Sri Raghavendra swami turned into born as Venkatanatha inside the town of Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu into a Deshastha Madhva Brahmin own family of musicians and students.His incredible-grandfather Krishnabhatta became a train to Vijayanagara king Krishnadeva Raya, his grandfather changed into Kanakacalabhatta and his father Thimanna Bhatta became an done pupil and musician. After the fall of Vijayanagara empire, Timmanacharya migrated to Kanchi along with his spouse Gopikamba. Venkatanatha had two siblings: Gururaja and Venkatamba. Venkatanatha’s education was undertaken by his brother-in-law Lakshminarasimhacharya at Madurai, after the early loss of life of his father, and he became sooner or later married.

In keeping with Raghavendra Vijaya, his triumph in debates at Thanjavur attracted the attention of Sudhindra Tirtha, the erstwhile pontiff of Kumbakonam mutt. Even though to begin with unsure approximately the possibility of renunciation, Venkatanatha relented to Sri Sudhindra Swamy’s needs and become ordained as a monk in 1621. After the dying of Sri Sudhindra Tirtha in 1623, Venkatanatha succeeded him because the pontiff of the mutt and took on the name Sri Raghavendra Tirtha. He undertook a pilgrimage journeying locations which include Udupi, Kolhapur and Bijapur.He received grants from Dodda Kempadevaraja and settled down inside the village of Mantralayam, which become offered to him through the Governor of Adoni. He died in 1671 and his mortal stays are enshrined in Mantralayam. Traditional money owed record that Sri Raghavendra swamy asked his tomb (Brindavana) to be built round him as he entered into a nation of samadhi. He turned into succeeded via his disciple Yogeendra Tirtha.In 1801, whilst serving because the Collector of Bellary, Thomas Munro is thought to have stumble upon an apparition of Sri Raghavendra swamy.