The Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana Pravesha of 1671 at Manchale: the full sequence of that day, who stood watching, and why no two pages agree on the date.

The Diwan Venkanna story is really about a land deed. Here is how the barren village of Manchale was granted to Rayaru in 1671, plus four myths corrected.

The Prahlada yagna at Mantralaya is the reason Rayaru refused fertile estates and insisted on barren Manchale. Here is the legend, with five myths corrected.

Appanacharya composed the Sri Raghavendra Stotra while racing to Mantralaya in 1671, and Rayaru completed its final three words from inside the Brindavana.

The Raghavendra Swamy incarnations in full: Shankukarna, Prahlada, Bahlika Raja, Vyasaraja and Rayaru — with sources, yuga order and the myths corrected.

The Raghavendra Swamy 700-year promise says Rayaru stays in his Brindavana until 2371. Here is where the number comes from and which online figures are stale.