Are there still Living Enlightened Masters at Arunachala? It was a couple of years back on my trip to Tiruvannamalai that I was wondering if there are still living enlightened masters at Arunachala today. I was told to look for Sri Siva Sakthi Ammaiyar. One morning I went to her ashram for darshan. The ashram [...]
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Sri Siva Sakthi Ammaiyar – The Silent One
Posted in Siva Sakthi, tagged ashram on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with Annamalai Swami
Posted in Annamalai Swami, tagged Annamalai Swami, interview on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Annamalai Swami, born in 1906 in a Tamil Nadu village, had spiritual inclinations from a young age. In 1928 at the age of 22 he went to Tiruvannamalai to meet Ramana Maharshi and became his personal attendant. Annamalai Swami was in charge of all ongoing construction and continuing expansion at Ramanasramam. This included the goshala, [...]
Seshadri Swamigal and Sri Vidya
Posted in Seshadri Swamigal, tagged Seshadri Swamigal, sri vidya on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Seshadri Swamigal, 1870 to 1929, from Kanchipuram came to live in Tiruvannamalai at the age of 19 and spent the rest of his life at the feet of Arunachala roaming in the streets. It is said that his birth came to be known through a dream in which the Goddess Kamakshi appeared. He was a [...]
Yogi Ramsuratkumar – Godchild of Tiruvannamalai
Posted in Yogi Ramsuratkumar, tagged Yogi Ramsuratkumar on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yogi Ramsuratkumar, a great contemporary holy man of Tiruvannamalai, was born in a village near Kashi in December 1918. Already during his childhood he loved being in the company of yogis and holy men. In 1947 he visited Sri Aurobindo Ghose who asked him to go to Arunachala and meet Ramana Maharshi. Later he moved [...]
Ramana Maharshi – The Sage of Arunachala
Posted in Ramana Maharshi, tagged accommodation, Ramana Maharshi, ramanasramam on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi also called The Sage of Arunachala was born in December 1879 and attained maha samadhi in April 1950. He spent all of his adult life in Tiruvannamalai. For many years he occupied several caves on Arunachala and later settled at the present location of Ramana Ashram along Girivalam Road. When spiritual [...]
Paramahamsa Nithyananda born in Tiruvannamalai
Posted in Nithyananda, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, tagged Annamalai Swami, Arunachala, Arunachaleshwara Temple, arunagiri yogeshwara, enlightened master, girivalam road, isakki swamigal, maataji kuppammal, mahavatar babaji, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, patanjali, pavala kundru, rhagupati yogi, tiruvannamalai, Yogi Ramsuratkumar on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Introduction Enlightened master Paramahamsa Nithyananda was born on January 1st, 1978, in Tiruvannamalai as Rajasekaran. The family astrologer predicted that he would be a raja sannyasi, a king amongst holy men. Nithyananda received his first spiritual training at the age of three by Rhagupati Yogi who taught him for the next 10 years the sciene [...]
Gurus and Ashrams around Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai
Posted in Enlightened Beings, tagged Arunachala, ashrams, Aum Amma, enlightened master, gurus, nome, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Radha Ma, Ramana Maharshi, sheshadri swamigal, shiva shakti, tiruvannamalai, Yogi Ramsuratkumar on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This list of gurus and ashrams around Arunachala is not complete but contains information about enlightened masters living in Thiruvannamalai or ones who have an ashram here and come to visit frequently. Simply click on any of the names below and you will be taken to a separate post about that particular enlightened master.
