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Ganesan with Sri Bhagavan [ behind goshala (cow-shed) - 1945 ]

Born in 1936, up to the age of 14, V.Ganesan grew up in the presence and proximity of his grand uncle, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. His sacred memory of the Master is rich in its content; and, even at that tender age he could see Sri Ramana as the most compassionate human being. On April 14, 1950, the day the Master chose to leave the body, the adolescent Ganesan stood near the entrance to the room where Sri Ramana was lying and was fortunate to see the brilliant flash of Light, which later moved towards the top of the Holy Hill, Arunachala.

Ganesan obtained a Master’s Degree in Philosophy; and, then came to Sri Ramanasramam for good, looking after the Old Devotees of Sri Bhagavan, as his sadhana (spiritual practice). In this way, he collected reminiscences of Sri Maharshi never before recorded.

His close contacts with Sages and Saints, including J. Krishnamurti, Nisargadatta Maharaj and Yogi Ramsuratkumar, he says, have deepened and widened his understanding of the essence and true message of the Maharshi. He, however, feels himself to be an insignificant ‘dust’ at the Holy Feet of Bhagavan Ramana.

For thirty five years, Ganesan was the Manager of Sri Ramanasramam and the Managing Editor of The Mountain Path, the ashram’s journal. For six years (upto 1994), he was its Chief Editor, as well. All these unique experiences have blessed him with an incredible ability to present the relationship that the Old Devotees had with Sri Bhagavan in his last book, ‘Ramana Periya Puranam’. Ganesan has previously authored Be the Self, Moments Remembered, Purushottama Ramana, The Direct Teaching of Bhagavan Ramana and Drops from the Ocean. At the commandment and directive of Velpur ‘Mouna’ Swami, recently Ganesan has written “Meetings with Sages and Saints” featuring important details of his spiritual contacts with Sages and Saints, whom he was blessed to meet with.