Potuluri Veerabrahmam

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{{Short description|Indian Hindu saint}}
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
|name= Pōthulūri Vīrabrahmēndrasvāmi <br />{{lang|te|పోతులూరి వీరబ్రహ్మేంద్రస్వామి}}
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|caption = An idol of Potuluri Veerabrahmam in [[Vizianagaram]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
|birth_date = (lived 16th century)
Penance In Samadhi
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|honors=Sri Madhviraat
|literary_works = prophecy called ''[[Kalagnanam]]''
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|nationality = [[India]]n}}
'''Potuluri Veerabrahmam''' ({{langx|te|పోతులూరి వీరబ్రహ్మేంద్రస్వామి|Pōtulūri Vīrabrahmēndrasvāmi}}, also known as '''Brahmamgaru'''),<ref>{{cite book|title=South Asian Intellectuals and Social Change: A Study of the Role of Vernacular-speaking Intelligentsia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZvZAAAAMAAJ|page=314|author=Yogendra K. Malik|publisher=Heritage|year=1981|isbn = 9780836408256|quote=A later poet similar to Vemana was Potuluri Veerabrahmendhra swami , popularly known as Brahmamgaru}}</ref> was a [[Hindu]] saint who lived in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Castes, Communities, and Culture in Andhra Desa, 16th Centuries, A.D.: Proceedings of the Seminar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbm_Oyo8XFMC|publisher=Department of History, Osmania University|year=1996|page=190|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=1 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101075548/https://books.google.com/books?id=sbm_Oyo8XFMC|url-status=live}}</ref> He is known for the ''[[Kalagnanam]]'', a book of predictions written in Telugu around the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh Oriental Conference, First Session, Andhra Saraswatha Parishat, Hyderabad, May 1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhlUAAAAYAAJ|publisher=The Conference|year=1979|page=131|quote=Kalagnana is a special type of discipline very popular in Andhra Desa because of the famous Kalagnanam of Sri Potuluri Veerabrahmendhra swami written in Telugu. It forecasts many incidents which are proved to be correct by the posterity.|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=9 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509102408/https://books.google.com/books?id=HhlUAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Legendary account ==

According to a legend, Veerabrahmam was born to a religious couple, Paripurnayacharya and Prakruthamba, near the river [[Sarasvati River]] in Brahmandapuram. The couple abandoned him at birth and Veerambrahmam was brought up at Atri Mahamuni [[ashram]] near [[Varanasi]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Later Veerabhojayacharya, Head of the Papagni Mutt, Chikballapur, [[Karnataka]], was on a pilgrimage with his wife.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The couple visited the Sage Atri ashram, and sage Atri gave the child to the couple. They received the child as a [[Divinity|divine]] gift and returned to Papagni Mutt. The child was named 'Veeram Bhotlaiah'.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Veerabrahmendra Swamy, then known as the Veeram Bhotlaiah at Papagni Mutt authored the Kalikamba Sapthashathi (the manuscript written in praise of goddess [[Kali]]) at the age of 11. A few days later, Veerabhojayacharya made a sacrifice and Veeram Bhotlaiah told his stepmother that he had refused to take homage responsibilities{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} {{Clarify|reason=what are homage responsibilities|date=April 2018}} and started his spiritual journey. His first disciple was Dudekula Siddaiah his second disciple was Kakaiah Madiga. People started listening to Veeram Bhotlaiah's chanting and philosophical poems, and as a sign of respect they called him 'Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veera Brahmendra Swami'.

Veerabrahmendra Swamy attained Jiva Samadhi at Brahmam gari Matam, Kadapa District on Kartika Shudda Dwadasi.{{Circular reference|date=September 2019}}

==Legacy==
* Brahmamgari matam in [[Kadapa district]] is a pilgrimage center in [[Andhra Pradesh]].
* Editor T Ganapati Sastri of the book ''BrahmaTatwa Prakasika of Sadasivendra Saraswati'' (Trivandrum Sanskrit Series No VII), published in 1909, makes passing mention of a Tamil work called ''Acharya-Darpana'' that supposedly details his deeds.
* [[Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra]] is a 1984 film about his life. The Late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh [[N. T. Rama Rao]] acted and directed the film, which became a hit in Andhra Pradesh.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/stream/KalagnanamBookTeluguTotal/Kalagnanam%20Book%20Telugu-Total#mode/2up Kalagnanam (Telugu)]
*[https://archive.org/stream/KalagnanamBookTeluguTotal/Jeevaikya%20Bhodha Jeevaikya Bodha (Telugu)]
*[https://archive.org/stream/KalagnanamBookTeluguTotal/Govinda%20vakyas Govinda Vakyas (Telugu)]

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