Sathyadharma teertaru

- Sheshadri Raghavendra Rao

Shravana Shukla, Trayodashi is the aaraadhane of Sri SathyaDharma Teertharu, hoLehonnooru, Shivamogga.

2. Ascended the Sarvagna Peeta as the direct Shishyaru of Sri SatyaVara Teertharu (who is also the Aashrama gugaLu of Sri Maadanooru Vishnu Teertharu).

3. In his poorvaashrama, Sri SatyaDharmaru belonged to the ‘Navarathna’ vamsha.

4. He was gifted his current bhavana/small palace (in hoLehonnooru) by Diwan Poornayya of Mysore kingdom.

5. In his poorvaashrama, when somebody steals Sri Moola Seetha-Raamadevaru from Uttaraadhi mutt, the then gurugaLu Sri Satyavara Teertharu goes on Upavaasa and after 21 days, when he goes to a well (Bhaavi) for aahnika, he finds the idols placed on a plantain leaf (baaLe ele) on the Bhaavi mettilu. He immediately informs Sri SatyaVara Teertharu, and brings the idols dancing with joy. Then and there itself, Sri SatyaVararu decides to take him as his successor and later on gives him Ashrama to name him as Sri SathyaDharmaTeertharu.

6. Among many other granthas, he has written tippaNi to Bhaagavatha also.

7. He is believed to be Rudraamsha as a drop of water was falling, unstopped, from the top of his moola Vrundaavana in hoLehonnooru. A decade or so ago, as there was a major mailige, the water droplets stopped.

8. hoLehonnooru is just 15 km from Shivamogga bus stop, and Koodali Akshyobya Moola Samsthana is just 3 km from hoLehonnooru.