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Sadguru ''Satguru'' (), or ''sadguru'' (), means a "true guru" in Sanskrit. The term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on. A ''satguru'' has some special characteristics that ...
Appayya Swami (ಅಪ್ಪಯ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ 1885–1956) (not to be mistaken with Appayya Swamy, a 17th-century Carnatic Musician and scholar of Tamil Nadu) was a
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Indian spiritual master who lived in
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town, in
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,
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, India.


Early life

Appayya Swami was born as Palanganda Appaiah, the son of a Kodava paddy farmer in
Kodagu Kodagu district () (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative List of districts of Karnataka, district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged ...
(Coorg) in 1885. Appayya did his schooling in English and
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at Central High School,
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. Later he entered the Government Service under the Raj. However, he was of a religious bend of mind since childhood, and was inspired by the lives of
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886——— —), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay,M's original Bengali diary page 661, Saturday, 13 February 1886''More About Ramakrishna'' by Swami Prab ...
and
Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda () (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindus, Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figu ...
. He sought a spiritual guru, eventually selecting Guru Ramagiri.


Career

His Guru ordained him and Swamigalu learned and composed several hymns. Through the path of devotion, he attained self-realization. Over time he became a spiritual teacher with several disciples and was hence given the title of
Sadguru ''Satguru'' (), or ''sadguru'' (), means a "true guru" in Sanskrit. The term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on. A ''satguru'' has some special characteristics that ...
. In 1941 he founded a monastery in
Virajpet The town of Virajpet also spelled as Virajapete () is township of the district of Kodagu, in India's southern States and union territories of India, State of Karnataka. It is the main town of the ''Virajpet taluka'', south of the district, and b ...
known as Kaveri Ashram after the river goddess
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. His work in sustaining
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spirituality and culture in Coorg and its surrounding regions is being carried on by the Kaveri Ashram (also known as Cauvery Ashram ) today. A school is named after him in
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, Kodagu called Sadguru Appayya Swamy High School.


Death

He died in 1956, aged 71.


Gallery

Image:Vivekananda Swamiji Cauveri Ashram.JPG, Vivekananda Swamiji Cauveri Ashram Image:Cauveri Ashram Shrine.JPG, Cauveri Ashram Shrine Image:Mataji Virajpet.JPG, Mataji Virajpet Image:Cauveri Ashram Prayer hall adjacent to the Shrine..JPG, Cauveri Ashram Prayer hall adjacent to the Shrine


Bibliography

1. Śrī sadguru appayya vijaya (Kannada) authored by V.S. Rāmakriṣṇa (Śrī Kāvēri Āśrama, 1965) ) 2. Śrī sadguru appayya svāmijīyavara ātmakathe mattu sandēśa (Kannada) (Śrīkāvēri Bhakta Jana Saṅgha, 1965)


External links

1. A disciple of Sadguru Appayya speaks 2. One among several newspaper articles related to Cauvery/Kaveri Ashram


References

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