Reminiscences of Shri Kunju Swamigal - 7

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To the west of Virupaksha Cave, there is a black rock.Once when Sri

Bhagvan went towards the

rock,He saw some water oozing from under the rock.About that time

Jadaswami came there.

Sri Bhagvan showed the moist area to Jadaswami and said there might

be a spring there.

Jadaswami had the place dug, and out came pure sweet water.Whenever

Sri Bhagvan went there,

He used to collect the pure water in His Kamandala for use later.

Among the devotees who stayed in Virupaksha Cave was one

Kandaswamy.There was no water facility

near the cave at that time.There was not enough room to cook or for

people to stay.Kandaswamy

removed the stones around the spring and cut down the thorny shrubs

and levelled the ground.

He put up a structure and planted mango,jackfruit and cocunut trees

and some plants in front

of it.Later, with the help of Perumalswami, he completed the present

brick building and

requested Sri Bhagvan to come and stay there.He spent some time with

Sri Bhagvan and later

went to his birth place.He never returned to Tiruvannamalai.There was

no further new of him.

The ashram which was constructed by him with great effort was named

after him by Sri Bhagvan.

This is the famous Sri Skandashram.

 

in Sri Bhagvan,

Sriram