Mantralaya

The spot of the Brindavan (samadhi) of Sri Raghavendra in Mantralaya, is the very ancient place of Narasimha worship. It is said that Sri Prahlad did his personal puja/Homa to Lord Narasimha here. He performed a very long and beautiful Homa on this spot were now the Samadhi of Sri Raghavendra stands. Sri Ragahvendra Swamy was a great saint from the 17th century, who performed great miracles in the service of Mankind. Anyone interested in his fantastic devotional life, should read the 7 book releases (in english) on sri Raghavendra Swamy by Amman Sathiyanathan. The original book "Sri Raghavendra Vijaya" comes in sanskrit, and is written in a poetic way. A really beautiful book collection, and it gives many views on different angles of Dvaita Philosophy (Madhvas teachings), saints of this sampradaya, stories etc...
One of the striking info is that Sri Raghavendra Swamy took alive the samadhi, while filling the samadhi with over 1200 Salagramas. It is said that Radhavendra Swamy is still alive and doing the puja to Mula Rama Deities very early morning. The priests sometime can hear the bell, people have visions on him even today, and i had a very mystical experience while i came here first time.