|
Year |
Event |
|
Time/Day |
|
1879 |
December 30,
Monday 1 a.m [Day of Ardra Darshanam] |
Birth at
Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu; Father-Sundaram Iyer, Mother-Alzhammai,
other siblings Nagaswamy (1877-1900), Nagasundaram (1886-1953) and
sister Alamelu (1891/92-1953). |
|
1891 |
|
After
elementry education at Tiruchuli, moved to Dindigul. |
|
1892 |
February
18 |
Death of
father Sundaram Iyer. |
|
1892 |
|
Moved to
Madurai and stayed with his paternal uncle Subba Ayer ◊ Study at
Scott's Middle School and American Mission High School |
|
1895 |
November |
Hears about Arunachala from an elder relative;
reads Periapuranam. |
|
1896 |
middle of
July |
Death
Experience at Madurai resulting in self Realization. |
|
August 29,
Saturday |
Leaves
Madurai for Arunachala. |
|
September 1,
Tuesday |
Arrives in
Arunachala, reports to inner shrine at the great temple, Sri
Arunachaleswara and Mother Sri Apeethakuchamba. Then he goes to
Ayyankulam Tank, has his head shaved, and throws all his remaining money
into the tank . Stays in temple premises within the Thousand-Pillared
Hall, in Patala Linga. Seshadri Swami looked after Sri Ramana. |
|
1898 |
February |
Moves to
Gurumurtam less than a year and a half after his arrival at
Tiruvannamalai. Palani swami took care of Bhagavan, and continued
thereafter for the next 21 years. |
|
May |
After a
little more than a year at Gurumurtam moves to nearby mango orchard and
stayed there for about 6 months. |
|
September |
Moves to
Pavalakkunru [Arunachala Hill] where a temple, a spring and a cave was
closeby. |
|
December |
Mother Alzhammai
visits Bhagavan at Pavalakkunru, with Nagaswami. |
|
1899 |
February |
Moves to the
Holy Hill, Arunachala. Stays in various caves - Satguru Swami Cave [Alamarathu
Cave], Namasivaya Cave for short periods, then to Virupaksha Cave, where
he lived for 17 years [1899-1916], using Mango Tree Cave [near Mulaipal
Tirtham] as summer residence |
|
1905 |
|
Moves to
Pachaiamman Koil for six months during the plague epidemic. Returns to
the Hill when crisis is over. |
|
1907 |
November 18 |
Ganapathi
Muni [who earlier visited Sri Ramana twice in 1903/1904] visits Bhagavan.
Bhagavan imparts knowledge to him. In a letter Muni writes the next day,
he declares that Sri Ramana should be called Bhagavan. |
|
1908 |
January to
March |
Stays at
Pachaiamman Koli with Ganapathi Muni and others. Returns to Virupaksha
Cave later in the year. |
|
1911 |
|
First
recorded visit of a Westerner - Frank H. Humphreys visits Bhagavan. [He
wrote about Sri Ramana and the article was first published in The
International Psychic Gazette in 1913.] |
|
1916 |
|
Moves to
Skandashram. [Sri Ramana's mother and younger brother, Nagasundaram join
him at Tiruvannamalai and followed him when he moved to Skandashram. Mother
initally stayed with Echammal and in 1917, upon her return, settled permanently there.] |
|
1917 |
|
Ganapathi
Muni write Sri Ramana Gita in Sanskrit. It has collection of questions
put to Sri Bhagavan between December 1913 and August 1917 on different
occasions, and his answers. |
|
1922 |
May 9,
around 8:00 pm |
Sri Ramana's
mother passed away. Her body was buried on the banks of Palitirtham, at
the foot of the southern slope of Arunachala. Disciples erected a brick
samadhi and a Siva linga from Kasi was placed atop the samadhi and
named, Matrubhuteswara. |
|
1922 |
December |
Bhagavan
came down from Skandashram permanently and settled at the base of the
Hill, where Ramanasramam is located today. he was visited by
Swami Ramdas. |
|
1924 |
June 26th -
betn 11:30 pm 2:00 am |
Robbery at
the ashram, wherein Bhagavan receives blow on his left thigh. |
|
1926 |
|
Stopped
Pradakshina [going around the Holy Hill]. |
|
1928 |
|
Annamalai
Swami arrives. It was under his direction and the Maharshi's guidance
that the Old Hall was first constructed. |
|
1931 |
|
Paul Brunton
visits Bhagavan and stays at ashram. His book 'In Search of Secret
India', published in 1934, introduces Sri Ramana to the western world. |
|
1938 |
February |
British
author and playwright W. Somerset Maugham visits the ashram. |
|
September |
Guy Hague
visits Sri Ramana. |
|
November |
Mercedes De
Acosta visits Sri Ramana. |
|
1939 |
September 1,
Thursday |
Foundation
laid by Bhagavan for the Mathrubhuteswara Temple |
|
1940 |
October 5 |
Sri Ramana
stops eating pan (betel leaf). |
|
1941 |
~ May 19 |
Maharshi
stops going to kitchen to help. |
|
1945 |
Jan 25 |
Foundation
of New Hall. |
|
June 5
|
Cornerstone
laid in presence of Bhagavan. |
|
1946 |
September 1 |
Golden
Jubilee Celebration of Bhagavan's arrival in Arunachala. New Hall in
front of Sri Matrubhuteshwara Temple under construction. |
|
1948 |
June 18 |
Cow Lakshmi
died. |
|
1949 |
March 14 |
Maharshi
inaugurates the new big hall attached to the temple. With help, Maharshi
take short flight of steps, touches the stone, and sit on the stone
couch in the new hall. |
|
June 1
|
New hall
[adjoining Mother's temple] declared open for everyone. |
|
1950 |
April 14,
Friday |
Sri Ramana
Maharshi leaves his physical body at 8:47 p.m. Many people observed a
shiny star in the sky, coming from the South and moving slowly northward
across the sky and disappearing behind the peak of Arunachala. |
|
Note: All time/date are
estimated/approximate and are taken from available references |
