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Swamiji appears to have been a Veerashaiva Aradhya. His name appears to have been either Nanjudiah or Nanjaish. It is said that he lived for some time with his wife and children, became a graduate, held high office and gave up worldly life to become a sage. One report is that his ancestors were form the Nizam`s territories and that he came and settled with his relatives in Mysore for educational facilities. After completing his education, he must have become either a Magistrate or a Deputy Commissioner.
Some say that Shri yerrithatha lived for some time at Kalyanadurga and that Swamiji’s wife and others came from Chikkanayaknahalli to take him back. But on realising that it was futile to change the mind of the Swamiji, she returned. He is credited with having performed many miracles while at Uruvukonda. He used to dive in the tank and swim at will in the wells. He would eat only when somebody offered him. But again he would go down the water and come out whenever it pleased him. He did not care for his outward appearance or was he mindful of the cloth he was wearing, though he radiated light on all that came near him. The Swamiji shuffled Off his moral coils at 10 O’clock in the morning on the fourth day of the month of Jyesta Suddha in the year of Dundhubhi corresponding to 1922 A.D.
Birth date and place: Tarapeetha west Bengal Maha Samadhi date and place: At 10 O’clock in the morning on the fourth day of the month of Jyesta Suddha in the year of Dundhubhi corresponding to 1922 A.D.