Our father Dr N Kuppuswami Sarma was a great Ramana devotee, visiting Ramanashram whenever possible. At Thirumayam, in the erstwhile Pudukkotai State, during the British rule, where we lived, many devotees of Maharishi Ramana used to visit our house. Ramana Padananda was one among them.
Periyaval (Kanchi Acharyal), who introduced Ramana Maharishi to Paul Brunton, who, in turn, was instrumental in opening the gates of Ramanashram to the West, was very much our family Guru.
We grew in such a holy atmosphere.
When our father was in Pune, he attended Prayer meetings of Mahatma Gandhi and introduced Prayer meetings in our house also!.
Ulladu Narpadu (40 verses) and Aruchala Siva (Stuthi) were our favorites in our formative days.
Once our father's eyes were locked with Bhagwans eyes and the people told my father the situation was like that for more than 2 hours. It was a great blessing for my father. After that he had lot of earthly trials and tribulations, like losing a dear brother, additional family problems, financial worries but he remained like a solid rock in life with faith in Ramana, and Acharyal and his children and grand children are entrenched in Bhakthi and by any standards well off.
K Shankar Ram, son of Dr N K Sarma visits Tiruvannamalai every month and goes round the Sacred hill every Full Moon day along with his sons, Ganesh and Mahesh. They are well versed in Sri Rudram and Chamakam also.
When devotees asked Ramana Maharishi to select important slokas from Gita, He said, how is it possible - all are important. But when pestered by them, he told them 2 slokas:
1. Ahamatm Gudakesha... In the hearts of all I am residing, I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all.
2. NaThvevaham Nasu Arjuna - All of us were present - in the past, present and will be present in the future also in some form or the other.
The greatness of RAMANA MAHARISHI lies in the fact that he transcends the concept of the Time and space. He belongs to all humanity.
As the time passes, his greatness is being realized exponentially.
