Raghaveshwara Bharathi
| Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi | |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Advaita Vedanta |
| Guru | Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji, the 36th Pontiff Shri Ramachandrapura Mutt |
| Residence | Hosanagar Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India |
Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi (officially, Jagadguru Sri Shankaracharya Srimad Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji), is the present pontiff (Guru) of Shri Ramachandrapura Mutt, Hosanagara in Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. He is the 36th pontiff of sri Ramachandrapura Math, the only unbroken lineage of Adi Shankara. He took sannyasa from Raghavendra Bharati, the previous pontiff, in April 1994. He is a follower of Advaita Vedanta.
Sri Bharathi in his early days before taking initiation was known by the name Hareesha Sharma. He was born in the village called Chaduravalli in Sagara, Karnataka .
He studied Vedantha, Yoga, Astrology and Sanskrit in Gokarna and later in Mysore.
On 28 April 1999, Sri Bharati was made pontiff following the death of Sri Sri Raghavendra Bharathi Swamiji
He stresses the need to protect Vedic culture, and its activities along with other social activities.
One of the plans instituted by him in the Mutts is Musti Bikshe Yojana wherein each devotee keeps a fist full of rice daily as gift to the Mutt, and collectively later feeds the needy and hunger, as old age orphans, hostels for homeless or at the time of natural calamity, etc.
He frequently conducts Rama Katha (Story of Rama) for the general public — a blend of discourse, dance, music and drawing — all that depict various incidents of Ramayana at various places.
He established the Bharathiya Nethra Chikitshalya in Mujangavu, Kumbla in Kasaragod dist, to cater the need of rural eye patients, criss-crossing the boundaries of religion in social service.
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