Ramana Maharshi's life, teachings and devotees
In the 1930s, as a result of a case brought against Ramanasramam by a devotee, Bhagavan was required to make a deposition about the ownership of the ashram. Bhagavan’s replies to the lawyer’s questions give an insight into his claim that he was ‘ativarnasrama’, beyond all castes and asramas.
A few years ago I was invited to comment on Bhagavan’s views on the politics of his era, and specifically what his attitude was to the struggle for independence that was being led by Mahatma Gandhi. This was my response.
In this article I examine the belief of many devotees that Bhagavan was an avatar of Subramanian, the second son of Siva.
I was asked about a specific incident in which Muruganar paid for food to be served to devotees at Ramanasramam and then went out begging for his own lunch. In response I wrote a lengthy article about the tradition of begging for one’s food during Bhagavan’s early years at Arunachala.
In this article, which I wrote in the early 90s, I tell the story of of Bhagavan’s association with the Mother’s Temple at Ramanasramam and how it evolved from a thatched hut to its current state.
Pandava Tirtham is a small body of water at the base of Arunachala. Ramana Maharshi frequently swam there in the Skandashram era, and also in the years that followed.
