Same way, two books titled ‘God lived with them’ and ‘They lived with God’ where the lives of Sanyasi devotees and householder devotees of Ramkrishna Paramhansa are narrated respectively, completes the study of Ramakrishna’s biography and nourishes our soul with hope. Also books like these give us the context of the events we read in the saints biography and help us understand the saint deeper. But it is the experience of the devotees which gives us hope, that even ordinary and rusty ones like us can become pure one day by the grace of saints. The life and philosophy of saints are extraordinary and phenomenal. The title of this book has been inspired by the Periya Puranam, an ancient Tamil text that recounts the stories of the Nayanmar, the exalted devotees of. Umapathi Slvucharya the fourth of the Santhana Kuravars (Saiva Acharyas who propagated the Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy) summarised the above said elaborate Periyapuranam in 76 stanzas. This page is courtasy of Project Madurai. popularly known as Periya Puranam describing vividly the history of all Saivite Saints in 4253 stanzas. This is a book where one Sri Ganesan, after meticulous research, has written in English, the biography of 75 devotees of Ramana Maharshi, who actually lived with the Maharshi and gained spiritually. thiruththoNDar purANam (periya purANam) panniraNDAm tirumuRai (in tamil script, TSCII format) 1. But if you ask me, I will recommend a book titled ‘Ramana Periyapuranam’. If you ask any devotee of Ramana Maharishi to recommend one book to understand Bhagavan they would recommend a book titled ‘Who am I?’. Sri G.Vanmikanathan who has rendered the highlights of the original epic from Tamil to English with a racy running commentary is an experienced litterateur who has a number of other devotional works to his credit.Home › Bookshelf › Ramana Periyapuranam ரமண பெரியபுராணம்īy Ganapathy Subramanian on J To pursue their stories is to inhale the air of sanctity and blessedness. The trials and tribulations they cheerfully undergo and the incredible sacrifices they make for the Lord’s sake take our breath away. Caste, community, wealth, and status do not count with them even as they do not with the Lord.
These Nayanmars consists of devoted men and women of all ages and range from tribal hunters to emperors of vast domains. Lord Shiva whom these Saiva-Siddhantins worshiped is not a sectarian deity but the supreme creator preserver and destroyer of the Universe who comes in human form from time to time and ‘plays’ with these servitors when their devotion gets incandescent. The Tamil Devotional Classic Periya Puranam or “The Great Epic” by Sekkizhaar is the saga of the sixty-three Nayanmars or servitors of the Lord who not only lived for Him, on the other hand, adored Him in delightfully distinct ways.
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