Some info. on Mysore Iyengars

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Srimathe Rangapriya Maha deShikaya nama:

 

Dear Bhagavatottamas,

 

Amidst enlightening discussion going on on Karnataka Iyengars, adien

 

wish to share some information with the learned group about adien's

 

roots which comes under the classification"Mysore Iyengars".

 

Perhaps it is best to explain from adien's grand father's name

 

*Tirumale satyagalam Sri krishna deShikachar*. My grand father's fore-

 

fathers were the descendents of the followers of Swami Sri vedantha

 

deshikar, who followed Swami Sri Vedantha deShikar during his

 

migration to Karmnataka's satyagalam.They had their aacharya prampara

 

from those disciples and had the suffix "deShikan"

 

attached to their name.

 

These Mysore Iyengars were essentially 'keelnattu Sri vaiShNavas' in

 

their practices and viDhis. Due to continuous influence of kannadigas

 

and their cultures, they celebrated vinayaka pooja as well as

 

gaNapathi pooja, perhaps in their attempt to find oneness and hence

 

stability in their state of domicile. Even the spoken language underwent a lot

of changes with 40% kannada added to tamil.

 

Thus my grand father moved to Mysore to accept vyakaraNa pandita's

 

position in Jayachamarajendra Vodeyar's court, the then king of

 

mysore.

 

Due to modernisation, the suffixdeShikan was missing in adien’s case, not to

mention depletion of spirituality!

 

Adien Sri rangapriya dasan,

 

Mysore kriShna Iyengar Shrinath