An Amazing experience met by a devotees of Sri Raghavendra Swamygall
Mahan Sri Ragavendra said that he would live in his Tomb for seven hundred years and bless the mankind with his blessings from there for ever. The following is a proof that he is still moving around in this world and helping his devotees in the hours of need. Mr. Venkat Rao is a retired employee of University of Madras. He and his wife Srimathi Lakshmi are devotees of Sri Raghavendra Swamygal.
Once they decided to visit the newly started Sri Raghavendra mutt at Iraiamangalam, a village situated at 15 kilometres away from Thiruvallur for darshan. Mr. Sridhar, the husband of Mrs. Ganga the sister of Mr. Venkat Rao had undergone bypass surgery recently. As his health condition did not help him to travel, other members of the family left for the Mutt leaving him at the house. At Sri Raghavendra mutt pooja was going on. At that moment the cell phone of Mr. Venkatrao rang. The call was from his house, the voice in the phone informed that Sridhar, who was in the house was suddenly swooned and fell down and the neighbours helped him to get admitted to the hospital for medication. At the hospital doctors said his brain stopped working and to correct the same they did an emergency operation. But that had become useless. The patient had gone to coma stage. Doctors expressed their fear that the patient may die and they can do nothing more. The patient was in the I.C.U. The relatives were standing outside with worried face not knowing how to save the patient from death. At that moment from nowhere an old man urgently walked into the hospital and entered the I.C.U. (It should be noted that no outsider can easily enter the ICU because it is a sterilized area and a visitor can be allowed inside to see the patient after taken some precautionary steps) Doctor saw some one entering the ICU, and came running to stop him. But he could see no one except the patient inside the ICU. Others also rushed into the ICU. To their utter surprise they saw the coma patient sitting on his bed looking at them. When they enquired the patient what had happened, the patient replied simply that he heard of an old man’s voice softly whispered in his ear to get up and sit as there was nothing wrong with him. The doctors went out to see the old man but could find no suchmn there. Then they enquired the staff at the reception whether they sent any old man inside. They said “No”. After two or three days Sridhar was discharged from the hospital. All the relatives felt and believed that the old man was none but Sri Raghavendra Swamygal who came in time just to save his suffering devotee from death.
Another Amazing experience met by A Devotee of Sri Raghavendra Swamygall
Once two friends while casually speaking decided to visit Sri Manthralayam for a Dharshan of Manthralaya Mahan Sri Raghavendra Swamygall’s Samadhi. They travelled by the Bombay mail (night train) They could not get a beth to sleep because their trvel was an un expecte one and defcided very casually. So they had travelled the whole distance without sleep. The train reached Manthralayam Railway station 80 minutes behind schedule at 11.20 Am. From there they took a bus and reached Manthralayam, had bath in the Thungabadhra river, then went to the Brindhavan for darshan. They had dharshan at Brindhavan. Though they could get good dharshan, they coiuld not get the prasadam (food)because it was too late when they went to the dining hall. This disappointed them very much. With heavy hearts they went to a hotel, had their food (lunch), hired a room in a lodge and slept till 4.00pm because they did not sleep in the train the previous night. When they got up from sleep at around 4.00 pm they saw an old mathwa Brahmin. They thought that old man was working in that lodge. So they enquired him whether he can provide food for them for the night, That man agreed to do so. Then the two guys washed and cleaned their face, hands and legs and again went to the Brindhavan for dharshan and returned to the lodge around 7.30 pm. Now the old mathwa Brahmin brought them night food and served them in big bnana leaves and sat there and watched them eating with affection. The two guys could feel the affection in the eyes of the old Brahmin. But they could not see him straight as his look was very sharp. After they finished eating the old man took the banana leaves to throw them out. The two guys were waiting for the old man hoping to give him cash for the food provided to them. But the old mathwa Brahmin never turned back after throwing the leaves out. The two guys enquired another man working in the lodge about the old mathwa Brahmin who gave them food; the worker said there was no such man working in the lodge and it was not in pactise to provide food for those who stay in the lodge This surprised the youths very much. When they explained that worker about the items served in their food. That man with surprise said that the same items were served as prasadam for devotees in the Mahan’s Brindhavan in the afternopon as prasadam (lunch). This message brought the youths more surprise. Then they vacated the room and reached Manthralaya Railway station hoping to get into any available train and return to their native place. At the station they understood that there would be no train for that night to their native place and the youths had to sleep on the Railway platform. At around 12.00 o’clock in the midnight a porter woke them up and informed them that a train scheduled to arrive at noon was expected to reach the station nearly ten hours behind sschedulen few minutes and suggested them that they can travel in that train if they wish so. The youths were happy and got into that train when it came. In the train there was another surprise for the youth. The Travelling Ticket Exaaminer (TTE) checked their tickets and offered them two vacant berths and told, that they can sleep there without any disturbance. The youths accepted with surprise and reached their native place happily The two young men are still wondering who was that old mathwa Brahmin who provided them food and why he left without collecting money for the food and why the porter in the Railway station woke them only, and how the TTE offered them a berth to sleep. It was that Manthralaya mahan only . Who elso could have done such things to help a devotee.
