Raghavendra Swami served as the pontiff of matha at Kumbakonam from 1621 to 1671.
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10 Facts About Raghavendra Swami
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Sri Raghavendra Swami Swamy was an accomplished player of the Veena and he composed several songs under the name of Venu Gopala.
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Sri Raghavendra Swami was born as Venkatanatha in the town of Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu into a Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family of Gautama Gotra of musicians and scholars after blessings from Lord Venkateshwara.
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Raghavendra Swami's great-grandfather Krishna Bhatta was a tutor to the Vijayanagara king Krishnadeva Raya, his grandfather was Kanakachala Bhatta and his father Thimmanna Bhatta was an accomplished scholar and musician.
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In 1624, Raghavendra Swami Tirtha became peetadhipathi of Kumbhakona Matha, which is known by the name of Raghavendra Swami Matha.
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Raghavendra Swami took Samadhi in 1671 in Mantralayam, a village on the bank of river Tungabhadra in Adoni taluk in Andhra Pradesh.
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Raghavendra Swami's humanitarianism is evident in the devotional poems composed in his honour by Vijaya Dasa, Gopala Dasa and Jagannatha Dasa.
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Raghavendra Swami has seen representation in the popular culture through Indian Cinema.
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