Sri Manjunatha

Manjunatha is incarnation of "God Shiva". Manju means snow and Natha means lord. Since Shiva lives in kailasa (now called himalayas), and he is the lord of that loka, he is called Manjunatha."Manjunatha" is one of the most common name in Karnataka state for males and "Manju" is used for females. This is mostly because of "Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy" located in "Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala".

Sri Manjunatha is an Indian movie made simultaneously in both Kannada and Telugu languages. It has Megastar Chiranjeevi, Arjun, Soundarya etc. in lead roles. This devotional movie was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao (K.R.R.) and produced by Nara Jaya Sridevi.It is the first bi-lingual movie made in telugu and kannada.

Plot

Manjunatha (Arjun ) is an atheist, but a good person helping others in need and fighting evil and so even though Manjunatha hates Lord Siva/Lord Manjunatha (Chiranjeevi), the latter loves his would be devotee. Manjunatha meets Kathyayini (Soundarya) a to-become devadasi and marries her. Soon they beget a son who like his mother is a staunch devotee of Lord Manjunatha. After marriage Manjunatha slowly transforms into a great devotee of Lord Manjunatha and with his devotion wins the hearts of everybody including the local King, Ambikeswara Maharaju Ambareesh who invites him to his court where he felicitates Manjunatha much to Manjunatha's dislike where the king realises that Manjunatha is going to die. In the...
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