Swamy Sri Thulsi Das.
Mahan Sri Ragavendra said that he would live in his Tomb for seven hundred years and bless the mankind with his blessings from there for ever. The following is a proof that he is still moving around in this world and helping his devotees in the hours of need. Mr. Venkat Rao is a retired employee of University of Madras. He and his wife Srimathi Lakshmi are devotees of Sri Raghavendra Swamygal.
Once they decided to visit the newly started Sri Raghavendra mutt at Iraiamangalam, a village situated at 15 kilometres away from Thiruvallur for darshan. Mr. Sridhar, the husband of Mrs. Ganga the sister of Mr. Venkat Rao had undergone bypass surgery recently. As his health condition did not help him to travel, other members of the family left for the Mutt leaving him at the house. At Sri Raghavendra mutt pooja was going on. At that moment the cell phone of Mr. Venkatrao rang. The call was from his house, the voice in the phone informed that Sridhar, who was in the house was suddenly swooned and fell down and the neighbours helped him to get admitted to the hospital for medication. At the hospital doctors said his brain stopped working and to correct the same they did an emergency operation. But that had become useless. The patient had gone to coma stage. Doctors expressed their fear that the patient may die and they can do nothing more. The patient was in the I.C.U. The relatives were standing outside with worried face not knowing how to save the patient from death. At that moment from nowhere an old man urgently walked into the hospital and entered the I.C.U. (It should be noted that no outsider can easily enter the ICU because it is a sterilized area and a visitor can be allowed inside to see the patient after taken some precautionary steps) Doctor saw some one entering the ICU, and came running to stop him. But he could see no one except the patient inside the ICU. Others also rushed into the ICU. To their utter surprise they saw the coma patient sitting on his bed looking at them. When they enquired the patient what had happened, the patient replied simply that he heard of an old man’s voice softly whispered in his ear to get up and sit as there was nothing wrong with him. The doctors went out to see the old man but could find no suchmn there. Then they enquired the staff at the reception whether they sent any old man inside. They said “No”. After two or three days Sridhar was discharged from the hospital. All the relatives felt and believed that the old man was none but Sri Raghavendra Swamygal who came in time just to save his suffering devotee from death.
Another Amazing experience met by A Devotee of Sri Raghavendra Swamygall
Once two friends while casually speaking decided to visit Sri Manthralayam for a Dharshan of Manthralaya Mahan Sri Raghavendra Swamygall’s Samadhi. They travelled by the Bombay mail (night train) They could not get a beth to sleep because their trvel was an un expecte one and defcided very casually. So they had travelled the whole distance without sleep. The train reached Manthralayam Railway station 80 minutes behind schedule at 11.20 Am. From there they took a bus and reached Manthralayam, had bath in the Thungabadhra river, then went to the Brindhavan for darshan. They had dharshan at Brindhavan. Though they could get good dharshan, they coiuld not get the prasadam (food)because it was too late when they went to the dining hall. This disappointed them very much. With heavy hearts they went to a hotel, had their food (lunch), hired a room in a lodge and slept till 4.00pm because they did not sleep in the train the previous night. When they got up from sleep at around 4.00 pm they saw an old mathwa Brahmin. They thought that old man was working in that lodge. So they enquired him whether he can provide food for them for the night, That man agreed to do so. Then the two guys washed and cleaned their face, hands and legs and again went to the Brindhavan for dharshan and returned to the lodge around 7.30 pm. Now the old mathwa Brahmin brought them night food and served them in big bnana leaves and sat there and watched them eating with affection. The two guys could feel the affection in the eyes of the old Brahmin. But they could not see him straight as his look was very sharp. After they finished eating the old man took the banana leaves to throw them out. The two guys were waiting for the old man hoping to give him cash for the food provided to them. But the old mathwa Brahmin never