Sri Raghavendra Tirtharu during his Yatra visits Arasangi, a village in north Karnataka. A group of learned Brahmins meet him to express their grievance against the Desai who had withdrawn all the grants of lands given by his grandfather. Further they expressed that the Desai, an atheist had no trust in shastras or rituals performed by the Brahmins and hence he has withdrawn the grants. They plead Rayaru to rescue them by getting their lands back.

Rayaru meets Desai, tells him that he is wrong and he should repose trust in our scriptures and beliefs systems. The Desai vehemently replies that the shastras are totally farce and asks Rayaru if he can bring life to the Pounding Stick (Onake) lying next to him. Immediately Rayaru responds with a Yes and he can do it in five days.

The next morning Rayaru fixes the Pounding Stick to the ground and pours Tirtha of lord Moola Rama on it chanting a few Vedic mantras. He asks Desai to appoint his men for surveillance of the happenings. Next morning, the people gather to notice the color of the Onake was changing. Rayaru again pours the tirtha and chants the mantras. The following day people were shocked to see the color totally changed with moisture creeping into it. Rayaru continues pouring tirtha and chanting mantras.  The fourth day morning people were amazed to see tender leaves budding at different points of the Onake.  This continues and on the fifth day the Onake was seen with lush green leaves with buds and flowers. The Desai falls on the feet of Rayaru confessing and pleads for pardon. Desai immediately announces the return of the lands back to Brahmins. Rayaru blesses Desai that he would hear good news very soon and accordingly he gets a message that his wife has delivered a boy child.

The Brahmins of Arasangi even today acknowledge the graceful act of Rayaru.