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Anegondi/ಆನೆಗೊಂದಿ

ರಾಜಧಾನೀ ಜಯತಿ ಸಾ ಗಜಗಹ್ವರಸಂಜ್ಞಿತಾ|

ಯತ್ರ ಭಾಂತಿ ಗಜಾ ಮಧ್ವರಾದ್ಧಾಂತಧರಣೀಧರಾಃ||17||

RAjaDhAnee jayati sA gajagahwarasanjnitA|

Yatra BhAnti gajA maDhwarAdDhAntaDharaNeeDharAha||17||

राजधानी जयति सा गजगह्वरसंज्ञ्निता।

यत्र भान्ति गजा मध्वराद्धान्तधरणीधराः॥१७॥

SUMMARY: This capital city known as Anegondi is extraordinary because in this place the elephants, which wore the globe-like philosophy of Sri Madhwaru, are aplenty and decorative.

This refers to the place where the most popular pilgrim for Madhwa community namely Navavrundavana exists. The Gajas or the elephants adoring the philosophy of Sri Madhwaru is believed to refer to some of the then acclaimed scholars of Madhwa Philosophy like Padmanabha Tirtharu and so on, who were often referred to as Ashta Diggajas or the Elephants which are bearing the Earth in eight directions.

Mythologically, Anegundi is believed to have been known as Kishkindha during Tretayuga. Kishkindha was the capital of Vali, who was killed by Rama, who made Sugreeva, the elder brother of Vali, as the king. The place is more poplar for being the birth place of Lord Hanumantha.

Anegundi or Anegondi in the local Kannada language means a pit of elephants. Historically, a tiny kingdom, which was to later expand into one of the richest and largest empires in the world history called Vijayanagar, was started in this place and it was the capital city of that kingdom. The remnants of a circular fort that still exist around Anegundi bears testimony for this fact. Anegundi is now on the opposite shores of Tungabhadra and hence connectivity is still a bit problematic issue.

The place is surrounded by a range of hills beside the river on one side. It is worth remembering this place on this auspicious occasion because the earth breaking ceremony for the long cherished dream of constructing a Srirama temple at the birth place of Srirama called Ayodhya is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2020. The day is more significant and auspicious for the fact that it was on the Dwiteeya of Shravana Masa Shukla Paksha in Varsha Ritu that Sri Raghavendra Swamy entered the Brindavan at Mantralayam.  

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