Shri Nrusimha Saraswati Gurumaharaj Janmasthan

Shri Nrusimha Saraswati Gurumaharaj is the 2nd avatar of Lord Dattatreya.Shri Nrusimha Saraswati  born in Karanja in Wasim District of Maharashtra.



Sri Narasimha Sarasvati Swami

Shri Narasimha Saraswati lived from 1378 to 1459 (Shaka 1300 to Shaka 1380). 
Saraswati was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Karanjapur, which is modern-day Lad-Karanja (Karanja), in the Maharashtra Vidarbha . 

His father (Madhav) and his mother (Amba-Bhavani) initially named him Narahari or Shaligramadeva, with the surname Kale.Saraswati was a quiet child, who did not speak much during childhood.

This lead his parents to worry about his speech ability; however, Saraswati showed through hand gestures that after his upanayana (munja), he would be able to speak. He started speaking after his munja, which so impressed the vedas and Brahmins in the village that it was talked about, with senior learned Brahmins coming to him for learning.

 Saraswati left home in 1386 and went on a pilgrimage to Kashi. He took Sannyasa at Kashi from Shri Krishna Saraswati. The second part of his name came from this guru, who eventually named him Shri Narasimha Saraswati. 



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Shri GuruCharitra is a book which describe a life of Shri Narasimha Saraswati. The writer of this book is Saiam Dev. Saiam Dev Guru told this Shri Guru Charitra.

 In Shri GuruCharitra Chapter 11 onwards is the description of life story of Shri Narasimha Saraswati. After he was born the first words he said were OM which are considered very holy. However, until he was 7 he did not utter any other word other than OM, so his parents were worried about his speech ability. However, he showed by hand gestures that after his Upanayana (Munja) he will be able to speak. In fact after his munja was performed he was able to speak all the vedas and even started delivering lectures on it. This was remarkable for a 7 year old kid and many senior learned Brahmins in the village started coming to him for learning!

He left home and went for Kashi-pilgrimage and took Sannyasa at Kashi from Shri Krishna Saraswati. The second part of his name comes from this guru, who eventually named him Shri Narasimha Saraswati. This is a Sanskrit name. Now he became the Guru. After visiting several holy places he returned back to Karanja, met his parents. He was possibly of age 30years that time. After that he further visited various places and finally settled in Ganagapur (now in State Karnataka) for the last few decades of his life. All of this is reported in Shri GuruCharitra.

Gangapur is the place where he spend more than 20 years of his life.

The temple priests will perform the puja per your requirements and will mail the prasad and 'angara' to the address provided by you.

Temple Address:-       Shri Gurumandir Sansthan
                                        Karanja (Laad), Distt. Washim
                                        Maharashtra, INDIA 444105

( 07256) 222455 or 224755 & Mail@gurumandir_karanja@yahoo.com




Location:- Karanja is located in North-Central Maharashtra in Washim District.  It lies just off the main State Highways connecting Shegaon, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Aurangabad, Nanded, and Adilabad. 

How To Go:-

The nearest railway stations to go to Karanja are Murtijapur and Akola. After reaching Akola or Murtijapur, an hour's bus ride by the ST or private bus will take you to Karanja.

From Pune - There is a Kolhapur-Gondia Maharashtra Express that goes via Pune and it takes approximately 14 hours to reach Murtijapur from Pune by this train.

The nearest airport to Karanja is Nagpur.  There are daily flights to Nagpur from Mumbai.  After reaching Nagpur, one has to board a Mumbai bound train to reach Akola or Murtijapur stations.  The journey takes approximately 4 hours.

Where To Stay:-The Gurumandir Temple Trust operates a Dharamshala for out-of-town visitors to the temple.  This is located just across the temple and is free of cost to the devotees.


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