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In
the 18th century, Brahmagnani Sadasiva
Brahmam, the emobodiment of Sivamsa,
dedicated himself entirely to the
service of God irrespective of caste,
creed and religion. At a certain stage
of his life his Guru Paramasivendra
Sankaracharya, imposed upon him mauna,
a command he obeyed implicitly and
faithfully till he attained Jeevasamadhi
at Nerur. In the 20th century, to
fulfill the unfinished mission, the
saint made his avatar as the child
of Sri Krishnaswamy and Rukmani Ammal
and came under the divine influence
of God with Purvajanma Gnana in full,
manifested in his miraculous exploits
even at an young age.
In
1979, “Gnanacheri”, a divinely
ordained institution, was established
by him to give regular discourses
to the bhakthas and awaken their sense
of divinity. During the last 19 years,
the Gnanigal has, by his lucid lectures
and writings, shown to the common
man that evolution of superior culture
and sophistication is God sense.
“Gnanacheri’, initially
functioned in a small way in the terrrace
of Murudi’s Lodge at Luz, Chennai,
India. Thanks to the spread of Gnanigal’s
teachings, the organisation has grown
steadily and has been functioning
in the Kalyannagar Association in
Mandaiveli for years now. By the grace
of God, a plot was acquired in Kelampakkam
in which Gnanigal is erecting a temple
for Gods Pasupatheeswarar and Sundara
Varadaraja Perumal.
Gnanigal’s uniqueness is
that his service to God transcends
the common barriers of caste or religion,
in order to emphasise the aspects
of duty, bhakthi, love towards God.
This emphasis runs like a thread through
everyone of his discourses or exhortations.
His ability to present the old and
time honoured faiths and beliefs in
a fresh and acceptable light helps
to awaken the dormant God-love in
every man.
Gnanigal’s expositions of the
fundamental truths underlying observances
like Sivarathri, Navarathri, Christmas,
Meeladi Nabi, and Sikhism, Jainism,
etc., can be an eye-opener to visualise
the fundamental God. In fact, he has
presented Buddhism and its tenets
in a fresh light.
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