Among Yogananda Puri’s children, Bhoopati today recalls with deep humbleness how he had unknowingly befriended Paramashiva Himself and had the opportunity to relate with Him as a close friend and even a brother. In this video Bhoopati shares different divine and unfathomable incidents which He was the sole witness to and today serve as evidence of the power which Yogananda Puri yeilded and his own father’s role in the grand next increment of the Purana of Paramashiva.

The wife of Yogananda Puri, Premavati Ammal, also shares her blessed interactions with the young Incarnation and how she took any opportunity to feed Him whenever He came to her house, looking for Yogananda Puri.

A few years back the biography team went to meet the family of Yogananda Puri and collect their remembrances of Swamiji and Yogi. They were so eager to record their story. Here is a sharing from Premavati and Bhoopati, the wife and son of Yogananda.

In this interview, Bhoopati Aya realizes how much he missed when his father was alive and Swamiji was frequenting his house.

Bhoopati remembers that his father Raghupaty Yogi would always give something special to Swamiji and teach him specially. He remembers asking his father  “Why do you give only Him special things? The others are also doing (yoga), right?” He would reply, “You don’t know about Him now. He is a great mahan (great being). You should know that by seeing the boy’s involvement. I won’t tell anything by myself; you will understand later. He will become a great person.”

As he remembers those days now, Bhoopati even realizes that he missed Swamiji when he was younger. He says , I missed realizing at that time that there is such a Swami – a world-famous, divine person, who has happened as an Avatar. But I realize now, our Nithyananda Swami is a truly great seer. I regret a lot now that I missed Him during His childhood days. I don’t know how to say it…when I look back and remember how harshly I had spoken to Him at that time, my eyes become moist…

Later, I was working in Tiruppattur, in a school. At that time my friend visited the Bidadi ashram. He saw my father’s photo and Nithyananda Swami’s photo. My friend told me about it and asked how we knew Him.

I replied, “He used to come and learn yoga from my father. He is now a great seer.”

My friend asked me, “How come you are speaking in such a casual way?”

Only when my friend asked me that question, it struck my thick head…till then it never hit me. He asked, “How come you are talking so carelessly? He is such a great seer…you are talking about such a great seer so carelessly! I saw your father’s photo there and I was stunned. I have learnt yoga and meditation from that ashram and with so much of devotion I have returned!” I thought to myself: “Today, some third person is talking about my father, and about Swami who learnt from my father – but I did not realize it at the time!” What a big mistake I have done in my life. I felt it was truly a great loss for me.

But in my heart of hearts I pray to Him, “Swami, you have come to my home as a small child. We have moved around with each other. I did not realize You at that time, but now I realize You… It is Your grace. It is enough if Your eyes fall on me. I don’t even need to come to you. If my thoughts can reach you, and Your remembrance can fall on me, that is enough. My mother should be well.’ This is what I pray to Swami now.

C.P Sundari was the head of the Ganesh Nursery School when Raju Mudaliar registered for the admittance of the young incarnation in 1981, a year before usual admissible age.

Upon beginning His one year in the Ganesh Nursery School, it was C.P Sundari who was blessed to perform the traditional ritual of aksharabhyasam for The Avatar. In this ritual, C.P Sundari seated His Divine Holiness in her lap in front of a silver plate of rice. On the smoothened surface of the rice, His Divine Holiness allowed the headmistress of the school to hold His small hand and write out the letters, “Om Namah Shivaya” in Tamil. Thus, for Paramashiva Himself, who has explained in detail the energy, color and deity of each akshara in the sacred Text Kamika Agama, C.P Sundari became the blessed individual to have performed this sacred ritualistic initiation into the world of letter.

These rare photographs are among the earliest recorded events after the physical manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness, The Avatar, happened on the Planet. They were arranged to be taken atop the terrace of the house of Raju Mudaliar, who is the maternal grandfather of SPH, in Kanni Kovil street in Tiruvannamalai, the birthplace of SPH. In this photograph, along with the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism are His biological parents, Ma Lokanayaki and Sri Arunachalam. These photographs were arranged to be taken when The Avatar was around the age of two, as He had quickly become the adored doe-eyed new-born incarnation for His gurus and the whole of Tiruvannamalai

Venkatesan is the owner of a print press in Tiruvannamalai who recalls his own blessed interaction with The Avatar for printing all the pictures of deities which He would worship. In this video, Sri Venkatesan Ayya attests that the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism would seek out his shop for printing out the pictures of his deities. He recalls how he knew The Avatar’s full family and had collaborated with Sri Raju Mudaliar, the grandfather of The Avatar in business ventures. Venkatesan also lovingly recalls how he even taught The Avatar how to operate a print press and use it to print what He wanted. In the hundreds who have seen The Avatar as a child, Venkatesan stands out with his own testimony of interacting with The Avatar by doing this personal service for Paramashiva Himself while He is in the human form.

