According to chapter 24 of Guru Charitra, there lived a great scholar by name Trivikrama Bharathi who had been a devotee of Lord Laxmi Nrusimha in Kumasi (Kumashigi). Trivikrama bharathi studied three Vedas with tremendous knowledge of the Past, Present and Future.

He did Manasa Pooja(a poja performed while sitting in meditation) to his beloved God daily. One day he heard about fame of DattaGuru and passed a comment that being a Sanyasi( one who has foregone all worldly pleasures)Datta Guru cannot lead a high quality life. Realising this Datta Guru asked the village head to arrange for his visit to Kumasi (Kumashigi). Elephant, horses, pageantry and musicians were gathered. Shri Guru was seated in a palkhi and a grand procession started towards Kumasi (Kumashigi)

As usual when Trivikrama Bharathi sat for his pooja he could not see his God in his meditation and instead he could see Datta Guru with his desciples in a procession. But all the people in the procession were looking alike with a stick in their hands and having the appearance of Sri Guru.

Trivikarama realized the procession his mistake and immediately went for the darshan of Sri Guru. He fell on Lord’s feet and asked for apology and pleaded Lord to show his actual form. Being praised by Trivikram in this way, Shri Guru appeared before him in his real form in the procession. Shri Guru said to him, `You have been criticizing me and have called me a pretender. Just tell me who is a pretender.’ Trivikram said, `Kindly pardon me. Wipe off my ignorance. I am sinking in the sea of ignorance. Give me a lift in the boat of knowledge and take me with you.Then Sri Guru accepted him as a disciple and blessed him that Trivikrama would not have to take a birth again.

From then Trivikrama Bharathi became one of the important disciples of Sri Guru. Even today, on the banks of Bhima river at Kumasi (Kumashigi), we can see the Samadhi of Trivikrama Bharathi and a temple of Sri Nrusimha Saraswathi Swamy.