Thanks to Shri Venkatasubramaniam who met this swamigal in Echangudi and took an audio interview and shared with us….Absolutely a must-listen interview…Audio is ok – there are some places where the conversation is not audible…
HIs poovasrama name is Shri Venkataraman. Periyavaa gave him sanyasa ashram name Swami Venkateshwaranandha. HIs grand father also sanyasi. Hails from a large Madhwa family of 9 in Mayavaram but settled in Kalpatti near Palakkad.
His education qualification is 8th std. Worked at ICF chennai for a period of 3 years during the period he met Periyavaa @ Triplicane in 1966. In the same year, he took sanyasa on his own and went straight to periyavaa. Periyavaa on seeing him said ” sanyasa should come like this not by giving”. Periyavaa is sanyasa guru. Periyavaa asked him to move around all over india. He has been to Kedarnath and Badhrinath 46 times. He has not went to kailash other wise all shetras he covered. While in Badhri, Periyava gave a darshan in a mystic way. Later Swamigal called an artist to paint that vision so that it can be shared. I have enclosed that painting too…
He read anything if it doesn’t start with Sri chandrasekara saraswathi gurubhyo namaha ; other wise he doesn’t read. He is 76 years now and does not want publicity and wishes to keep aloof. But his prayer is that all houses in india must have the photo of Sri Mahaperiyavaa. He weeps while singing song on periyavaa.
Here are the highlights::
- Another proof that Mahaperiyava is none other than Adi shankara – Swamigal is explaining how!
- Superiority of chanting just one nama of Periyava vs crores of chanting of Rama nama or any other nama…
He has only one message for all of us – there is nothing in this world that is bigger than Periyava – no god, no force – nothing. Sarvam Periyava Mayam….
I have a request to volunteers – can someone transcribe the sanskrit/tamil slokas he chants in this interview?? We can chant this at home too…