turned back after throwing the leaves out. The two guys enquired another man working in the lodge about the old mathwa Brahmin who gave them food; the worker said there was no such man working in the lodge and it was not in pactise to provide food for those who stay in the lodge This surprised the youths very much. When they explained that worker about the items served in their food. That man with surprise said that the same items were served as prasadam for devotees in the Mahan’s Brindhavan in the afternopon as prasadam (lunch). This message brought the youths more surprise. Then they vacated the room and reached Manthralaya Railway station hoping to get into any available train and return to their native place. At the station they understood that there would be no train for that night to their native place and the youths had to sleep on the Railway platform. At around 12.00 o’clock in the midnight a porter woke them up and informed them that a train scheduled to arrive at noon was expected to reach the station nearly ten hours behind sschedulen few minutes and suggested them that they can travel in that train if they wish so. The youths were happy and got into that train when it came. In the train there was another surprise for the youth. The Travelling Ticket Exaaminer (TTE) checked their tickets and offered them two vacant berths and told, that they can sleep there without any disturbance. The youths accepted with surprise and reached their native place happily The two young men are still wondering who was that old mathwa Brahmin who provided them food and why he left without collecting money for the food and why the porter in the Railway station woke them only, and how the TTE offered them a berth to sleep. It was that Manthralaya mahan only . Who elso could have done such things to help a devotee.
Swamy Sri Thulsi Das.
Swmy Sri Thulsidas wrote Srimath Ramayan of Sri VAlmiki Rishi in Hindi language. His Rmaayan received popularity and fame even during his own life time. Till today his Ramayan has a special place in almost all the houses in north India. Sri Thulsidas, lived in Kasi was not only a very good poet, but also a sincere devotee of Sri Rama . Through his deep Ssri Rama Nama Japa he was able to see Sri Rama in physically. He used to be in the thought of Sri Rama always. His daily routine was nothing but reading Srimath Ramayan and explaining Srimath Ramayan (Prasangam) and doing Sri Rama Nama Japa. He was an expert in the explanation of Srimath Ramayan. Thousands of people flocked to hear his Srimath Ramayan Prasangam. Day by day his popularity and familiarity was increased. The popularity and fame of this simple Sanyasin irritated some people. In due course their irritation converted into Jealous. Due to that they wanted to destroy Swamy Sri Thulsids. In those time there lived a magician in Kasi, who was a devotee of Sri Bhairava. The agitators approached him and offered him some money fo destroying the life of Sri TRhulsidasHe took some money from those jealous people and handed them over a copper plate with some mantra slogans inscripted on the plate and advised them to drop the same at the door step of the hut of Sri Thulsidas so that when he come out of his hut in the morning he step on that. The magician explained that if it happened immediately he would become a lunatic and would run up and down tearing his cloth. The agitators happily took and dropped the same in the mid night of that day. On the nex day morning the culprits were waiting for news from Sri Thulsidas side. As no news came they went to Sri Thul;sidas’s house and found he was teaching his disciples as usual. They thought that the magician had cheated them after getting money. So they decided to go to his house and beat him nicely and get back their money. As decided they went to the magician’s house and saw to their surprise that the magician running up and down tearing his own clothes as a mad man. The fact was after they dropped the copper plate on the door step of Sri Thulsidas a monkey. (Sri Hanuman in the disguise of monkey) came running and took the copper plate and dropped the same on the head of the magician. Due to the power of the copper plate, the magician himself became mad and was running up and down. There are a saying in Tamil which reads as Thann Vinai Thannai Sudum.” The above is a proof of the saying. If one could understand this fact, no one would never try to harm other people.
Miracles of Sri Gnananandagiri Swamygal.