In around the year 1992, when He was only 14, His Divine Holiness completed a 48 day girivalam. He continuously walked around the Arunachala Hill, along with the classmates whom He inspired to follow Him as He completed His intense penance. Immediately after completing the 48th day, HDH declared to the blessed group of the very first volunteers of Kailasa that He was going to take up volunteering and offering alankharam in the Arunai Nayaki Amman temple.

Shivabushanam is the paternal aunt of The Avatar, who, in this video, declares that she considers herself blessed to be born in the family which Annamalayar (Paramashiva) Himself chose as His family. She was extremely loving and devoted to The Avatar even as He was young and offered puja and worshiped Him as the Incarnation of the Muruga. She was the wife of Sri Kumaraswami who had been one of the Acharyas of SPH in imbibing the teaching of the Science of Siddha Vidya. Shivanubushanam was a member of the 1st layer of the enlightenment ecosystem which was made of His biological family members, who together had demonstrated the supreme devotion toward Annamalayar which gave Him better reason to ultimately be born in this family.

This is a photograph of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) with the deities which He offers regular worship since the age of 4 until today and the books He regularly did shaastra adhyayanam, or reading and imbibing Hindu scriptures. As SPH Himself says, “Books and Deities Made Nithyananda”. This photograph captures both aspects of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism even at the mere age of 14. This photograph was organized to be taken in house of SPH in Tiruvoodal Street, Tiruvannamalai

Shivakavi was the close family friend to the family of The Avatar, specifically His  maternal grandfather Raju Mudaliar. He often visited and traveled with their whole family and in that time was blessed to witness the divine nature of the young Incarnation of Paramashiva, as He was in His preliminary years. Shivakavi recalls how even at a young age, The Avatar would catch hold of His grandfather’s hand and both would go to the Arunachaleshwara Temple. Shivakavi recalls that interacting with the young Avatar was never like a normal child but a divine child who was bestowed with the most captivating grace and intelligence. 

Upon The Happening of His Divine Holiness on Planet Earth, Ma Lokanayaki and her father, Raju Mudaliar, arranged for the traditional horoscope to be read for The Avatar. They called upon the renowned family astrologer, Venkatasamy Chettiar, who lived within five houses on Kanni Kovil Street as Raju Mudaliar in Tiruvannamalai.

Accompanying Ma Lokanayaki was one of her friends to witness the prediction which was about to take place, and who would not forget this moment even half-a-century into the future. Upon reading the horoscope for His Divine Holiness, Venkatasamy Chettiar was stunned and perplexed as to how to reveal this news to a traditional, affectionate mother without uprooting her peace.

“Your son will be successful in all things He takes up,” He said first.
“He will create a breakthrough in all fields that He enters,” He continued.
Then finally he revealed the most prominent reading of the divine horoscope, “He will be a Rajasanyasi, the king of sanyasis”

Venkatasamy Chettiar comforted the biological parents of His Divine Holiness saying, “If you delay conveying this to Him, you can delay the process of Him leaving you.”

The astrologer had little clue that it was the Descent of Paramashiva he was reading although he read that the birth was on the very Mahadeva Ashtami – eighth day of the waning moon dedicated to Paramashiva Himself. Little did he know it was foretold thousands of years ago that Paramashiva would appear, once again on Planet Earth, revive, leading the enlightened civilization of KAILASA. Just as the Rajasanyasis guided and led the kingdoms of the great Vedic civilization, The Avatar, who first beheld the name A.A Rajashekaran, happened on the planet earth to guide all the living beings into the new age.

