Here Mother received intense training in spiritual life.
Soon after his mother’s arrival, Ramana moved from Virupaksha to Skandasramam, a little higher up the Hill. A little later her youngest son, Nagasundaram followed her. In the beginning of 1916 Algammal came back to Tiruvannamalai determined to spend the rest of her life with Ramana. Oh Medicine in the form of a Hill that arose to cure the disease of all the births that come in succession like waves! Oh Lord! It is Thy duty to save my mother who regards Thy feet alone as her refuge, by curing her fever.Īlagammal recovered and went back to Manamadurai. The first verse of the hymn runs as follows: He also showed great solicitude in nursing her back to health. Despite his earlier note to her about the inevitability of destiny, Ramana composed a hymn in Tamil beseeching Lord Arunachala to cure her of her disease. On one occasion she fell ill and suffered for a few weeks with symptoms of typhoid. Ramana’s mother visited him several times again. Squirrels and monkeys would come up to him and eat out of his hand. Young children from the town would climb up the hill to Virupaksha Cave, sit near him, play around him, and then go back feeling happy. Not only seekers of Truth were drawn to him but also simple people, children, and even animals. His radiance had already drawn a group of devotees around him. During the early years on the Hill, Ramana was mostly silent. The cave where Ramana stayed longest (17 years), Virupaksha Cave, is on the south-east slope. Sometime after this event Ramana started to live in different caves on the slopes of Arunachala. With a heavy heart, the mother went back to Manamadurai. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to stop it. Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try how hard you may. The Ordainer controls the fate of souls in accordance with their past deeds. A devotee who had been observing the struggle of the mother for several days requested Ramana to write out at least what he had to say. Nothing moved him – not even his mother’s tears. With tears in her eyes Alagammal entreated her son to go back with her, but for the sage there was no going back. Ramana was then living at Pavalakkunru, one of the eastern spurs of Arunachala. The mother later went to Tiruvannamalai accompanied by her eldest son Nagaswamy. However, he conveyed the news to Alagammal, Ramana’s mother. So, Nelliyappa Aiyar went back disappointed to Manamadurai. He did not show any sign of interest in the visitor. Nelliyappa Aiyar tried his best to take his nephew along with him to Manamadurai but the young sage would not respond. It was in a mango orchid away from the temple that his paternal uncle, Nelliyappa Aiyar, from Manamadurai, found him. Ramana then moved to various gardens, groves and shrines in the vicinity. Fortunately someone was always there to take care of him. To make him eat, food had to be forcefully put into his mouth. For about two months he stayed in that shrine paying no attention to his bodily needs.
The youth was so absorbed in the Effulgence of Bliss that he didn’t even realize when some devotees finally came, lifted him out of the pit and brought him to the nearby Subrahmanya shrine. At that time in Tiruvannamalai there lived a renowned Swami called Seshadri Swamigal who sometimes stood guard over Ramana, and drove away the urchins.
Sri Bhagavan at Skandashram with Mother Alagammal (front right) and devotees Click to enlargeīut the mischievous boys soon discovered his retreat and indulged in their pastime of throwing stones at the young Brahmana Swami as Ramana was then called. Without moving he sat deeply absorbed in the Self and was unaware of being bitten up by the ants and vermin living there. He shifted to an underground vault known as Patala Lingam, where the sunlight never penetrated. But he was soon troubled by the urchins who pelted him with stones as he sat silently. For a few weeks he remained in the thousand-pillared hall. The first place that Ramana stayed in Tiruvannamalai was the great temple. From the day he arrived in 1896 until his Mahanirvana, Ramana never left his beloved Arunachala. He never took formal sannyasa nor did he claim to have any disciples. Sri Ramana Maharshi stayed at various places in Tiruvannamalai and then in several caves on the Arunachala Hill until he finally settled at what came to be called Sri Ramanasramam where he lived until his Mahanirvana in April 1950.
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