The birth of child Venkatanatha with the blessings of Lord Venkateshwara was considered a grand event in Kaliyuga. The child born in a traditional Brahmin family was tutored and mentored by scholars including Sri Sudheendra Tirtharu. In his young age, Venkatanatha developed interest in learning Vedas, Upanishad, Brahmasutras Puranas, Shastras, music, playing veena and many more. Very soon he developed proficiency on these subjects. At the age of twenty, he gets a title MahaBhashya by his guru Sri Sudheendra Tirtharu. He goes on participating in several debates with other schools of thought and wins with his knowledge and convincing skills. The intellect he possessed was more than that expected of his age. He had more than fifty works to his credit simplifying the most complicated subjects, making it easy to understand. Goddess Saraswathy appeared in his dream instructing him to take up Sanyasa making him evolve in a higher spiritual plane. He remained a guiding spirit for millions of spiritual seekers.

With his astounding knowledge extreme devotion, unlimited compassion and total detachment, he stood out as one of the YathiSreshtas the mankind has seen in last 500 years. The vacuum created in the absence of this great saint is something beyond human comprehension.

The author Sri Narayanacharya in his work Sri Raghavendra Vijaya says – Lord VedaVyasa the one who classified Vedas, wrote Brahmasutras and Puranas, etc for the posterity was greatly relieved after the birth of child Venkatanatha and immediately went to Vaikunta. This speaks of the immense work done by Sri Raghavendra Tirtharu.