Śrī Manikanta Somayaji Terala

Śrī Manikanta Somayaji Terala started learning Smārta Vidyā from the age of eight. He was tutored under his grandfather Śrī Muthya Prabhakara Sharma, who is a Ṣoḍaśa Karma Adhikārī and a scholar in teaching Ārṣa Dharma Sūtras. He is studying Vaidika Śākta Āgama under Brahmaśrī K. Sudhakara Sharma. He has delivered many pravacanams on the Divine Mother in Telugu. Some of his pravacanams include Śrī Mahā Vārāhī Vaibhavam, Śrī Rājaśyāmala Vaibhavam, Śrī Mahākālī Sampūrṇa Tattvam, Śrī Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa Vaibhavam, and Śrī Gaṇapati Sahasranāma Vaibhavam.