SrI:
" VakthA SrOthA Vachana Vishaya: preeyathAm
VENKATESA: "
Dear Sri Vaishnavaas & Vaishnava
AbhimAnis:
Satyagalam is a beautiful village in Karantaka
state on the banks of
the sacred Cauvery river as she gently flows
towards Her Lord at SrIrangam .
Swamy Desikan (1268-1369 C.E) chose
this idyllic and peaceful village of
Sathyagalam twice to stay during times of severe stress in his
life . He spent
number of years there with His DevikaL , KumArar and prime disciple ,
Brahma Tantra Svatantra Swamy performing
grantha kaalakshEpams
and worshipping Lord Varadaraja and PerumdEvi
ThAyAr , who preside over
the ancient temple at Sathyagalam. Perhaps
Swamy Desikan was reminded of
His native place of Kaanchipuram , where Athtigiri
AruLALa PerumAL
( Lord VaradarAjan ) and MahA DEvi (PerumdEvi
ThAyaar ) have
their aasthAnams ,when he chose Sathyagalam for
extensive stays .
In Swamy Desikan's sacred life ThUppul
, Kaanchi, Thiruvaheendhrapuram ,
Srirangam , SATHYAGALAM and Melkote
(ThirunArAyaNapuram)
served as major anchor points. The vaibhavams
relating to Swamy Desikan's
stay at KarAtaka (mEl Naadu) are not familiar to
many Desika BhakthAs.
Here in KarnAtakA were born the powerful AbhIthi
Sthavam and YathirAja Sapthathi.
Here in Karnataka were born the two of the Five
Taniyans that we use ,
when we salute Swamy Desikan . These two are : (1)
SrI RaamAnuja DayA
Paathram Jn~Ana VairAgya BhUshaNam---and (2) SrIman VenkatanATArya:
KavitArkika kesaree----- .
HH SrI Rangapriya Swamy of AshtAnga Yoga Mandir ,
Bangalore
and HH Prakrutham ParakAla Matam Jeeyar of
Mysore have dedicated
themselves to glorify the Vaibhavam of Swamy
Desikan during His stay
at Sathyagalam also known as as Sathyamangalam and Sakthimangalam
during Swamy Desikan's time .
The power (Sakthi ) aspects of the combination of
Upanishadic word Sathyam
(Sathyam Jn~Anam Anantham Brahma " and MangaLam
aspects
celebrated in Maangalya Sthavam are
profound , when one reflects on
the name of this kshEthram as Sathya Mangalam .
Both HH SrI Rangapriya Swamy and HH ParakAla Matham
Jeeyars are patrons of
many kaimkaryams at Sathyagalam , where Swamy
Desikan blesses us all
in an unusual standing posture ( ninRa
ThirukkOlam ). The Aswattha tree on
the banks of the river Cauvery , where He performed
His daily anushtAnam
(NithyAnushtAnam ) , the Koorma Peetam on
which He sat for His manthra
Japams
are all at Sathyagalam from Swamy Desikan's
time until now for us to connect to
this great AchAryan .
There was not much information available until
now for the larger public
about Sathyagala KshEthram .SrIman
Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar,
scion of two great AchArya Paramparais ( SrI
Ahobila Matam and
Srirangam PeriyANDavan Aasramam ) of Bangalore has aceepted
the niyamanams (commands ) of HH
RangapriyA Swamy and
HH ParakAla Matam Jeeyar to construct a web
site for Sathyagalam.
The URL for this beautiful and informative web
site is:
The many images of the dhivya dampathis of
Satyagalam worshipped by
Swamy Desikan and the Ninra ThirukkOlam of
Swamy Desikan and His
Thirunakshathra Uthsavam celebration attended
by HH SrI RangapriyA Swamy
and HH Parakaala
Matam Jeeyar are beautiful to enjoy . The text assembled there
with clarity and
creativity are remarkable.
On behalf of the Aasthika Community of SrI
VaishNavAs and abhimAnis,
it is my pleasure to thank Sriman Sridhar for a
most enjoyable web site
on Sathyagalam KshEhtram ! We wish him success in
creating many
such web sites for the aasthika community
!
Please visit this delightful web site and recieve
the blessings of our AchAryAs ,
Swamy Desikan , Lord Varadaraja PerumAl
and PerumdEvi ThAyAr of
Sathyagala KshEthram !
Daasan , SrImath Azhagiyasingar PaadhAngri rENu
,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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