A NEW WEB SITE FOR SATYAGALAM , STHALAM SANCTIFIED BY SWAMY DESIKAN'S RESIDENCE

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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:

 

http://www.sathyagalam.com

 

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