Sheshadri Swamigal

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Sri Seshadri Swamigal was born on January 22nd 1870 in a small village near Kanchipuram in South India in the renowned family of Kamakoti. He studied Vedas (Hindu religious literature) at a very young age. An incident in his childhood reveals the greatness of his power when his mother took him to a temple fair and he touched an idol from a seller who had all the idols sold out like hotcakes, which were not getting sold out earlier. This gave him the name "Thanga Kai"(golden hand). Since he did not have any worldly attractions, he became a sanyasi (ascetic) and came to Tiruvannamalai at the age of nineteen and remained there till he attained Mahasamadhi(a subtle state of divine bliss) in the year 1929.

When Ramana Maharishi came to Tiruvannamalai he went inside the 'Badala Linga' shrine in 1000- pillar Mantapa in Arunachaleswara Temple for meditation to avoid disturbance. He was in deep meditation for many days and ants started eating his legs and thighs. Seshadri Swamigal saw this. He cleansed Ramana off his wounds caused by ants and revealed Ramana as the [saint] to the world.

Unlike Ramana, Seshadri never stayed in place in Tiruvannamalai and preached his teachings. But, he blessed devotees and help cure their illness with his wonderful touch.

Sri Seshadri Swamigal sometimes when in Tiruvannamalai, he used to throw the articles from the shops. The shops he entered used to do good business on that day and so shopkeepers used to eagerly await his arrival. To this day, the shops in Tiruvannamalai have his photos as a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

External Links

• Sri Seshadri Swamigal good biography of this 20th Century Arunachala Saint