first encounters with the masters
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
First Encounters with the Masters .............................................................................................................. 10
Swami Sivananda and Paramahamsa Viswananda Saraswati ....................................................... 10
Swami Vishnudevananda and Swami Sivananda ................................................................................. 11
Swami Muktananda and Bhagawan Nithyananda ............................................................................... 13
Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa .............................................................. 18
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Totapuri ....................................................................................... 21
Sri Ramana Maharshi and Arunachala .................................................................................................... 23
Sivaprakasam Pillai and Sri Ramana Maharshi ..................................................................................... 24
Ganapathi Sastri and Sri Ramana Maharshi............................................................................................ 24
Ragavachariar and Sri Ramana Maharshi ................................................................................................ 25
Suddhananda Bharati and Sri Ramana Maharshi ................................................................................ 25
Yogi Ramiah and Sri Ramana Maharshi .................................................................................................... 26
Natesa Mudaliar and Sri Ramana Maharshi ............................................................................................ 26
Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Sri Ramana Maharshi ................................................................................. 27
Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Swami Ramdas .............................................................................................. 28
Swami Ramdas and Sri Ramana Maharshi .............................................................................................. 31
Swami Gnanananda Giri and Swami Sivaratna Giri ............................................................................ 33
Adi Sankara and Lord Shiva ............................................................................................................................ 34
Paramahamsa Yogananda and Sri Yukteswar ....................................................................................... 35
Lahiri Mahasaya and Babaji ............................................................................................................................ 37
Lama Surya Das and Lama Yeshe ................................................................................................................. 39
First Encounters with My Guru ..................................................................................................................... 40
Tavatiru Rengaraja Desigar ............................................................................................................................ 40
Supramania Swami ............................................................................................................................................. 42
Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal........................................................................................................................ 48
Epilogue .................................................................................................................................................................... 60
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Introduction
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Swami Vishnudevananda and Swami Sivananda
Photo 2 Swami Vishnudevananda (Right) and Swami Sivananda
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Swami Muktananda and Bhagawan Nithyananda
Photo 3 Muktananda with his guru Bhagawan Nithyananda
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Photo 4 Bhagawan Nithyananda. Photo Courtesy of The Chidakasha Gita of Bhagawan Nithyananda of Ganeshpuri
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Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Photo 5 Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
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Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Totapuri
Photo 6 Totapuri
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Sri Ramana Maharshi and Arunachala
Photo 7 Stamp of Sri Ramana released in 1971
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Sivaprakasam Pillai and Sri Ramana Maharshi
Photo 8 Sivaprakasam Pillai
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Ganapathi Sastri and Sri Ramana Maharshi
Photo 9 Ganapathi Sastri with Sri Ramana
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Ragavachariar and Sri Ramana Maharshi
Suddhananda Bharati and Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Yogi Ramiah and Sri Ramana Maharshi
Photo 10 Yogi Ramiah (sitting on the ground) with Sri Ramana, B. V. Narasimha Swami with pencil and paper.
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Natesa Mudaliar and Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Swami Ramdas
Photo 12 Ramdas
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Swami Ramdas and Sri Ramana Maharshi
Photo 13 Swami Ramdas
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Swami Gnanananda Giri and Swami Sivaratna Giri
Photo 14 Swami Gnanananda Giri
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Adi Sankara and Lord Shiva
Photo 15 Sankara with his disciples
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Paramahamsa Yogananda and Sri Yukteswar
Photo 16 Yogananda with Yukteswar
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Lahiri Mahasaya and Babaji
Photo 17 Lahiri and Babaji
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Lama Surya Das and Lama Yeshe
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First Encounters with My Guru
Tavatiru Rengaraja Desigar
Photo 18 Rengaraja Desigar
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Supramania Swami
Photo 19 Supramania Swami poses for me the first time I meet him in 2003
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Photo 20 Clockwise: Supramania Swami at his altar in his Kudil; Swamis Kudil in Tiruvannamalai; Swami at his village
home in Nachananthal.
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Photo 21 Supramania Swami with Yogi Ramsuratkumar in a digitally edited photo
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Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal
Photo 22 Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal in 2005
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Photo 23 Clockwise: Feeding the poor at Tavayogis ashram; Tavayogi at the banks of the river that passes through his
ashram; at the entrance to the Peedham; inside the Peedham; outside Tavayogis ashram.
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Photo 24 The 1st
leg of my pilgrimage with Tavayogi. Clockwise: Sivanmalai; Deserted temple in Kangayam;
Punakeeswarar Samadhi at Chennimalai; Murugan temple in the jungles of Kangayam; Tavayogi in his Cave at
Kangayam; Tavayogi squeezing through an opening into Konganars Cave; Inside Konganars Cave; On the steps towards
Konganars Cave.
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Photo 25 The 2nd
leg of my pilgrimage with Tavayogi. C lockwise: In Sargurunathars Cave & Ashram, Outside
Sargurunathars Cave & Ashram, Mettupalayam - Ooti Road; at the Mariamman temple in Ooti; With Dayananda Swami
in Ooti; at Tavatiru Suyanjhothi Swamis Satguru Sathya Raja Yoga Seva Gnana Ashram in Kasolai.
Photo 26 Jeganathar; Tavayogi performing Abhisegam to the granite Peedham at his ashram; Chitramuthu Adigal
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Photo 27 The 3rd
leg of my pilgrimage with Tavayogi. Clockwise: Tavayogi at Breehadeshwar temple; Agathiyar opens his
eyes; At Karuvurar temple; Outside Agasthiyars temple at Agasthiyampalli; Tavayogi with Agathiyar.
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Photo 28 The 4th
leg of the pilgrimage. Clockwise: At Kalyana Theertam at the foothills of Pothigai; Shiva temple at
Kalyana Theertam; Agathiyars temple at the foothills of Pothigai; Agathiyars temple at Kalyana Theertam in Pothigai.
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Photo 29 The 5th
leg of the pilgrimage. Clockwise: Outside Agathiyars Cave at Courtallam; At Shenbaga Devi Ammans
temple; Outside Agathiyars Cave; Inside Agathiyars Cave; Tavayogi at the inner chamber of Agathiyars Cave .
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Photo 30 The final leg of my pilgrimage with Tavayogi. Clockwise: With a sadhu outside Dhakshinamurthis Cave in
Courtallam; Paintings at Chitrasabai in Courtallam; Inside Dhakshinamurthis Cave; Chitrasabai; Inside the inner chamber
of Vallalars Cave; Chitrasabai; Outside Vallalars Cave
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Epilogue
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Photo 31 Tavayogi demonstrating Asanas and Pranayama to students in Malaysia. Still photos retrieved from video
footages by Muralitharan Saminathan, Sathiswaran Arumugam and Thayalan Arumugam, Malaysia
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