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SHRIMAD NRUSIMHA SARASWATI
       

Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati was born in 1274 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 latter, when he grew up and started traavelling to different places he was called by varuous 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 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.