Sathyagala

Sathyagala lies near the Kaveri and the falls of Shivanasamudra, where the river descends through the rocky southern Deccan. The village is remembered in Sri Vaishnava tradition as a refuge of the theologian Vedanta Desika. After the attack on Srirangam in the fourteenth century, he fled with a manuscript of the Sruta Prakashika, a commentary on Ramanuja’s Sri Bhashya. During his exile at Sathyagala he composed the Abhiti Stava, a prayer to Ranganatha for deliverance from fear.