Inchagiri Sampradaya

Revanath settled on the Siddhgiri hill for ascetic practice, living on whatever the jungle, gave him.

[web 6] The Siddhagiri Math was established around the Moola-Kaadsiddheswar Shiva temple in the Shaiva-Lingayat tradition.

[web 3] In the 12th century the Math came under the influence of Basaveshwar, who established the Lingayat tradition of south India.

[2] Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century Maharashtrian Hindu saint (Sant – a title by which he is often referred), poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose works Bhavartha Deepika (a commentary on Bhagavad Gita, popularly known as "Dnyaneshwari"), and Amrutanubhav are considered to be milestones in Marathi literature.

[web 10] In a state of extreme distress Vithalpant went to Triambakeshwar (near Nasik) with his family for performing worship at the Shiva temple.

While they had gone for performing pradakshina (circumambulation) of the temple one night they encountered a ferocious tiger (in thirteenth century the area was a deep forest) The members of the family ran helter skelter and were dispersed.

Nivrutti wandered into a cave in the Anjani mountain where Gahininath, one of the nine Naths was staying for some time.

He was attracted towards Nivrutti and in spite of his young age initiated him into Nath sect by initiation of nath panthi 'soham sadhana' which is combination of yoga, bhakti and also dnyana, instructing him to propagate devotion to Shri Krishna.

Thus we have a unique situation of a fourteen-year-old Guru instructing his twelve-year-old disciple to write something which has become the hope of humanity.

[3][2] According to Boucher, It is significant that some of the founders of the Navnath Sampradaya are Lingayat or Virasaiva because this was a revolutionary movement, allowing people of all walks of life, and both sexes to find Shiva immanent within themselves.

Part of this democratizing movement, I believe, is a reaction of Western India's contact with Islam, which embraces people of all class, creed and gender.

The breaking down of taboos, of certain parts of India's spiritual structure makes it possible for us as modern people to partake of these teachings.

[2] According to Kotnis, Bhausaheb Maharj was looked upon as the reincarnation of Sant Tukaram[4] (1577–1650), a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet of the Bhakti, who had taken birth again in the Neelwani Lingayat community to finish his work of spreading the knowledge of Self-realization.

[1] Sri Bhausaheb Maharaj had many students, among which were: Ramachandra Dattatreya Ranade (1886–1957) was a scholar with an academic career.

He taught at Willindon College, Sangli, on a regular basis before being invited to join Allahabad University as Head of Department of Philosophy where he rose to be the Vice-Chancellor.

After retirement in 1946 he lived in an ashrama in a small village, Nimbal, near Solapur where he died on 6 June 1957.

In 1906[web 11] he was initiated by his guru Bhausaheb Maharaj in Inchegeri in Bijapur district, Karnataka India, who taught mantra-meditation as the way to reach Final Reality.

[web 15] Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj initiated several well-known teachers: Siddharameshwar Maharaje used four books to give sermons on: Dasbodh of Saint Shri Samarth Ramdas; the Yoga Vasistha; "Sadachara" of Shri Shankaracharya; and the "Eknathi Bhagwat" of Sant Eknath.

Many wanted to become his disciples and get formal mantra-initiation from him, reverentially calling him "Maharaj," "Great (Spiritual) King."

[web 26] He received the Naam mantra in 1962 from Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj, and spent the next 19 years with him.

[web 29] Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheshwar Maharaj was formally adopted by the 25th Virupaksha Kaadeshwar of the Kaneri Math, Lingayat Parampara, and invested as the 26th Mathadheepati of the (Siddhagiri) Kaneri Math, Lingayat Parampara, in 1922 at the age of 17.

"a yogi [at Siddhagiri] who gave [Nimabargi Maharaj] a mantra and told him to meditate regularly on it"[z] (1857 Jigajevani – 1933 Inchgiri)[ag][ah] Student of Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj[bb] Notes Sources Websites Nisargadatta narrates the following about the succession of teachers of the Inchagiri Sampradaya: I sit here every day answering your questions, but this is not the way that the teachers of my lineage used to do their work.

In the old days the Guru did the traveling on foot, while the disciples stayed at home and looked after their families.

The 'Nine Masters' tradition, Navnath Parampara, is like a river -- it flows into the ocean of reality and whoever enters it is carried along.

Usually you receive a token of his grace – a look, a touch, or a word, sometimes a vivid dream or a strong remembrance.