Reminiscences of Shri Kunju Swamigal - 8

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Before i came, devotees used to go from Skandashram into town only at

night and collect

bhiksha.They used to eat whatever they got and keep any leftovers for

the morning.Lunch used

to be provided by Echammal and others.Sri Bhagvan's devotees used to

sing Adi Sankara's

Adbhuta Vigraha Amarathiswara when they went for bhiksha.People used

to put newly cooked

food into their bowls.Hearing about this,some other sadhus also began

to sing the same songs

and collect the bhiksha even before Sri Bhagvan's devotees went

there.Perumalswamy,Palaniswamy

and others requested Sri Bhagvan to write something new so that when

they recited it others

would know unmistakably who they were.Then Sri Bhagvan wrote

Aksharamanamalai for them.

The practice of going for bhiksha had stopped a few months before i

arrived in Tiruvannamalai.

This was because most of the people had left the town as it had been

affected by the plague.

 

in Sri Bhagvan,

sriram