Seshadri swami biography
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Seshadri Swamigali January 22, 1870 |
Introduction – Life History –
Golden Hand – Early Life – Spiritual Life in
Thiruvannamalai
Sri Seshadri Swamigal was known for
his great spiritual eminence and for his yogic (spiritual
aspirant seeking union with God through mental and physical
disciplines) power through tapas(austerities). An elaborate
study of his life reveals that he was an ascetic of a very
high calibre who had thorough control of senses, both
physically and mentally. His self restraint is commendable.
He inculcated the habit of performing the tapas, mantras and
sadhanas (spiritual practice) from a very young age which
helped him in developing various siddhis(supernatural
attainments) or psychic powers of telling about the past and
the future, reading the minds of people with the same ease
as exploring the unknown and unseen. With this power, he
also fulfilled
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Seshadri Swamigal
Indian saint
Seshadri Swamigal | |
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Seshadri Swamigal | |
| Born | Seshadri Kamakoti Sastri (1870-01-22)22 January 1870 Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | (1929-01-04)4 January 1929 Annamalai (hill), Tamil Nadu, India |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Seshadri Swamigal, also known as the "Saint with a Golden Hand", was an Indian holy man who was born in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. He lived in Tiruvannaamalai, where he attained samadhi (a state of meditative consciousness).[1]
Life
[edit]Birth
[edit]Swamigal was born on 22 January 1870 in Vazhur, near Vandavasi in Tiruvannamalai district.[2] Varadaraja Sastrigal and Maragatham were yearning for a male child to continue their family lineage. One night, Kamakshi appeared in Sastrigal's dream and said: "Offer butter and a child of wisdom shall be born".[1] Maragatham conceived, and Seshadri was born on 22 January 1870 as a gift from Parasakthi.
Childhood
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Birth & Early Life
Maragatham Ammal was the adopted daughter of a great and renowned scholar Kamakoti Sastriyar of Kancheepuram. Maragatham was a gifted girl was well versed in the Sastras, an accomplished singer and a natural beauty so much so that the people around regarded her to be a manifestation of Devi Kamakshi. Kamakoti Sastriyar was a great Devi Upasaka and was a gifted astrologer and came in the lineage of the Kamakotis who were well versed in the Vedas and Sastras and great Srividhya Upakasas. One of his most promising student was Sri Varadarajar, to whom he married his adopted daughter Maragatham. The couple led a happy life and were considered to be an ideal couple made for each other.
Sri Sastriyar gave to the couple butter consecrated with Devi’s Mantra, which in due course blessed them with an illustrious son. Sri Seshadri Mahan was born on the 22nd of January 1870 in the star Hastham. The planetary position at the time of the birth of the child indicated tha