Guru Madhvacharya : The Mentor of Vijayanagar Empire

According to Nunis, after the conquest of Anegundi in 1334 by the Sultan, Malik Naib was made his local governor and a few years later the area was recaptured by the Hindus. When Malik Naib returned, former minister Devaraya was given the title of king. Devaraya who took over the kingdom ruled for seven years. Meanwhile, one day while going hunting in the hills on the south side of the river, Devaraya saw a rabbit. He was amazed at the sight of rabbits attacking dogs instead of running away from the hounds. On the banks of the river he found a saint named Madhavacharya. The king accepted the advice of Madhavacharya to establish a city there and established Vijayanagaram and filled it with inmates. Founded around 1366 AD, the city's reputation later spread internationally. The king built a magnificent temple in Vijayanagar in honor of the saint Madhavacharya.There is a small village and inmates around the famous temple of Hampi which still stands on the banks of the river. On the rock above the temple, next to the modern Jain temple, was a small temple with a roof and walls made of stones. Doubts remain as to the actual age of this temple, which seems to be more ancient than the others. It is similar to a 7th century structure. There is every possibility that the temple was managed by a team of Acharyas. The last of them was the great scholar Madhavacharya. Today we can see the ruins of the city towers, forts and statues of the great city. It is isolated by a river. The king of Anegundi lived along the river with a large number of subjects. Despite its luxuries and beauty, this place was chosen by the great sages who loved solitude. However, we can never know whether this great sage who witnessed the origin of Vijayanagara was really Madhavacharya or some other famous sage.

Madhavacharya lived in Sringeri for a long time. There are many legends associated with the origin of Vijayanagar.First, when the country was invaded and destroyed by the Islamic invaders in 1323, two brothers, Bukka and Harihara, who were serving the king of Warangal, escaped to the hill country of Anegundi with a small body of horse. Another was that when Warangal was first conquered by the Tughlaqs in 1309, the two brothers were serving under the Muslim Governor of Warangal. It led to the conquest of Dwarasamudra, a Hindu stronghold, but a section of the brothers' army was defeated and fled to the hills near Anegundi, met the great sage Madhavacharya, who was leading a life there and with his cooperation the brothers established the country and the capital.

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