Shripad ShriVallabha (Sripad SriVallabha) is considered as the first avatara (incarnation) of the deity Shri Dattatreya. As per some of the experts he is supposed to have lived from 1320AD to 1350AD. He was born in Pithapuram, a town in Godavari district of state Andhra Pradesh in India.
He was the third son of Aaphalraj and Sumata. After he left their house for Kashi-yatra (Kashi or Banaras or Varanashi Piligrimage), he stayed most of his life in Kuravpur (Kuravapura) which is a small village located from about 20Km from Krishna Railway station near Raichur (Krishna Railways station is 26Km from Raichur and is well connected to major cities like Mumbai (formerly Bombay)and Chennai (formerly Madras). The located may be checked on Wikimapia.
As per some scholars he lived for 30 years. However, nothing much is known about his life. The only source of his life's information is from the most renowned book Shri GuruCharitra written by Shri Saraswati Gangadhar in Marathi around 1450AD.
