Mudaliar Patti

The Universal Mother (“Mathru Tattva”) took the form of mother ALAGAMMAL and gave Sri Bhagavan His ‘body’. In the form of Ratnammal, Meenakshiammal, Keerai Pati, Desuramma, Echamma and Mudaliar Patti, the Universal Mother fed and nurtured Sri Bhagavan’s ‘body’. Sri Bhagavan too expressed His gratitude towards them by making them stay in Holy Arunachala and gave them ‘Realisation’!

It was Sri Bhagavan’s Grace that Mudaliar Patti who was staying in the town was requested by devotees to stay in Ramana Nagar — a little away from the premises of Sri Ramanasramam. Kunju Swami, Viswanatha Swami and Suri Nagamma were sent by Sri Bhagavan to look after Patti and her health. They built a hut for her in Ramana Nagar. Sri Bhagavan enquired about her daily. By 1949, Mudaliar Patti had grown very old, gone blind and had lost her daughter-in-law, everything. Yet, she continued cooking for Sri Bhagavan. Even on her last day, she cooked a meal and made sure that it was taken to Sri Bhagavan. She insisted on being informed when Sri Bhagavan had finished eating her food. When that was reported to her, she blissfully closed her eyes and dropped her body. Sri Bhagavan gave instructions to Kunju Swami and others that she should be buried like a realized being (just as He had done earlier in the case of Seshadri Swami and Mother Alagammal). On a previous occasion — the day when Echammal passed away — Bhagavan had remarked, “Still, Mudaliar Patti is alive.” When Mudaliar Patti passed away, Sri Bhagavan declared, “A big responsibility has been taken off my shoulders.”

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Mudaliar Patti and her daughter-in-law ‘Kamakshi’