These rare photographs are among the earliest recorded events after the physical manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness, The Avatar, happened on the Planet. They were arranged to be taken atop the terrace of the house of Raju Mudaliar, who is the maternal grandfather of SPH, in Kanni Kovil street in Tiruvannamalai, the birthplace of SPH. In this photograph, along with the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism are His biological parents, Ma Lokanayaki and Sri Arunachalam. These photographs were arranged to be taken when The Avatar was around the age of two, as He had quickly become the adored doe-eyed new-born incarnation for His gurus and the whole of Tiruvannamalai

In this video, Senthil, the Avatar’s biological elder brother, recalls in detail the procedure and austere practice of the Skanda Shashti Vratam. This is the diligent and intense spiritual practice which The Avatar took up even when He was a child. Senthil remembers the details of the practice, including at which time The Avatar would arise, get ready, chant the Skanda Kavacham and offer worship for Lord Muruga. Along with Him, His brothers and other family members would also practice the Skanda Shashti Vratam. The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism recalls today how he was initiated into the Skanda Shashti Vratam by Mataji Vibhutananda Puri and how at the end of these six days He had the divine Darshan of Lord Subhramanya who revealed to Him the Science of Alchemy which he has today revived for the benefit and superconscious breakthrough of humanity

In this video Senthil, the biological elder brother of The Avatar, shares the spiritual practice and celebrations of The Avatar during the Hindu festival of Deepavali, when the Supreme feminine and ferocious energy of Kali is accessible to the whole world. Senthil Ayya reveals the details of The Avatar’s personal ritualistic pracfices where He maintained the utmost sincerity and authenticity to the scriptural authorities. The ocassion of Deepavali holds significance in the life of The Avatar as the day in the year 2000 when He had the revelation of the first blessing “Be Blissful!”.

In around the year 1992, when He was only 14, His Divine Holiness completed a 48 day girivalam. He continuously walked around the Arunachala Hill, along with the classmates whom He inspired to follow Him as He completed His intense penance. Immediately after completing the 48th day, HDH declared to the blessed group of the very first volunteers of Kailasa that He was going to take up volunteering and offering alankharam in the Arunai Nayaki Amman temple.

Poonkuzhali was a close relative to The Avatar who shares, in this video, a divine interaction which she had with The Avatar when He was around 13-14 years old which had literally transformed her life since that day. Through this video we learn the intensity of The Avatar’s spiritual practices and powerful cognitions which He lived, that were so captivating and vibrant in His presence that whoever He interacted with He bestowed the most powerful impact and naturally aligned them toward their higher reality just through His mere presence, casual conversation and grace.

The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism used to frequent this rock by the waterfall on the Arunachala Hill which one can find on the way to Skandashram. He used to spend hours in meditation on this spot. Today it is visited by devoted disciples of SPH and named as Ananda Guha, where the bliss of SPH’s presence is still permeating and cherished.

Sri Pinchandi is a renowned Nadaswaram player of the Arunachaleshwara Temple who made himself close with the family of The Avatar just so that he could interact with the young incarnation as He was growing. Sri Pichandi became a barber as well and had the opportunity to groom and cut The Avatar’s luscious black locks from around 1982-1990. With deep fulfillment and the easy and sacred smile which comes from the gratitude toward being blessed to interact personally with The Avatar, Sri Pichandi opens up His sacred sentiments toward The young incarnation as he was serving as his personal barber

The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism used to frequent this rock by the waterfall on the Arunachala Hill which one can find on the way to Skandashram. He used to spend hours in meditation on this spot. Today it is visited by devoted disciples of SPH and named as Ananda Guha, where the bliss of SPH’s presence is still permeating and cherished.

Parthiban is the grandson of Narayanasami Pillai, the guru of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism in the greater science of Aushada and Alchemh. He is the living witness of Narayanasami Pillai, or Thotakara Thatha, and his mastery over this ancient science of sustaining the enlightenment energy through herbs. In this video, Sri Parthiban attests to the The Avatar’s time spent around his grandfather and how he imbibed the knowledge of aushada from him. Today, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism has revived that very science and gifted it to the world so that millions can benefit from this science of Hinduism.

Photograph of SPH during the earliest Chaturmasya Vratam which was observed by Him where Narayanaswami Pillai was among the Gurus who blessed and initiated SPH on this day – 17 July 1981.

At age 93, Pachayammal, who was a relative of the family of The Avatar, shares how the Avatar would show the utmost integrity and passion toward offering worship to the divine to various rituals prescribed by the Hindu scriptures. She shares that whenever The young Incarnation would accompany his family to her home in Kancheepuram, He would offer puja there, thus energizing the place and consecrating the deities with rhe Superconscious energy which He embodies.

