Senior Acholar Dr. N K Ramasheshan with Dr. S R Leela, Ex. M L C

Sri Shreedhara Swami Maharaj (7 December 1908 – 19 April 1973) was an Indian prominent Kannada-Marathi saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition.

Varadahalli is a small village in Karnataka located in the taluk of Sagara, Karnataka, India. It is notable for the hill shrine of Shri Sridhara Swami Ashram.

In the year 1954, a saint Sridhara Swamiji from Sajjanghad of Maharashtra came and established his hermitage (Ashrama) here to continue his spiritual sadhana.