Siddha Art and paintings

Siddha Art and Painting Exhibition

An exhibition on the above subject was conducted at Chennai from 28^th April to May 1^st 2011 at C P Art centre Alwarpet Chennai 600 018 and a colourful book containing  all the 108 paintings with detailed commentary in Tamil was released.  The response from the common public and the appreciation from amateurs and adepts as well was enormously encouraging.  It is the unanimous desire of all the visitors that this spiritual feast should not be confined to the residents of Chennai and other parts of Tamilnadu should also get the blessings of the great Siddha Yogi Amarakavi by witnessing the excellent paintings of all the 108 Spiritual Dreams experienced by him between the year 1940 and 1955 heralding  his future yogic attainments and siddhies at the extreme grace of Lord Mula Ganapathi, his tutelary deity and  guarding angel in his march towards self-consummation with the Divine.  It is pertinent to hear to mention that the dreams were awarded to amarakavi as spiritual visions along with running commentary from Inner Voice depicting  the scenes and its sanctity and substance.  This is first of its kind in this kali yuga for a man to embrace and encounter such cosmic truths through divine favour.

A spiritual way to life

A spiritual way to life
By Ashish Joshi
The Perfect Sage Prabodharan Sukumar,
Hayagreeva Publication, Pp 272 (PB), Rs 150.00

 

‘THE purpose of life of any man is to join with the "Divine" which activates the
earth; which activates even a worm here.’ So begins The Perfect Sage, by
Prabodharan Sukumar. Ostensibly a tribute by the author to his teacher Sri
Amarakavi Ramachandra, a realised soul or Sidddheswara, who lived in
Triplicane, Chennai, the book also explores his teacher’s interactions with such
famous personalities as sir C V Raman, Dr S. Radhakrishnan and V V Giri.
In the introduction, the author says he first came into contact with Amarakavi
Ramachandra in 1981 in connection with his second book The Secret of Tapas.
From then till Sri Ramachandra attained his samadhi in 1993, the two forged a
close bond that went beyond mere friendship. Sri Ramachandra became his
spiritual guru, and tried to show him the way to divine salvation. He also shared
his mystical experiences with the author, and enlightened him about the Vedas
and the Upanishads-the fount of all spiritual knowledge. The author also learnt
about transcendental meditation, Brahma Tatvas, the philosophy of Adi
Shankara-knowledge which spans the gamut of the spiritual experience.
Sri Ramachandra interacted with many great spiritual personalities of his time,
such as Sri Aurobindo and Sir John Coats of the Theosophical Society and other
yogis, philosophers and religious heads which resulted in a lively exchange of
spiritual knowledge. The book is broadly divided into two sections-while the first
explores the life and times of Sri Ramachandra, the second section sheds light
on the mystical experiences of the famous personalities of our age. The
penultimate section of the book is an exhaustive timeline of the life of Sri
Ramachandra, while the final pages are devoted to a glossary of spiritual words
and phrases.

A must-read for those interested in the spiritual way of life, the book also serves
as a sort of challenge to those who view the world purely through a scientific
perspective. As a sort of antithesis to the age of reason, the book is well-written
and makes easy reading for the yogic guru as well for those who are taking their
first hesitating steps into the mystical frontiers with a sense of anticipation.

(Hayagreeva Publication, No. 108, New No. 176, Big Street, Triplicane, Chennai-600 005)
Book Reviewed by Organiser dated October 10, 2010

Amarakavi Ramachandra - Siddha Yogi

Human life in the mundane world itself is a strange phenomenon.  We will come across in contact with so many people from different walks in our life Each one have special skills and talents and expert in doing many things.  We may astonish with such people for their multiple activities.  It will quite be contrast if we look into the way of life with mystics.  It will tell us totally different stories.

Sri Ramachandra at his tender age of 16 had an opening in doing service with Imperial Bank as a banking clerk for a period of three years having its office opposite to Madras Harbour next to Parry's corner on the First Line Beach Road.  It is a mystery that he later switched over in the oil rich Burma shell company, Esplanade at Madras.  He joined service in the year 1927 as a clerical grade staff with exceptional skills and doing his duties to the utmost satisfaction to his superiors.  He was gradually elevated upto Management level as Officer by the administration. 

While in service throughout his lifetime he never took unnecessary leave and his attendance always shows an excess credit of earn leave.  He was very disciplined man and hard working in his duty.  Everyday he will be present in his seat before 30 minutes of office opening time.  He used to leave office late in the evening by about 7 P.M. after completing not only the pending work but in preparation of other jobs well in advance for another seven days.  Therefore no file will be pending in his table.  His dress code is white pant and white shirt wearing black shoes.  He used to shave twice a week in saloon on every Monday and Thursday.

He had a very responsible, heavy and tough portfolio in the Burma Shell Company managing Cost Accounts, Budget and Finance.  He was directly answerable to the superior of the company who are equal to House of Lord grade.  Though he has not seen the gates of college but purely on the basis of merit and efficiently handling things he was promoted to the highest level in the company.  Apart from that he was also entrusted the job handling the Labour welfare Union as Secretary and managing efficiently all the activities of the Union in a proper manner. One may wonder to know with so many responsible work on hand he was very good sportsman specialized in playing Badminton.  He had the opportunity to participate in many tournaments. No doubt that he stood best among the players and won first prizes many cups, medals and awards.  With all the excellence in life he was having                        throughout his lifetime he had no opportunity to learn two things in life, which an every average Indian use to do.

He did not know how to ride a bicycle and the art of doing self-shaving.  These two things he somehow never learnt in his life and he feels sorry for not taken it as a serious matter. 

After his retirement from Burma Shell as a token of his sincere service with the Oil Company for 35 years in appreciation he was offered two petrol pumping station in the heart of Madras.  He being a spiritual person gently refused to accept the offer from the company.  He was in firm belief that once after retirement from service the person should take self-enquiry and explore his own life.  He was not money minded person in wasting the precious life in multiplying the means.  He wanted to live a self-contended life.  As rightly pointed out by Justice S Mohan Sri Ramachandra had no wants and desires.

Another important thing Amarakavi always used tell us that no two persons life are identical or similar with the other.  Even though they have 99% similarity each person have different destiny.  That is the marvel in God’s creation