MANTRALAYA - SRI RAGHAVENDRASWAMY 
NAWAB OF KRISHNAPURAM

Rising from the Tomb:

Amongst the most memorable episodes that occurred during the Acharya's Paryatanas, the one that took place at Krishnapuram, near Hubli deserves propagation. It is imbued with such mysticism that he was elevated to god-head and worshipped by a Muslim ruler, besides giving away two villages to the Mutt on the spot along with many valuables. It happened - while returning home from the northern part, he chanced to break journey for rest in a beautiful garden at Krishnapuram, near Hubli. While the party was busy with preparations for puja and food, the Acharya was resting for a while under the shade of a tree. There came then the Nawab of the region with a sorrow-laden face, on learning about the glory of the Acharya and his miracles. He was thoroughly convinced that the Acharya alone could row him across the sea. So he met him and opened his heart. He narrated that his only son died the previous day bitten by a cobra; the family did not recover from the shock and the mother was still lying unconscious. Their mental anguish and physical misery defy description. The Acharya asked for the dead body of the victim to be brought, but the Nawab told that it was interred already and a tomb was also built. At once, the Acharya ordered for digging and bringing the corpse from the tomb without delay any more. The Nawab was perplexed, but obeyed the injunction. 

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