
However, he showed by hand gestures that after his Upanayana (Munja – Bratabandha or the sacred thread bearing ceremony) he will be able to speak. However, until he was 7 he did not utter any other word other than OM, so his parents were worried about his speech ability. Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati was born to this God-fearing & religious couple.The child (Narasimha Saraswati) was unique in the sense that, he was chanting only ‘Aum’ (OM – the Hindu holy nirgun mantra) since his birth.

Origin: Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati (Lord Dattatreya incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh-Shiva: 1378 −1458)Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati (1378 −1458) is the Purna Avatar of Lord Dattatreya (As per “Shripad Shrivallabha Charitra” he is second avatar of Lord Dattatreya).In a place called Karanja Nagar which is modern Lad-Karanja or karanja (Maharashtra Vidbaraba region, there lived a pious Brahmin couple, Madhava and Ambabhavani, in the 13th century. This is the FIRST Photograph of Swami Samarth, taken by the Kodak Company’s photographer – Read story behind Swami’s photo by Kodak After emerging from samadhi Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati (Shri Swami Samarth) traveled all over the country. That divine personality is now known as Shri Swami Samarth. This awakened Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati from the prolonged samadhi. He stayed in Samadhi for over 300 years and emerged from samadhi because a woodcutter accidentally cut through a tree and hit Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati (or Sri Swami Samarth).

It is mentioned in the holy book of Shri Gurucharitra that Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati entered into mahasamadhi in Kardalivana in 1458. Shri Swami Samarth (also called Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth) is considered as extension of the fifteenth century incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, namely Shrimad Narasimha Saraswati.
