

His devotees and disciples used to chant the mantra - "Shri swami samarth" so as to worship him. He was a MahaYogi - A MahaPurush possessing great spiritual powers. He performed various miracles to save his devotees from evil powers.

Swami was well-versed and knew many Vedic Literatures such as the holy Vedas. He is the third avatar (incarnation) of 'Datta Guru'. During his stay in Akkalkot, Swami enlightened many lives and showed a ray of hope to innumerable devotees. Some of them are Shri Cholappa, Shri Balappa, Shri Ramanand Beedkar Maharaj, Shri Dev Mamledar, etc. He came to Akkalkot (Solapur, Maharashtra) in 1856 and stayed there for the rest of his life i.e. Afterwards he visited Mangalvedha (Solapur, Maharashtra), and stayed there for some time. Swami had visted many pilgrimage places like Haridwar, Benaras, Rameshwaram, Puri, etc. He consoled the shocked woodcutter and told him that it was his divine will to re-appear in this world, to complete his mission of eradicating the evil powers from this universe. After completion of his meditation, the Holy Sage opened his eyes.

He tried and cleared the anthill and lo! he saw a Yogi Purush (Holy Sage) engrossed in deep meditation. He was taken aback by the view of blood stains on his axe. While cutting trees, his axe hit the anthill. One day, accidentally, a wood cutter came there. Nearly after about 300 years, a large anthill grew on and around his body. As per stated in 'Guru Charitra', Shri Nrusimha Saraswati went away to the Himalayas for doing his Tapascharya (Penance).
