Siddharudha Swami

Siddharudha Swami
Siddharudha Swami
	Siddharudha Swamiji
Title	Sadguru Siddharudha Swami
Personal
Born	26 March 1836; Chalakapura, Bidar district
Died	21 August 1929 (aged 93); Hubballi
Resting place	Siddharudha Matha, Hubballi, Dharwad district, Karnataka
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Indian
Parents	Gurushantappa (father); Devamallamma (mother);
Organization
Philosophy	Shaivism
Religious career
Guru	Gajadanda Swami
	Disciples Gurunatharudha Swami,; Kabirdas,; Kalavati Devi,; Akkalkot Sharanappa,; Jayakrishna,; Shyamananda of Gokak,; Nagabhushana Shivyogi,; Channappa,; Ramaroodha,; Shanmukharoodha;

Siddharudha Swami is an Indian Hindu guru and philosopher.

Biography

Sadguru Siddharudha Maharaj lived in the style of an ascetic throughout his life. Considered to be an incarnation of Shiva, one of the Trinity deities of Hinduism, Siddharudha renounced his home and his family ties at the very young age of 6 years, and set himself the goal of finding his Satguru or spiritual master. Siddharudha later surrendered himself, as a student, to the realized soul Shri Gajadandaswami, and served at his Ashram.

According to the book Siddharoodh Charitra by Shivadas, Siddharudha was blessed by his guru and was asked to undertake a pilgrimage with the purpose of helping those in need, dispelling ignorance, and revealing the right path to spiritual enlightenment to those who were seeking. Henceforth, Siddharudha traveled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, delivering the right wisdom for spiritual awakening and methodical liberation to all those who were cognizant of his exemplary standards of spiritual practice before setting down at Hubli, where he was quickly recognized for his spiritual knowledge & immaculate sainthood. People sought him out from neighbouring states for solace, satisfaction of desires and spiritual enlightenment.

He died at Hubballi in the year of 1929 and was entombed at his ashram. He was believed to be working miracles for his devotees.^[who?] A proverb runs by in a native Indian Language kannada:

Siddharudhara Jolige Jagakkella holige

which signifies the food that is served at his ashram and the miracles that occur of it.

Followers

He served the people without any discrimination, having a Muslim disciple named Kabirdas (not his original name) who was known for his dedication to him.
Parampoojya Shri Kalavati Devi (alias Aai meaning mother in Marathi), was his supreme disciple. Formerly known as Rukmabai Mallapur, she herself is well known as a supreme saint, whose samadhi is found at Shri Harimandir at Angol, Belagavi.
He had a devoted disciple, Gurunatharudha. His samadhi is just beside the samadhi of Sri Siddharudha Swami in Hubli Matha.
He gave sannyasa to Swami Muktananda, who studied at his ashram in Hubli until Siddharudha's death in 1929, he then left to study with a disciple of Siddharudha called Muppinarya Swami at his Sri Airani Holematt in Ranebennur Haveri District
Shri Guru also had a disciple, Shri Shivaputra Appaji whose samadhi is situated at 20 metres distance from siddharoodh math. At present Shri Abhinav Shivaputra Swamiji is head of that math.
Sri Iychanda Bolliappa from Devanageri village was his supreme disciple. Swami Bolliappa was a regular visitor to Siddharudha Matha located in Cherambane village, Kodagu district, Karnataka.

Teachings

Siddharudha Maharaj is an acknowledged Hindu master of the Saivite Advaita stream of Vedic thought and has many followers throughout India, especially in the villages of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telugu states.

Honour

A commemorative postage stamp honouring Siddharudha Maharaj was released by Department of Post on 6 July 2024.^[1]

References

^ "Siddharoodha Postal Stamp: ಅಂಚೆ ಚೀಟಿ ಮೇಲೂ ಸಿದ್ಧಾರೂಢರು, ಭಕ್ತರ ಬಹು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕನಸು ಕೊನೆಗೂ ನನಸು!". kannada.news18.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

External links

[1] "Siddharoodha Postal Stamp: ಅಂಚೆ ಚೀಟಿ ಮೇಲೂ ಸಿದ್ಧಾರೂಢರು, ಭಕ್ತರ ಬಹು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕನಸು ಕೊನೆಗೂ ನನಸು!". kannada.news18.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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