Legend in the making Elayavilli Sriram Satajit, who celebrated his 12th Birthday on Thursday (March 2), has already presented over 500 Upanyasams
In December 2015, he became the youngest ever upanyasakar to present at the Parthasarathy temple in Thiruvallikeni
'Satajit has remarkable memory power, a great retention capability and an extra ordinary art of reproduction' - Sanskrit Scholar and Grand Father Srinivasa Bhuvarahacharya Swamy
His grand father U Ve Elayavilli Srinivasa
Bhuvarahacharya Swamy is 84 years old and has been a great scholar in both the
Sanskrit and the Tamil Vedantas and a renowned Upanyasakarta presenting sampradaya
discourses for over five decades. Notwithstanding
his old age, in January this year he presented a Thiruppavai Upanyasam in
Bangalore.
It was during his long 25 year stint
as a Sanskrit Professor at St. Joseph’s College in Bangalore that Srinivasa Bhuvarahacharya Swamy began to
spread the Vaishnava literature through Kalakshepams. He had become so popular by
the time of his retirement in 1990 that the Bangaloreans had sought his
upanyasams right through the year. The streak of high expectations from the
people there led him to continue to reside in Bangalore for 15 years after his
retirement during which time he began presenting discourses on all 7 days of
the week.
He
also travelled across the country to present discourses. On one such trip, he
stayed back in Nagpur to present a Thiruppavai Upanyasam during the entire
month of Margazhi.
Passing
the baton to his grandson
Over the last 7 years, Bhuvarahacharya
Swamy has been actively involved in passing on the huge wealth of knowledge to
his grandson Satajit in whom he sees enormous potential.
He says that Satajit has been
blessed with three essential ingredients that will make a truly special
upanyasakar in the future. ‘Satajit has remarkable memory power, a great retention
capability and an extra ordinary art of reproduction that is likely to keep the
audience engaged through his discourses and one that will create a lasting impact in
the minds of the devotees.’
Satajit's father Elayavilli Sriram, a well versed scholar in Divya Prabhandham, has been presenting upanyasams across the country over the last decade but has kept a low profile and very few are aware of his devotional presentations. However, Satajit has already captured the minds of the devotee audience constantly leaving them awe struck with his vivid style of presentation.
First Upanyasam before
he was 5 years old
Not
yet five, Satajit had already begun presenting 15 minute lectures on Azhvaar
Vaibhavam. He also has to his credit being the youngest child to deliver Tiruppavai
discourses having started from the age of 6.
In recent years, he has expanded his horizon to delivering lectures around Samprokshanam events and the annual Brahmotsavam celebrations at various Divya Desams including Thiruneermalai and Azhvaar Tirunagari.
In recent years, he has expanded his horizon to delivering lectures around Samprokshanam events and the annual Brahmotsavam celebrations at various Divya Desams including Thiruneermalai and Azhvaar Tirunagari.
He
has developed his own style of presentation and has captured the imagination of
the audience with his unique story telling skills.
Rare Feat at Thiruvallikeni Parthasarathy Temple
With
the month long Tiruppavai discourse in Margazhi (2015-16), 10 year old Satajit became
the youngest ever upanyasakar to present at the Parthasarathy temple in
Thiruvallikeni, a truly remarkable achievement.
On Vaikunta Ekadasi, in December 2015, he presented a LIVE commentary in All India Radio, Madras for 20 minutes and on Podhigai TV.
Like his grandfather, Satajit too has travelled across the country and even presented upanyasams in Mumbai and Kolkata. He has already had the senior well known upanyasakars take notice of his progress. Not surprisingly, awards have been pouring in from all corners, the most interesting among them being the title of “Sath Sampradaya Bala Bhaskaran” by All India Adhi Shiva Chariyargal Seva Sangam in Chennai. Such has been his narrative abilities that even the Saivite group recognised him for his discourses. Mudaliyandan Swami crowned him as the “Asthana Vidwan” of Mudaliyandan Sannidhi in Pettai near Poonamallee after listening to his lecture there.
To go along with his upanyasams,
Satajit, who is currently in class seven at Kamalavati Higher Secondary School, Sahupuram (near Azhvaar Tirunagari), has also been brilliant in his
academics topping the class in many of the subjects. His school saw the huge
talent in him and has made special concessions so he could be away from the
classes during the whole of margazhi for his annual upanyasam.
He has no notes in front of him.
He has never had one while presenting. He has been blessed with such natural
talent that he seems to reel out new interesting stories even from the most
common historical subjects.
Like other boys his age, he too plays
tennis ball cricket every day after his school and cycles around the streets of
Azhvaar Tirunagari However, when it comes to addressing a gathering of ardent
devotees looking for interesting stories, Satajit is already a legend in the
making having presented several hundreds of upanyasams. And he has just touched 12.
7 comments:
Amazing talent
Great
He has Alwar kstaksham and Anugraham, he will get everything at each stage
It isn't a mean feat for a 12 year old, amazing. God bless him !!
This is what is called the vaidika parampara. Paramaatma Vidyaa blesses, stays and flows when the family values and the religious values are upheld with respect and devotion. om namo naaraayanaaya.
alwar thirunagari soil sprouting another "nammalwar"
aneka mangalaasaasanams !!!
Samskarapoorna chiranjeevi vazhiye
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