Biography of  Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati

(1275 A.D - 1878 A.D)

Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati was born in 1275 A.D. at a place called Karanja Nagar (Karnataka) in South India. He was born to a pious Brahmin couple Madhava and Ambabhavani.

In his childhood, he was considered as the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya and came to be known as the great sage. But later, when he grew up and started travelling to different places he was called by various names such as Chanchal Bharati and Digambar Swami. During his spiritual journey, he also made disciples like Shree Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Shree Sai Baba of Shirdi, Shree Shankar Maharaj and Shree Gajajan Maharaj of Shegaori.

Finally, he made Akkalkot his permanent home and stayed there for 24 years from 1854 to 1878 A.D. Since then he was known as the Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj. On April 30, 1878 the great sage adopted Maha Samadhi under his favourite Banyan tree.