Meeting Rudraksha Muni🔗

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM had heard of a sage whom people called Rudraksha Muni, who used to come to the temple at night and occupy a place near the Rudraksha mandapam. For many days THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM waited for him at this spot without success. One night a man covered with rudrakshas appeared in the temple. Thinking this was Rudraksha Muni THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM ran after him. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM followed this man's schedule everyday and waited to serve him and talk to him. One day the boy followed this man as he left the temple and found him walking into a house not far from the temple. He had a family and children! THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM was angry and felt cheated. He accosted the man and asked him why he didn't tell him that he was not Rudraksha Muni. This person was in fact a kind man; he explained to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM that seeing how keen he was to meet Rudraksha Muni, and how disappointed he would be in not meeting him, he decided to play along so as not to disappoint him! He said: You were so joyful that you had met Rudraksha Muni. I could not take away that joy from you. I too felt so much joy with you around.

Over time this man became a good friend. He was a depressed man seeking spiritual solace. He gave THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM a whole bagful of rudraksha malas that feature in some of the early photographs of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

Whenever he could THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM would spend time cleaning the idols of the various deities in the Arunachala temple. By now he had a group of young followers who would do what he told them. They would go around cleaning and decorating the idols and organizing small events.