God Incarnated as Chidambara By: Commander B.R. Venkatesh Chidambara is not a name that many in the West will find familiar. Even among the followers of the modern Hindu religion he is largely unknown, but Chidambara’s legacy is one that is worth learning and remembering, for Hindu and non-Hindu alike. During his time on earth, Chidambara proved time and time again that he was more than a man. He was a deity incarnate, and his power knew no bounds. For the first time, the story of Chidambara and his many devotees is available in English, carefully adapted with commentary from the author. To know Chidambara is to know the Almighty himself.

We feel blessed to have got divine grace to compile the major events of the divine personality of Shri Lord Chidambara Swami of Murgod,Karnataka It was the fervent desire of Late shrimant Shankara Dixit, the Poojya Peethadipati, to bring English version of biography of Chidambara Swami. His desire was explicit in his Aashirvachana given to us during his visit to Vijayapur years ago. It was Swami Diwakara Dixit, the present pontiff of Muragod Math,who encouraged us to undertake writing English summary of the available Kannada and Marathi source material,more so of being indebted to prof Dr Balaji Kulkarni, whose Kannada book gave us a logical coherence in compiling the source material for the present book. We remain indebted to all of them. Their brilliant expressions in their writings are inimitable more so in English language. We have honestly tried to summarise the salient events in English language. Since the present writing is not a translation or transliteration exactly,it is simply an attempt to summarise the source material in English. We do not claim any source material to be our primary source or as of our research work.It is an attempt to put the matter straight and easy to understand for comman readers. Since,English is not our mother tongue,we admit that many errors must have surely remained unaddressed,we beg the indulgence of the readers to concede our shortcomings and forgive us in lapses if any remained in the book.It was our devotional exercise to make a humble attempt to introduce the divine glory of lord Chidambara Swami to English readers within the narrow range of our understanding and the skill of the language. What is good in the book is not ours,but whatever is not appreciable in this writing surely it is due to our own inability. We pray indulgence of the readers to be sympathetic and guide us further to be more correct and useful for readers. We offer this small attempt at the Lotus feet of Lord Chidambara Maha Swami.

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