Sriom Adisakthiyendra Swamigal
Early Days
The great Gurus like Adisankarar, Ramanujar, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Raghavendra and Shiridi Baba were reformers of their eras. Sriom Adisakthiyendra Swamigal can be called as the reformer of the current century. He has understood the essence of divinity and inculcated his teachings in a simple way it reaches and calls out to the souls of his followers.
Swamigal was born in a Vaishnavite family on 20th Aug 1961 and named Ravi Narayanan-He was an intelligent, well-mannered child who was very much inclined towards devotion and dhyan, helping and caring for others from a very young age. He is a graduate in Commerce.
When he was young, he used to be admitted in the hospital in an unconscious state and would recover after 3-4 days and return home. Later in life, he realized that he was going into deep meditation at a tender age.
When he was young, he used to be admitted in the hospital in an unconscious state and would recover after 3-4 days and return home. Later in life, he realized that he was going into deep meditation at a tender age.
Devi's Vision
When he was in his teens, he was woken up in the early hours by the lotus feet of Sri Om Adi Sakthi Devi. This is the day, his life got transformed. This set him on the path of unique devotion, the worship of the lamp and turned him from materialistic life to a world of recluse. He became a Swami and devoted his life to the worship of Devi. He spent most of his days on dhyan. Devi became his Guru and taught him A to Z of Vedas, Upanishads, Pooja Vidhan including the unique lamp and the Trisul Pooja. He would follow her order implicitly without any question.
Penances (Tapas)
A sanyasi needs to complete penance on water, land and Agni.
Devi asked him to do a penance on water near Triveni Sangam during peak winter, which he did.
Then he was asked to go for a penance at Kodachadri Hills, Kollur, Karnataka in a dense forest. He followed her instructions and completed the penance where he got the darshan of ultimate energy, Sriom Adi Sakthi in a fire ball form which is like billion volts of electricity. When he called ‘Amma’, she came in the female form. He took his Sanyasam vows after the penance and got his name Sri Om Adisakthiyendra Swamigal.
In 1998 / 1999, based on orders from Devi, he did his Agni Thapas on the Kadari Hills, Tamil Nadu. This led to complete realization of who he was, origin of his soul and his previous births.
Devi asked him to do a penance on water near Triveni Sangam during peak winter, which he did.
Then he was asked to go for a penance at Kodachadri Hills, Kollur, Karnataka in a dense forest. He followed her instructions and completed the penance where he got the darshan of ultimate energy, Sriom Adi Sakthi in a fire ball form which is like billion volts of electricity. When he called ‘Amma’, she came in the female form. He took his Sanyasam vows after the penance and got his name Sri Om Adisakthiyendra Swamigal.
In 1998 / 1999, based on orders from Devi, he did his Agni Thapas on the Kadari Hills, Tamil Nadu. This led to complete realization of who he was, origin of his soul and his previous births.
Travel to Fiji
As per the orders of Devi, he left for Fiji to drop his mother with her elder son. Till he came to Fiji, he had no desire to form an ashram or a temple. As he had seen the ultimate energy, his intention was to go around the country, pass on his learnings to whosoever he would meet and merge with Devi. But the people whom he met in Fiji requested him to start the ashram so that many others can share the wisdom which Swamiji had.
Founding Ashram
As requested by the Sishyas and devotees from Fiji, Swamiji then founded Sriom Adisakthi Ashram in Avalur, a small village about 20 km from Kanchipuram, Tamil N?du, India and established Sriom Panchasakthi Peedam, which is a replica of the fort of Sriom Adisakthi as seen by him in his meditation. The initial assistance was provided by the disciples and members from Fiji.
After his Agni Thapas, he started looking for a place for his final days, moved to a remote village, Yemcha in Telangana on the banks of the Godavari River, established Sriom Devi Nilayam, later built a beautiful temple for his mother, Sriom Jagadhadri Devi and started guiding the villagers in the path of ‘Humanity leads Divinity’.
After his Agni Thapas, he started looking for a place for his final days, moved to a remote village, Yemcha in Telangana on the banks of the Godavari River, established Sriom Devi Nilayam, later built a beautiful temple for his mother, Sriom Jagadhadri Devi and started guiding the villagers in the path of ‘Humanity leads Divinity’.
Humanitarian Activities
Based on his principle of ‘HUMANITY LEADS DIVINITY’ he initiated many social activities like feeding the poor, educating children, elderly care, medical care, and animal care (Goshala) in India. Swamiji initiated a non-profit organization called Sriom Care at Sydney Sriom Care delivers high quality care to older people for over 15 years. Sriom care is recognized in the community as a leader of aged care services and support to South Asian communities.