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Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj
23rd April 1905 to 16th August 2001

Aham Brahmasmi

Introduction
Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj was a disciple of Shri Samarth Siddharameswar Maharaj, who was in turn the disciple of Shri Samarth Bhausaheb Maharaj. He was the disciple of Shri Gurulingajangam Maharaj (Shri Nimbargi Maharaj). He was in turn the disciple of the Twenty Second Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj.

Biography
Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj was born on 23rd April 1905 (Chaitra Sankashti day) in the Linganoor Village, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra state in India. His father’s name was Shri Shaigauda Patil. He was named ‘Jaigauda Patil’ He was formally adopted by the Twenthy-Fifth Virupaksha Kaadeshwar of the Kaneri Math, Lingayat Parampara and invested as the Twenty Sixth Mathadheepati of the (Siddhagiri) Kaneri Math, Lingayat Parampara in the year 1922 at the age of 17 years. He was a master in Yog and was known to have mastered all the difficult asans like the Kumbhak which he could maintain for 9 minutes. He would mediate for over 10 hours a day and from the period from 1922 to 1935, He mastered all the aspects of the Hindu spiritual tradition and philosophy. However He met His Philosophical and Spiritual Guru, Shri Samarth Siddharameswar Maharaj in 1935 where He was given a new outlook on the deep philosophical concepts and He attained self-realization or Gyan Drishti. He always taught that all the concepts of sects and religions is an Illusion and everything is unified, to realize this unity is the simplest form of Vidnyani Avastha.

The Kaadsiddheshwar Parampara
Shri Revannath 1112 AD (approximate date) is a part of the Navnath Parampara (The Nine Teachers), in the Indian Guru-Shishya Parampara (Teacher-Disciple Tradition). He is considered the founder and the first Kaadsiddheshwar, He established the Kaadsiddheshwar Temple and Math at Kaheri Village in Karveer Tehsil, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra State, India. The Kaadsiddheshwar Peeth is also the main Kuldaivat (Dynastic Gods/Teachers) of the Lingayat Shaiva community. Shri Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj was the Twenty Sixth Mathaadheepati of this tradition from 1922 to 2001.

Siddhagiri Math (Kaneri Math)
The Siddhagiri Math was established around the Moola-Kaadsiddheswar Shiva Temple in the Shaiva-Lingayat tradition. It is a vast campus with the Central Shiva temple, Adhyatmik Center and a complex of Halls for discourses, residential hostels for devotees, adjacent farms etc. About 1200 villages in the area are devoted to the Kaadsiddheswar Parampara here.

His Contribution to the Hindu Spiritual Philosophy
Shri Satguru Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj was known for His extensive activities in the poor laborers and farmer classes. He gave extensive discourses on Hindu Philosophy and the Right way to live, which would lead to Gyan Drishti and Vignayni Avastha. His main focus was to live to the fullest and at the same time to realize that the world is an Illusion – Maya. Realizing this is considered as Gyan Drishti – literally Knowledge and Vision – and living in this concept is to be in Vignayni Avastha.

He renovated the Kaneri Math and re-named it as Siddhagiri Math. He constructed a 42 feet tall idol of a meditating Shiva with an equally massive Nandi, he built Halls, several hostels for devotees and started a school with hostel facility for poor underprivileged students in the Math campus. He had also started a Old-Age home here.

He revitalized the Pravachans (Discourses) organized in the Siddhagiri Math and these were organized on every Full Moon (Purnima) and on every major religious occasion on the Hindu Traditions like the Sharavan Month, the Navratri, Ramnavmi etc. However the largest Pravachans were organized on the 3-day festival around the Mahashivrati day (February-March), where over 50,000 to one lakh devotees have been recorded to have attended at the Siddhagiri Math.

He also established several Maths in Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar, Khopi-Pedambe, Amurteshwar-Satara, Pune, etc. Discourses (Pravachans) were also organized in these centers of Philosophy at regular intervals. These discourses were very simple and focused mainly on the concept of "Aham Brahmasmi", "I am Brahma". Brahma is a complex word with several layers of meanings including 'Universe' 'Soul' "Eternity' 'Timelessness' 'Nothingness' etc.	The biggest contribution however remains the millions of devotees whose lives He has touched and to whom He has shown the Right Way to live Life with the Right Vision and to finally leave Illusion behind and attain Self-Realization.

Books
He mainly wrote in the Marathi Language,

-	Aachar va Parmartha (Behavior and The Right Way)

-	Parmartha va Japanustha (The Right way and the Chanting of Mantras)

-	Parmartha va Satkarma (The Right Way and Correct Actions)

-	Parmartha va Swadharma (The Right Way and Self Philosophy)

-	Dharma Parampara, Rudhi va Parmartha (The tradition of Right, Traditions and The Right Way)

-	Maza Europe cha Daura – (My Travels to Europe)

-	Several Essays on Philosophy mainly published in the quarterly magazine ‘Siddhagiri Sandesh’ (Message from Siddhagiri) published from 1964 onwards till date.

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