# Satyam Traditional Yoga

> A free, open archive of 278 traditional Tamil yoga practices ("Yogam Indru")
> taught by Guru G. Soundarrajan. Each practice has a video, audio, and a full
> Tamil + transliteration + English transcript, plus a summary, asana name
> (Sanskrit + Tamil), topic category and tags. The entire corpus is open JSON and
> Markdown — agents are welcome to read and query it directly instead of scraping HTML.

## Start here (for agents)

- [Full catalog (JSON)](https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/catalog.json): every practice with summary, asana
  name, category, `for_elderly` flag, date, duration, tags and URLs. Fetch this one
  file to answer most questions (e.g. "which practices are for elderly", "all twists",
  "shortest digestion practice"). Filter it locally; no API call needed.
- [Full catalog (Markdown)](https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/catalog.md): the same data, grouped by category.

## Full text + records

- [Search index (JSON)](https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/data/search.json): every transcript line (17007
  segments) with timestamp and Tamil/translit/English, each linking to its practice at
  the right time offset. Use for full-text search across the teachings.
- [Per-practice record (JSON)](https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/data/<index>.json): the full record incl.
  timed segments and chapters. `<index>` is the 3-digit id from the catalog, e.g.
  https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/data/066.json.
- Per-practice Markdown: append `.md` to any practice URL for a clean, JS-free transcript,
  e.g. https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/asana/<name>.md.

## Conventions

- Languages: Tamil (source), Latin transliteration, English translation. All JSON is UTF-8.
- `topic_category`: exactly one controlled label per practice (Twists, Forward Bends,
  Digestion & Internal Organs, Balance & Standing, ...).
- `for_elderly: true`: curated collection of chair-seated practices suitable for elderly
  practitioners (browsable on the site under the "For Elderly" topic).
- No authentication, no rate limits. Please crawl gently.

## Example queries

- Practices for elderly who can sit on a chair -> catalog.json, keep `for_elderly == true`.
- All forward bends -> catalog.json, keep `topic_category == "Forward Bends"`.
- Where the guru discusses kidney health -> search search.json english/tamil for "kidney".

## MCP server

- Endpoint: https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/mcp (streamable-http, no auth). Server card:
  https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
- Tools: search_teachings, get_practice, list_practices, recommend_for, list_categories.
  Use this if you can speak MCP; otherwise the JSON files above cover the same data.

## Site

- Homepage: https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/
- Sitemap: https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/sitemap.xml
- API catalog: https://satyam.bhairav.ltd/.well-known/api-catalog