Thirunakshatram of Adivan Satakopan - Purattasi Kettai

NAME                  Adivan Satakopan

ACHARYA           Gatikasatham Ammal (Varadavishnvacharya)

YOB  18 August 1379 CE

BIRTH MONTH      Puratasi

NAKSHATRAM     Kettai(Jyeshta)

FATHER'S NAME  Kidambi Kesavacharya

BIRTH PLACE Thirunarayanapuram (Melkote), Karnataka. 

NAME AT BIRTH  Srinivasacharya

YOD 1458

BRINDAVANAM Melkote

LIFE SPAN 79 years

Dear Friends

October 10, 2013,  Puratasi month - Kettai nakshatram) is the thirunakshatram of Adivan Satakopan - the first acharya of Ahobila Mutt. 

Here are some links that inspire us with his life story.

http://www.ahobilamutt.org/us/acharya/bio/1stjeer.asp

http://nadadoor.org/ChinnaAmmal.htm

http://ahobilamuttchembur.blogspot.in/2007_06_01_archive.html

http://venkateswara.freeservers.com/annamacharya.html

To imagine this great mahatma walking the land to redeem ordinary people like us, is a humbling thought. In fact Malolan, the small Lakshmi Narasimha vigraham that he used to carry with him also has padukas!! Since he is also doing sancharam with the acharya!!!