The house at Tiruchuli in which Bhagavan Ramana was born was taken over in 1946 by Sri Ramanasramam, was christened as ‘Sundara Mandiram’, after Sri Bhagavan’s father, Sri Sundaram Iyer and made a place of pilgrimage, worship and devotion. This building which is about 150 years old was renovated in a fitting manner for this purpose. The inaugural function took place on 16th May 2010 and went off in a grand manner with the participation of Bhagavan’s devotees and the citizens of Tiruchuli.

On 15th May, around 6 p.m., devotees sang Bhagavan’s Arunachala Aksharamana Malai and songs from Devaram on Tiruchuli. On Sunday, 16th May, the programme started at 7 a.m. First, Gopuja (Cow worship), Sri Ganapati, Navagraha and Vaastu homams and then puja and Mahadeepaaraadhanaa were performed. It was also arranged that at the same time special abhisheka and puja were performed in a grand manner for Lord Bhuminatha and His Consort Sri Sahayavalli, the presiding deities of Tiruchuli. The functions concluded with a lunch partaken of by about 2000 people.

Sri V.S. Mani and Smt. Mani and other devotees from Sri Ramanasramam participated in this function. Devotees also came from the Ramana Kendra, Madurai, Muruganar Mandiram from Ramanathapuram, Rajapalayam, Coimbatore and Pollachi to attend the function and receive Bhagavan’s Grace.

Swami Kamalatmananda Head of the Ramakrishna Mission, Madurai, graced the occasion by his presence during the function.
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