GURU SAMARPANAM
NãmaSmaran 2011
Pudukkottai Sri Narasimha Bhagavathar, aged 55 years, is the grandson of Paramapoojya Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagavathaswamy. Born in such a rich lineage, it is but natural that he inherited the Pudukkottai Sampradyam and began singing along with his father Late Pudukkotai Sri Sanjeevi Bhagavathar from a very young age.
He developed keenness towards the Pooja aspect of Sampradaya bhajans and also shouldered the responsibility of performing the Nithya pooja and abhishekam to the idols at Pudukkottai, which have been worshipped from the time of Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagavthaswamy. This also meant that he would miss out on all the Nãmaprachaara tours where he could have accompanied his father Pudukkottai Sri Sanjeevi Bhagavathar and his brother in poorvashrama, H H Sri Sri Ramananda Saraswathi Swamigal.
Sri Narasimha Bhagavathar now single handedly manages the planning and organising of the annual Pudukkottai Lakshmi Nrusimha Swamy Jayanthi Uthsavam. The uthsavam, as is well known, is attended by bhajan enthusiasts from all over India and also by senior bhagavathars who have spent a lifetime in propagating Nãmasankeerthanam. It is said that witnessing this annual spectacle where numerous bhagavathars converge at one place in reverence to the Lord and their Guru – Pudukkottai Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagavthaswamy, is an unforgettable and ennobling experience.
He continues the Unchavrithi dharma passed on from generations and is also now more actively involved in bhajans in other cities and towns with his sons Sri Shankar and Sri Vignesh taking over the Nithya pooja.