Brahma Shree Neelakantha Gurupadar
THE SAGE EXTRA- ORDINAIRE
- Birth : December 23,1900. at Uliyazhathura, Thiruvananthapuram
- Spritutal swayambhoo: a self made saint.
- Realisation of Lord Siva and Lord Subrahmanya before the age of 20.
- In 1920 moved in to the 14 cents of land (asharam premises) and never stepped out 45-year long intense, incessant and penetrating penance.
- Practiced ATAMARAMA WORSHIP where the worshiper and the worshipped attained absolute communion.
- ATAMARAMA ABHISHEKAM where the abhisekam is performed on oneself in the anahatchakra, unparalleled except in The case of Lord Anjaneya.
- Embodiment OF Divine light and veritable treasure of vedic wisdom.
- Possessed Ashtaiswarya sidhis: Knowing everything beforehand, disappearing from the view of others, assuring the form of any living being and present at distant places etc.
- Despite the power led a simple and humble life clad in a short piece of dhoti.
- Very personification of compassion and universal love .but was ever uncompromising with untruth and egoism in anyone.
- Could have attained nirvikalapa samadhi at the age of 32.but waited for 32 more years for the spiritual successor to arrive.
- Swetcha mrityu (One who cloud choose when to leave the mortal body behind ) like Bhishma postponed the samadhi twice.
- Instituted the uninterrupted recital of Ramayana from morning to evening every day ever since 1920.
- Established Shree Rama Dasa matham and consecrated a Rama-Sita Anjaneya temple and introduced regular worship.
- Appointed his beloved disciple as the mathadhipati in 1965.
- Attalned Nirvkatpe Samadhi on the self-chosen day and time: utharayana shukla paksha. Ekadasi(May 26,1965).
Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswati
AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCIPLE
- Birth : September 25,1933 at Andoorlonam, Thiruvananthapuram
- Realized Lord Krishana at the age of 9.
- Excellent student, Good poet. Orator and social activist.
- Guru spoke very little and communicated through symbolism and eye-movements, the -ever-attentive disciple fulfilled every duty in an impeccable manner.
- Took the reigns of a humble institution and single-handedly built it as organization of international significance.
- Observed extreme hardship and penance for fourteen years and realised the divine Mother.
- At her Divine command stepped out of the ashram to spearhead the Dharma samara against conversion, false propaganda, and distortion of truth by the proselytising religions and the communists.
- A unique confluence of the four paths: Jana Yoga, Bhakthi yoga, Raja yoga and Karma yoga :a veritable treasure of spiritual wisdom.and ecstatic devotee of the Divine Mother, a yogi par excellence and the greatest Karma yogi to uphold Sanatana Dharma since Swami Vivekananda.
- Founder of more then thirteen institution in India and abroad.
- Executive Member, Kendriya Marg Darshak Mandal and Rama Janmabhoomi Nyas Manch.
- Visionary behind Punnyabhomi National Daily-A World Hindu Newspaper.