Research Article Written by London Swaminathan
Date: 27 April 2018
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Post No. 4952
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Kalhana, the greatest poet of Kashmir who wrote Rajatarangini, makes a thought provoking statement:
“The reputation of the great does not by any means conform to their birth place”. Rajatarangini 4-41
If we go deeper into his statement we ourselves wonder seers and saints strange places, particularly unknown and remote villages. Some villages where they were born have become big towns now. Here is a list I have compiled:
Annamacharya- Tallapaka in Andhra Pradesh
Aravindar (Aurobindo)- Kalighat (Kolkatta)
Anandamayee Ma- Kheora (Bangladesh)
Adi Shankara- Kaladi in Kerala
Andal- Srivilliputtur in Tamil Nadu
Arunagirinathar- Thiruvannamalai
Alvars (12 Tamil Vaishnavite saints)
–Poykai Alvar- Tiruvegga (part of Kancheepuram now)
–Bhutatalvar- Mahabalipuram
–Peyalvar- Mylai (Part of Chennai)
–Tirumazisai alvar- Tirumazisai
–Madurakavi Alvar- Tirukkolur
–Kulasekara alvar- Tiru Vanchi
–Periyalvar- Sri Villiputtur
–Andal- Sri Villiputtur
–Tondardippodi alvar- Mandankudi
–Tiruppanalvar- Uraiyur
–Tirumangai alvar- Kuraiyalur
Bhaskara (Mathematician)- Bijapur
Bhakti Vedanta Prabhupada- Tollygunje (Suburb of Calcutta)
Buddha- Kapilavastu
Ekanath- Paithan
Gurunanak- Nankhana Sahib (Pakistan)
K B Hedgewar (RSS Founder)- Nagpur
Jnanadev (Dyaneshwar) – Apegaon
Kabirdas- Varanasi
Kanakadasa- Baada Village in Karnataka
Kamban – Therazunthur in Tamil Nadu
Kulandaiyanandar- Samayapuram near Madurai
Mahaveera (Mahavira)- Kundagrama in Bihar
Madhava Sadasiva Golwalkar (Guruji)- Ramtek
Madhva- Paajaka near Udupi
Mahatma Gandhi – Porbandar
Manikkavasagar – Tiruvathavur
Meera/ Mirabhai – Chaukari village in Rajasthan
Muthuswamy Dikshitar (Composer)- Tiruvarur
Muktabhai- Apegaon near Paithan
Narasinh (Narasimha) Mehta- Talaja in Gujarat
Nammazvar- Tirukkurukur (Alwar Tirunagari)
Nivrutti- Apegaon in Maharshtra
Nayanmars- Most of the 63 Nayanmars, the Tamil Saivite saints were born in villages)
Namdev- Floating in a river
Paramahamsa Yogananda – Gorakpur in Uttarpradesh
Purandaradasar- Tirthahalli in Karnataka
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa- Kamarpukur in West Bengal
Ramana Maharishi- Thiruchuzi
Ramanuja- Sriperumbudur near Chennai
Ragavendra- Bhuvanagiri in Tamil Nadu
Ramadas (Samartha)- Jamb Village
Ramadas (Bhadrachalam)- Nelakondapalli in Andhra
Ramdas (swami)- Kanhangad in Kerala
Ramathirtha- Muraliwala in Punjab
Ravidas- Seer Goverdhanpur near Varanasi
Sarada Devi- Jayrambhati in West Bengal
Sathya Sai Baba- Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh
Seshadri Swamikal- Associated with Thiruvannamalai and Unjalur
Shirdi Sai Baba- near Shirdi
Shyama Sastri – Tiruvarur
Sivananda- Pathamadai in Tamil Nadu
Sopana- Apegaon
Subrahmanya Bharati- Ettayapuram in Tamil Nadu
Sundarar- Tirunavalur
Surdas- Siri near Delhi
Swaminarayan- Chapaiya in Uttarpradesh
Siddhas 18- Only Samadhis (places where they died) are popular. See Tirumular
Thirujnana Sambandar – Sirkazi
Tirumular (Tamil Siddha)- Kashmir
Tiruvalluvar- Mylapore (now part of Chennai)
Tulsidas-Sukar Kshetra Soro in Uttar Pradesh
Thirunavukkarasar (Appar)
Thygarajar (Composer)- Tiruvarur
Tukaram- Dehu near Pune
Vallabacharaya- Varanasi
Sri Vallabh- Pithapuram
Vyasa – Island in River Ganges
Valmiki- in a forest
Vivekananda Swami- Calcutta
You can keep on adding more saints; it is not a comprehensive list. It is just to draw your attention to this fact and remind you that next Avatar or reincarnation of Lord Vishnu as Kalki may be in a remote village! who knows!
–SUBHAM–
