Tirtha Prabandha
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The Tirtha Prabandha (
Dvaita philosopher and saint. The document is written in the form of a travelogue and contains descriptions of pilgrim centers throughout India.[2]
Description
The work comprises 235 shlokas[3] and is divided into 4 chapters, one for each direction. Vadiraja Tirtha composed this document during his extensive pilgrimage throughout India. The shlokas, in addition to describing the places, also provides information on the sacredness of the places and praises the deities.
The chapter covering North India mentions important places such as
Godavari
are mentioned.
The Tirtha Prabandha is held in high esteem amongst practising
Madhvas
and a recitation of all the shlokas is considered equal to an actual pilgrimage covering all the mentioned places.
Some of the holy places mentioned in Tirtha Prabandha are:
West:
East:
South:
- Rameshwaram
- Dhanushkodi
- Kanyakumari
- Suchindram
- Srirangapatna
- Kaveri
- Ananthashayana
- Thiruvattar
- Mahendra Parvata
- Thiruppulani
North :
- Pandarpur
- Prayag
- Kashi
- Gaya
- Mathura
- Vrindavana
- Ayodhya
- Hastinapur
- kurukshetra
- Shambala
- Badrinath
- Naimiṣāraṇya (forest)
Parishista:
See also
- Works of Madhvacharya
- Rukminisha Vijaya
References
- ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
- ISBN 978-81-208-1575-9.
- ^ Vādirāja (1990). Tīrthaprabandhaḥ (in Sanskrit). Śrīmanmādhvarāddhantasaṃvardhanī Sabhā. p. 10.