Venkatraman
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Venkatraman, who was born on December 30, 1879 in a village near Madurai, Tamil Nadu had realized right in the childhood that he had come to this world for accomplishing some superior objective rather than live and die like an ordinary man. When he heard about Arunachala (Thiruvannamalai), he felt as if he had been familiar to this place from previous births. He renounced his house at an early age and reached there with great difficulty. No sooner did he reached there than he became silent and started meditating. He settled in a cave where an ascetic had pursued Sadhana (spiritual accomplishment) for many years and got engrossed in solitary ascetism. Ganapati Shastri renamed him as -'Ramana Maharishi'. He didn't believe in displaying miracles but they occurred in the normal course. While dwelling in the forest, he used to converse with the animals wandering there. The groups of monkeys used to approach him for solving their conflicts. Even the deadly snakes and lions used to come and sit in his vicinity. He left his mortal body in 1950. His abode still symbolizes his concentration, contemplation and Samadhi (profound meditation).