Many years back, it was an evening around 5.00 Pm at the Thapovanam of Sri GnananandaSwamygall. The smiling child like face of Sri Swamygall would attract everybody. At that time Sri Gnanananda Swamygall was blessing his devotees with his blessed speech. Devotees were paying their respects by doing a ashtanga Namaskara in front of him and taking praadham and leaving the place one by one. After all the devotees left the place a very slim man working in the mutt called as soni because of his size and slimness came, worshiped and stood in front of the swamygall with an intension to request something from the swamygall . Swamygall asked him what was the matter. But Soni hesitated to reply because he felt shy and fear that sawmygall may reject his request and stood without speech. Swamygall again pressed him to tell the matter. Then he slowly and in a shivering voice, revealed the matter that he had arranged marriage for his granddaughter, and for the marriage expenses he needed around. Rs. 5000.00 He wanted the Swamygall to help him with the amount. The swamygall, on hearing the matter smiled and said with great pleasure“ Oho you have arranged marriage for your granddaughter . Sri Panduaranga Swamy would help you to perform the marriage nicely without any hindrance”. But Soni expected money from him and not his wordly blessing only, could not speak anything, stood there with confusion. Now Swamygall asked him how many children he had. Sony said he has only one son. But his son had three girl children; he was working in a shop at Thirukovilur earning Rs. 60/- only per month and after spending for food he could not save anything and Soni again requested the Swamygall to help him with Rs. 5000/- for marriage expense. But the swamygall said playfully that he being a Sanyasi, without money cannot help him with money. Telling so he called another employee of the mutt and ordered him to bring a coconut after removing its cover and a one rupee coin. When the things were brought, he handed them over to Soni and told him that Sri Panduranga Swamy would do him the needful and left inside. Soni was standing there with tears in his eyes and confusion in his mind.
After some time Sri Swamygall came back and sat on his usual seat. At the same time a van carrying some 50 to 55 devotees came and halted in front of the mutt entrance and devotees stepped out of the van, entered the ashram. With folded hands they reached the swamyji and made a ashtanga namaskar to Swamyji. The Swamygall asked them whether they are from Gujarat as if he knew where from they came. Surprisingly they said “Yes” Again Swamygall asked them as to where they were going. They replied that they were on a pilgrimage to Sri Rameshwar, visiting temples on the way. Then Swamygall ordered the mutt people to offer them some thing to drink for refreshingas they reached after travelling a very long distance. After refreshment He showed them Soni, who was still standing there with the coconut on hid hand and told them that they all look strong and they could show their strength by breaking the coconut. They coiuld pass the time for charitable reasons. He told them to break the coconut by hitting the same against ground. But the condition was they should hit only once against the ground without using any metal or any instrument. If they failed in the game they should pay Rs. 100/- towards charity. and that way they could spend their time and money usefully for some noble cause. The condition looked very easy for them so all ageed to the samebecause they were confident that they would break the coconut easily with a single hit. Even if they failed in their attempt they would lose only Rs. 100/- only; which was a very small amount for them. Now the Swamygall instructed Soni to handover the coconut to one of the devotees from Gujarat and told him to try. That devotee tried to break the coconut but could not. Therefore had to pay Rs. 100/-towards charityas per condition laid earlier. Now The Swamygall instructed Soni to spread his upper towel on the ground so that those who failed could place their Rs. 100/- on that. One by one all the fifty five devotees tried. But to the utter surprise of every one, no one could break the coconut. By the time the upper towel spread on the ground was filled with hundred rupee Notes placed by the Gujarati devotees who could not break the coconut. Now the Swamygall turned towards Soni, told him to try his luck. But Soni hesitated because he was aware of his strength. As the Swamygall insisted him to try his luck he had to do so. He took the coconut, praying the Swamygall to help and with the hope that Swamygall would help him,hit the coconut to break, while every one was looking with excitement. To the surprise of all the devotes present in the hall, the coconut broke into two pieces. The highly surprised Soni could not believe his own eyes stood there blinking with confusion. As the coconut was broken by Soni he was hailed as the winner of the game and theoney collected in the towel woulbd become his property. Swamygall smiled happily, told Soni to count the money collected in the towel . He counted and said it was Rs. 5501/- Now the Swmygall told Soni to utilize that amount for his granddaughter’s marriage expense. He also told “ I told Sri Panduranga Swamy’s blessings will be with you to celebrate the marriage. While you wanted Rs. 5000/-, Sri Pandudranga swamy blessed you with 500/- more. Go and celebrate the marriage happily”. Till today Soni could not understand how he could break the coconut while fifty five hale and healthy people could not break the coconut. It is a known fact that coconut will go to pieces if it is hit once or twice against ground. But theat particular coconut was very strong, could withstand fiftyfive hits by healthy peopleand it was not made up of iron or anyother strong metalSwamygall. That was the miracle played by Sri Gnanananda giri Swamygal just help a helpless innocent man, who wanted money for a good and noble cause.
