The Joyous Presence of Yogi Ramsuratkumar
The Arunachaleswara Temple sits at the foot of the Sacred Mountain Arunachala and dominates the flat countryside of Tamil Nadu. At the base of the imposing sculptured towers of the temple, simple...
View ArticleThe Kalagyani – Veerabrahmendra Swami
Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami is one of the well-known sages in Indian history. He possesses the knowledge of past, present and future. He is often called as the “Nostradamus of India”....
View ArticleDid Ramakrishna Practice Other Religions?
The central argument of the RK Mission for its non-Hindu character was that, unlike Hinduism, it upheld the ‘equal truth of all religions’ and the ‘equal respect for all religions’. The latter slogan...
View ArticleAnnamacharya – The Pada-kavita Pitaamaha
Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya was a saint composer in the fifteenth century, composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India who hailed from the Tallapaka village, in the...
View ArticleNarada – The Journalist Sage
Narada is a Vedic sage, famous in Hindu traditions as a traveling musician and known for carrying all the news and enlightening wisdom. He appears in a number of Hindu texts, notably the Mahabharata...
View ArticleSiddhas of South India: Sadhu Chidambara Swamigal
Recently I visited the samadhi temple of Sadhu Chidambaram Swami, who is also known as “Valla Naattaar”. A samadhi is the location where the physical body of a saint or siddha is burried. Such...
View ArticleIn Search of Siddhas and My Experiences With Kodi Swami
[Editor’s Note: Sri Kodi Swami was rumored to have lived for over 300 years, before attaining Mahasamadhi in 1993. Some families had been visiting him for generations. He was spoken of as belonging to...
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