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'''Appaiah Swami''' or [[Sadguru]] '''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 [[Hindu]] Indian spiritual master who lived in [[Virajpet]] town, in [[Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]], India.<br />
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[[File:Sadguru Appayya Swamigalu.JPG|thumb|Sadguru Appayya Swamigalu]]<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Appayya Swami was born as Palanganda Appaiah, the son of a [[Kodava people|Kodava]] paddy farmer in [[Kodagu]] (Coorg) in 1885.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kamath|title=Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 20|date=1993|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|location=Bangalore|page=659|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCELAQAAIAAJ&q=thimmayya+kodava|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref> Appayya did his schooling in English and [[Kannada]] at Central High School, [[Mercara]]. 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]] and [[Swami Vivekananda]]. He sought a spiritual guru, eventually selecting Guru Ramagiri.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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]].<br />
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In 1941 he founded a monastery in [[Virajpet]] known as Kaveri Ashram after the river goddess [[Kaveri]]. His work in sustaining [[Hindu]] spirituality and culture in Coorg and its surrounding regions is being carried on by the '''Kaveri Ashram''' (also known as '''Cauvery Ashram''' {{coord|12|12|09.27|N|75|48|11.68|E}}) today. A school is named after him in [[Somwarpet]], Kodagu called Sadguru Appayya Swamy High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/19558672/SHREE-SADGURU-APPAIAH-HIGH-SCHOOL-KUDIGE |title=Shree Sadguru Appaiah High School Kudige |publisher=Wikimapia.org |date= |accessdate=2013-01-24}}</ref><br />
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===Mataji===<br />
During the physical presence of Sadguru Appayya Swamigalu in Coorg, there lived a little girl, start attending her elementary education in a school. During Dasserah, Sarasvati puja was celebrated in the school wherein the said little girl of about five years fell into a trance and lost consciousness. Her father was a teacher in the school and took her to their residence. After three days her parents requested Sadguru Appayya Swamigalu's help. On the fourth day Swamigalu went to their house and uttered a divine mantra, bringing the little girl to a normal state. When she reached 21, her parents wanted her to get married, but she again fell into unconsciousness. The girl’s uncle told her father to either take the body for cremation or send her to Cauvery Ashram. She was moved to the ashram, where she regained consciousness and remained. Devotees called her Mataji.<br />
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She attained the highest spiritual-state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi showing that women could reach the highest spiritual state. Mataji spent about a decade performing [[sadhana]] at the Krishna Ashram (also founded by Swamigalu). {{Citation needed|date=November 2021|reason=give references/ name of the person}}<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in 1956, aged 71.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Image:Vivekananda Swamiji Cauveri Ashram.JPG|Vivekananda Swamiji Cauveri Ashram<br />
Image:Cauveri Ashram Shrine.JPG|Cauveri Ashram Shrine<br />
Image:Mataji Virajpet.JPG|Mataji Virajpet<br />
Image:Cauveri Ashram Prayer hall adjacent to the Shrine..JPG|Cauveri Ashram Prayer hall adjacent to the Shrine<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
1. Śrī sadguru appayya vijaya (Kannada) authored by V.S. Rāmakriṣṇa (Śrī Kāvēri Āśrama, 1965) {{google books|U3LDZwEACAAJ}})<br />
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2. Śrī sadguru appayya svāmijīyavara ātmakathe mattu sandēśa (Kannada) (Śrīkāvēri Bhakta Jana Saṅgha, 1965)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
1. A disciple of Sadguru Appayya speaks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/ayurveda-health-wellbeing/901157-flag-sri-ramakrishna-need-not-only-flutter-sri-ramakrishna-mission.html |title=The Flag of Sri Ramakrishna need not only flutter on the Sri Ramakrishna Mission |publisher=Indiadivine.org |date=2009-09-07 |accessdate=2013-01-24}}</ref><br />
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2. One among several newspaper articles related to Cauvery/Kaveri Ashram<ref>{{cite web|author=Madikeri, DHNS |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/48531/geetha-abhiyan-january-28.html |title=Geetha Abhiyan on January 28 |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-24}}</ref><br />
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