About Ganagapur

Shree kshetra Ganagapur Dattatreya temple is a very holy place and rich in culture, tradition which is followed by many people around the world as Guru Sthanam. Reason behind worshipping Guru Dattatreya is, if you want to follow Vishnu tradition you will be going to Vishnu temples, if you want to follow Shankara you will be following Shiva temples, But if you follow Guru Dattatreya you will be following everyone i.e. Bramha, Vishnu and Maheshwara i.e. complete universe(Refer Guru Charitra Chaper no: 4 where Lord Dattatreya born).

This place is very important "Darshaneeya Kshetra (Must to been seen)". The place is connected to second incarnation of Lord Dattatreya "Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swamy". Importance of this kshetra is explained by ShreeGuru which can be seen in "Shree Gurucharitra" (Life history of Lord Dattatreya). This Nirgun Math is adorned with the Nirguna Paduka's which are very unique in nature and look. You never find any other "Nirgun Padukas" all around the globe except in Ganagapur.

These Paduka's are named as Nirgun Padukas for few reasons, Nirgun means formless, without qualities or attributes, an epithet of God who is beyond three. These paduka's looks like a red or chocolate oval color one which many people feel it is made up of stone, but in real no one knows what is inside the paduka's. Whether it's made up of stone or wooden one, till date no one has dared to test it. But it's very soft like cotton and get feel as a human body when we hold and touch those paduka's (Only priests are allowed to touch the paduka's in the time from early morning 2.30 AM to 6.30AM). 2nd Incarnation of Lord Dattatreya i.e. Nrusimha Saraswathy swamy has only kept these paduka's when he was leaving for Kardali Vana which is there in Srisailam while finishing his incarnation.

Ganagapur stands on the bank of the river Bhima in Afzalpur taluka in Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district of Northern part of Karnataka. The confluence of Bhima and Amaraja (Amruta: highly purified water with no impurities) rivers are considered extremely holy in this area. Whoever takes bath in Sangam, will be free from their sins of all current and past lives and their wishes will be fulfilled.

There is a temple in Sangam in which the Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swamy performed the Anushthaan. The 'Shila Padukas' of Swamy are there at Sangam which everyone can take Darshan from early morning 3:00 AM to 1:.30 PM. After 12:30 Arati and Naivedya will be there so it will close for the day. But normal darshan will be continued till 9:00 PM.

Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swamy (1378-1458) is the Purna avatar of Lord Dattatreya. He was born in Karanjapur which is modern Lad-Karanja or karanja in Maharashtra Vidharbha region.

Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swamy (Shreeguru) was initially named as Narahari. His father's name was Madhav and mother's name was Amba-Bhavani. His surname was Kale. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family Shulka-yajurvedi Brahman Kanva Shaka at Karanja.

Shreeguru assured that he would forever abide at Ganagapur Sangam and go round the village for 'Biksha' at 12:00 noon. Asking "Bhiksha" from the people at Ganagapur whatever Bhiksha he will get in that day was the food of Swamy.