Timeline Stories

Second death experience at Tortoise Rock in the presence of Vasudeva Sastry and others.

January to March: stays at Pachaiamman Koil [with Ganapati Muni and others]. Returns to Virupaksha Cave Translates into Tamil prose Adi Sankara’s Vivekachudamani and Drig Drisya Viveka

Moves to Pachaiamman Koil for six months during the plague epidemic – returns to the Hill

Answers questions asked by Sivaprakasam Pillai that were later published as Who am I? in 1923.

Between 1900 – 1902 – Replies to questions put by Gambiram Seshayya, at Virupaksha Cave. Later published as Self-Enquiry

February – Moves to the Hill, Arunachala. Stays in various caves up the Hill – Satguru Swami Cave [Alamarathu Guhai], Guru Namasivaya Cave for short periods, then to Virupaksha Cave Stayed mostly in Virupaksha Cave [lived here for 17 years], using Mango Tree Cave [near Mulaipal Tirtham] as summer residence.

May: Uncle Nelliappa Iyer visits Bhagavan at Mango grove. September: Moves to Pavalakkunru. December: Mother Alagammal visits Bhagavan at Pavalakkunru.

Moved to Gurumurtam in the outskirts of the town (early in the year). Stays in the shrine and the adjoining Mango grove.