a Deodar tree for tapasya. Finally, he came to the ranges of Himalayas where he enlightened After this he took an extensive pilgrimage, covering even places, now known as Jawa, Sumatra, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia etc., relieved many people from their miseries, and guided them on the spiritual path. He performed rigorous tapasya on the Shree Shail mountain in the Kardali forests for nearly 150 years. His disciples prepared a floating seat of flowers for him on which he sailed against the current of the river Patalganga and disappeared. He stayed at Ganagapur (Karnataka State, Southern India) for a long time and then gave his 'Nirguna Padukas' to his disciples and devotees, before leaving for the Kardali forests to perform Tapas. The biography of Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati 'Shree Gurucharitra', gives us the details of his work in guiding the devotees and the various miracles he performed to help the devotees. Pleased with his rigorous tapasya, a learned ascetic named Shree Krishna Saraswati Swami, initiated him into Sanyasashram (Ascetism) and gave him the name, Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati.

After the aforesaid incident, the child left for Kashi(Uttar Pradesh State, Northern India) for Tapas.

Akkalkot niwasi shree swami samarth maharaj