Chippigiri-SRI VIJAYA DASARA KATTI

It was the Friday night, we started our journey towards one of the sacred place called VIJAYA DASRA KATTI ,A renowned scholar in Dwaita philosophy. Personally I was so eager to visit this place, It was my first visit .since we belongs to Vijaya dasara shishya parampare .

Accompanied with my Bro vijay, shubha sis,Pranav  and cousin gopal in VAYU vahana (Maruti wagonR)left Bangalore by 12 in the midnight. We travelled through NH7(Bangalore-Hyderabad highway) though it was very boring and deserted route all the way till Gooty, still managed by listening in to old Kannada and Hindi songs. We could hardly find any good hotels on this route. Drove continuously all the way till gooty, we dint want to take any sort of risk at any point of time by taking break during our journey, since it was too dark and those area were Naxals affected. Even though it was a weekend, literally there was no traffic on that route except few on coming vehicles.

By the time we reached Gooty town it was 4.00 am, it was time for refresh, had a kadak cha at nearby tea stall and started towards Guntakal. By the time we reached Guntakal it was 4.40 am, Joined Alur road after crossing railway gate, near Hanuman Junction. We reached Chippagiri by around 5.00 AM in the morning, luckily gate was open, and we just entered, parked vehicle inside the compound, went for walk around the temple to look for some help.No Luck… so just came back and slept near the temple premises.

How to reach:

 Bangalore-chippigiri: 318 kms via Ananthpura,Gooty,Guntkal (Good Road)

@Gooty: Take left deviation from highway, Travel 5 kms towards Gooty town. Again take left deviation at Gandhi Statue Circle i.e Guntakal road.

@Guntakal: Pass in to the town, Take Right deviation at HANUMAN junction, Petrol bunk is at left side of the road. Travel for 10.2 kms on Alur Road to Reach Vijaya Dasara Katti on the Right side.

Around 6 am, Manager came to us, apologized for the inconvenience caused and provided us a room to get fresh, also offered us Coffee and hot water to take bath for the kid. We took bath in the pushkarni near by temple, even Pranav also took bath in pushkarni. He enjoyed a lot

Its believed that, Sri Vijaya Dasaru  has brought  Ganges on the third time he went to kashi and  given  to  his  disciples, and it is now known it as ‘Vijaya  Thirtha’.  Even to-day there is saying that every day Sri Vijay Dasaru  will take bath in Vijay Thirtha and clean the Mukya Prana temple.  

We entered in to the temple, chanted few slokas, and took vijayadasara darshana till heart contents. We saw Devara pooja and abhisheka. Lunch was arranged at the temple, we had lunch around 12.30 PM, took some rest and left for Mantralaya ,Kalluru around 2 pm.

Every  year  Karthika Shudda Navami,  Dashmi  and  Utwan Dwadashi his aradhana is being held in ‘Sri Vijaya Dasara  Katte’  (Vrundavana)  of the above place. 

Sri Vijaya Dasaru (1682-1755)
Sri Vijaya Dasaru is one of the most renowned scholars and philosophers in Dwaita philosophy as well Dasa Sahitya.
Lineage : He is regarded as the reincarnation of Bruga Muni.
1.  It is believed that in Krutha Yuga he incarnated as a disciple of Naarada,
2. Thretha Yuga as a monkey called Suraleela,
3. Dwapara Yuga as a Yadava called Nikampana (Yadaava) and
4. Kali yuga as a calf and later as a Brahmin.
Birth :
He was born in a very poor Brahmin family in Chekalaparvi of Manwi Taluk in Raichur District. His parents were Sri Srinivasappa and Kusamma. He went to Kashi (Varanasi) for four years for studies and later returned to his native land.

He became a renowned sanskrit scholar. One day he had a dream in which Sri Purandara Dasa appeared, initiated him into the order of Dasas and gave him the ankitha of 'Vijay Vittala'. From then on, he was known as Vijaya Dasaru.  He propagated the virtues of the philosophy of  Madhwacharya across South India through devotional songs called Devaranama written in simple and lucid  kannada language