This is a photograph of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) with the deities which He offers regular worship since the age of 4 until today and the books He regularly did shaastra adhyayanam, or reading and imbibing Hindu scriptures. As SPH Himself says, “Books and Deities Made Nithyananda”. This photograph captures both aspects of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism even at the mere age of 14. This photograph was organized to be taken in house of SPH in Tiruvoodal Street, Tiruvannamalai

Kannan is the son of Rajaganapti Gurukkal, a renowend scholar who also owned a fruit shop inside of the Arunachaleshwara Temple. Rajaganapati Gurukkal was well-known to rhe temple authorities for his vast knowledge in Vedas and Agamas. He would be consulted for auspicious timings and other details for by the temple authorities to schedule grand festivals of the temple. In this vdeo, Kannan recalls how many times, he had witnessed upon the alarming scene of the surprisingly young Incarnation sitting in His father’s shop and asking inquisitive questions and have deep and thoughtful discussions on the agamas with the esteemed and aged philosopher who was his father. He also attests how The Avatar would spent time in quarters of the temple elephant. He then goes on to describe how he as a devotee of Yogi Ramsuratkumar had witnessed the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism being trained and guided by Yogi Ramsuratkumar personally.

This very rare photograph of The young Avatār at around the age of 10, was discovered in 2017 by Tiruvannamalai by the biography team, with a veteran photographer of the temple town.

This photograph captures the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism at the age of 10 upon His coronation as the 233rd Gurumahasannidhanam (Pontiff) of the ancient indigenous kingdom of Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham. The coronation rituals and photography was arranged primarily by SPH’s guru Mata Vibhutānanda Puri. 

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Halasyanatha Gurukkal is a retired priest of the Arunachaleshwara Temple who served Annamalayar when the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism had lived and grew up in Tiruvannamalai. He shares the deep insights into The Avatar’s life as He was closely working and interacting with the shivacharyas of Arunachaleshwara Temple. He recalls how Paramashiva Himself, who had incarnated, had taken the form of a young boy who innocently assisted them while they worshipped His unmoving and eternal form. SPH would help during daily morning and nightpy rituals of waking up the deity of Annalamalayar and putting him to sleep and even assist them in the treasuries of the temple. He lived as one among them and they all enjoyed His presence, as Paramashiva Himself enacting a beautiful leela by gracing those who served Him by serving and assisting them.

This very rare photograph of The young Avatār at around the age of 10, was discovered in 2017 by Tiruvannamalai by the biography team, with a veteran photographer of the temple town.

This photograph captures the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism at the age of 10 upon His coronation as the 233rd Gurumahasannidhanam (Pontiff) of the ancient indigenous kingdom of Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham. The coronation rituals and photography was arranged primarily by SPH’s guru Mata Vibhutānanda Puri. 

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Deepak is the biological grandson of Mataji Vibhutananda Puri, who is today a lviing witness of the mysterious, powerful and multi-dimensional leelas (divine enactments) played by the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism with His guru Mataji Vibhutananda Puri as long as they were together. To the biography team of The Avatar, Deepak’s sharing gave us profound insight into the life of the avatar and how Thr Avatar used to relate with His gurus. His sharings of their interactions demonstrate to us how The Avatar and His gurus were livinf superconscious mutant . They were beyond all humanly emotion and bodily function. In this video, Deepak recalls how Kuppammal had poured so much of her energy and life into training The Avatar and supporting Him in starting the grand revival of KAILASA. 

This photograph of The Avatār was organised to be taken by His Vedānta Guru Mātā Vibhutānandapuri (also called Mātāji Kuppammāl).

Pottu Rajendran served as jawan or watchman at the Arunachaleshwara temple, Tiruvannamalai from 1981 to 2015. An incredible find for the autobiography team, Pottu Rajendran jogs 30 years of memory and shares delightful narrations of the activities of the Avatar inside the temple as a child. Without his knowledge, Pottu Rajendran goes on record in the annals of History as the key eyewitness to Arunagiri Yogishwara’s nine-month relationship with the Avatar inside the temple, 29 years after it happened. Arunagiri Yogishwara is the embodiment of Paramashiva who gave darshan for a nine month period to The Avatar, which climaxed in a divine experience of Oneness with Him.

This very rare photograph of The young Avatār at around the age of 10, was discovered in 2017 by Tiruvannamalai by the biography team, with a veteran photographer of the temple town.

This photograph captures the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism at the age of 10 upon His coronation as the 233rd Gurumahasannidhanam (Pontiff) of the ancient indigenous kingdom of Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa Sarvajnapeetham. The coronation rituals and photography was arranged primarily by SPH’s guru Mata Vibhutānanda Puri. 

