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Kaivara
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The Sri Yogi Nareyana mutt in Kaiwara
Kaiwara is a small town in the Chickballapur district of Karnataka state, located approximately 65 km northeast of the state capital Bangalore.
Demographics[edit]
As of the 2001 Indian census, Kaiwara's population was 5,488, of which 2,792 were male and 2,696 female.[1]
Saint Narayanappa[edit]
The poet Saint Narayanappa (1730-1840 AD), also known as Yogi Nareyana, as Kaiwara Narayana Thata (ನಾರಾಯಣ ತಾತ) in Kannada and as Narayana Thatayya in Telugu, meditated in a cave in Kaiwara. Narayanappa prophesied and composed poems in praise of Amara Narayanaswamy, an incarnation of Vishnu, in both Kannada and Telugu. His works include "Amaranarayana Shathaka", "Kaalagnana",[2] and "Bramanandpuri Shatakka", which describes nuances of yoga.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Aravind V.S., "In the caves of Kaiwara, Kailasagiri", Deccan Herald, June 8, 2009.