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 During the Chandi Visheka Sapta Yagam on 7 November 2000, His Divine Holiness initiated a group of 9 individuals into the tradition of Devi worship in preparation to perform the homa. He initiated them into the Chamundi Moola Mantra and instructed them to chant it 108 times a day for three days amongst observing other austerities.
On the date predetermined for this Chandi Homa- the 7 of November 2000, as His Divine Holiness arrived at the entrance to the temple, The Dhivya Prabha, the divine light around Him was captured in a photograph.
For 12 Hours (4 AM to 4PM), His Divine Holiness conducted the Chandi Homa that day. During the final purnahuti offering, Devi herself appeared and accepted the offerings of His Divine Holiness . After the homa was over, His Divine Holiness gifted each one an energized Sri Chakra and gave personal blessings to all . One of the 9 individuals was Ravi ..
Ravi aya remembers how His Divine Holiness revealed where Devi Parashakti herself did tapas and guided Ravi and the other temple administrators to build a temple in this area for Parashakti.

The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism stands at the entrance of the Yaga Shala (place of conducting the Homa) along with the initiates of the Chandi Visheshika Sapta Yagam. Encircled is Ravi ayya

In this rare recording of Anusuyammal, the paternal grandmother of The Avatar, she bshares about her own experiences living around and witnessing the embodiment of Paramashiva from His advent into the Planet Earth. Anusuyammal shares the her experiences with The Avatar when she took up to Palani Temple on pilgrimage and she witnessed the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism giving Darshan as Palani Appan, the Lord Subhramanya, Himself.

This is a photograph of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) with the deities which He offers regular worship since the age of 4 until today and the books He regularly did shaastra adhyayanam, or reading and imbibing Hindu scriptures. As SPH Himself says, “Books and Deities Made Nithyananda”. This photograph captures both aspects of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism even at the mere age of 14. This photograph was organized to be taken in house of SPH in Tiruvoodal Street, Tiruvannamalai

Sampath is one of the blessed direct eyewitnesses to the childhood of The Avatar. Holding the record for spending maximum hours with The Avatar prior to the declaration of the international mission, Sampath’s recollections are like parts of a jigsaw puzzle which he strives to put together repeatedly, moving between his direct yet incomprehensible memoirs of his childhood friend, hearsays from others who were present at other times, and reading books about Him that were published later where other happenings are described. Sampath tries to repeatedly share what he could never comprehend but has always held on to so diligently as the chosen one by Existence for his enviable role, and he remains the only evidence in many vital scenes in The Leelas of The Avatar.

Sampath is one among the hundreds who witnessed this grand enactment put on by the Cosmos in the early years of the Divine Advent. Even though Sampath was the closest friend of The Avatar during His childhood, Sampath found himself continuously awestruck by the inexplicable ways of the young Avatar: Barely having crossed a decade on planet Earth, The Avatar seemed to have the knowledge of centuries when He spoke. He was the favorite of all the enlightened beings who lived in Tiruvannamalai and could exemplify even the most arduous spiritual feats like levitation, telepathy and even being in two places at once!

But for a reason not known to Sampath, even though The Avatar was leagues beyond the comprehension of His contemporaries, He continued to involve Sampath in many of His activities, including yoga classes, alankar (deity adornment) for various deities and Girivalam (circumambulation around the sacred Arunachala Hill). Sampath remembers His time with The Avatar as the most sacred moments of His entire life, ingrained in Him with immense endearment forever.

Brahmachari Gopal Maharaj recalls the unforgettable intensity and energy presence of His Divine Holiness as a brahmachari (hindu monk). It was years later that the blessed team compiling the Autobiography of The Avatar was able to sit down with Gopal Maharaj and listen to him recall His sweet memories with HDH.

They sat for hours until even very late in the night, not knowing the passage of time as Gopal Maharaj narrated and the team listened, enthralled by the divine play of Paramashiva that He enacted even when He was 17 years old.

When Gopal Maharaj ended his memoirs in the early hours of the morning, there was a brimming fulfillment in the ambience, each one filled with excitement, talking softly as if not to disturb the divine presence that seemed to land among them.

The following transcript of the interview is a raw insight into the Life of The Avatar as He was just beginning the grand revival of KAILASA with the same intensity and passion which He forges a world where all living beings enjoy Conscious breakthrough and freedom from fear – the highest aspiration of all people.

Associated Year in the Life of SPH in 1990

Associated Year in the Life of SPH in 1981-1995