The following year, in 2002, coming to read the Nadi for the very first time, Agathiyar, in asking me to come to the Siddha Worship, hinted that I shall come to meet my guru in an unexpected way, just as he had said upon delivering the Vasudeva Mantra a year earlier. Taking on the pilgrimage of temples that Agathiyar had outlined for me to help resolve my past Karma, I met my very first guru in physical form, Supramania Swami, at his village home, Nachaananthal, some 8 kilometers away from town. The year was 2003. The day, Wednesday, 10 September, five days short of my 44th birthday. I had just completed my last leg of my maiden pilgrimage to India, having circumambulated the Holy Mountain, Annamalaiyar, when I mentioned to my chauffeur, Deventhiran, a request made by my wife just as I left Malaysia to see if I could have an astrology reading and prediction for my second daughter. He brought me to his uncle, Supramania Swami. I came to know from Deventhiran that he was not scheduled to pick me up at Chennai Airport, but since Rajji, who was appointed to do so, "fell ill" that day, Deventhiran took up the call to chauffeur me throughout my stay in India. This is the divine play that Agathiyar had had hinted would happen beyond our expectations. Though Supramania Swami did not teach the way, or any particular method, as did other gurus that we have come to read about, just as reading Paramahansa Yogananda's "Autobiography of A Yogi" opened my eyes to the existence of many Holy men in physical form and Guru Worship, including his guru Yukteswar Giri, Parama Guru Lahari Mahasaya and Moola Guru Mahavatar Babaji, Supramania Swami showed me this discipleship by example. Though he had five gurus, namely his father Jayaraman Pillai, Pundi Mahan (Atru Swami), Sandhanandha Swami of Salem (author of Kandhar Guru Kavasam), Kollimalai Swami, and Yogi Ramsuratkumar (Visiri Swami), he brought the Yogi from his Samadhi to be present with us during my second trip to India in 2005. After his wife and son returned to their village home, as we sat in his new kudil that we helped build, Swami led me in chanting the Yogi's name (Nama Japam). It went, "YOGI RAMSURATKUMARA, YOGI RAMSURATKUMARA, YOGI RAMSURATKUMARA JAYA GURURAAYA". As it was a simple mantra, I followed suit and chanted along. After a few minutes into the recitation, I thought I heard a third voice - that of a male chanting together. I did not open my eyes. I started to listen harder. I could hear Swami’s voice. I could hear mine too. There was no one else in the Kudil. Yet I could hear distinctly another voice. So, who was this third person chanting with us? The mysterious voice continued chanting with us. Eventually, after about twenty minutes, Swami ended the Japam, and the voice was not heard again. I had wanted to ask him about this third voice throughout the Japam, but I completely forgot about it. Later, upon returning to Tiruvannamalai after visiting Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal at Kallar, as I stepped out of the car, Supramania Swami asked me, “Did you hear the voice?” triggering my memory back to the first day at his Kudil. I asked Swami who it was. He gave a loud laugh and answered, “That was Visiri Matai,” referring to his guru Visiri Swami (Yogi Ramsuratkumar). Such was the extent of devotion towards his guru that he could call upon the Yogi to appear among us. I never fully realized the power of chanting the name of the gurus or masters till then. And such was the grace of the Yogi that he chose to appear, sit, and sing with us. Although Supramania Swami had five gurus, he chose to invoke the Yogi at prayer. Was it his expressed wish that I should witness this miracle take place and should know the greatness of the Yogi?
If Supramania Swami brought the Yogi to be present back then, some three years back, on a Sivarathri, the Yogi came amongst us, bringing Supramania Swami along. As Agathiyar phased out the Abhisegam into three phases beginning at 6pm, 9pm, and 12am, and the finale at 3am I chose to play some of my favorite devotional or Bakthi songs beginning with Sadhu Om's song on Bhagawan Ramana "Yeppadiyo Arulvaai" set to music, sang and shared by Sriram Parthasarathy on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@SADHUOMCHANNEL during the intervals. A devotee through whom Agathiyar used to come was seen immersed in the song. Thinking it was Agathiyar who had come, I knelt before him as he sat on a chair. He pulled me towards him and hugged me. Next, he hugged my wife. That is when he told her that the "Beggar" had come. My wife immediately and excitedly announced to all those gathered that the Yogi had come. The Yogi asked that we play the song "Unadhu Thiruvarule" again. He sat and listened to these songs on Bhagawan Ramana in a state of heightened Bhakti, as Bhagawan Ramana was his guru too, besides Aurobindo and Swami Ramdas. The Yogi came where the name of his guru, Bhagawan Ramana, sounded. The Yogi then told us that my guru, Supramania Swami, too was with him, which made me truly happy. Recently, Agathiyar came to us and told us to listen to another song of Sadhu Om set to music and sung by the same, "Yeppodhu Nee Arivaayo". This song reveals the ultimate and final state that we should all strive to reach, that of acceptance.
The Yogi had come previously, too, in the midst of a Puja. A devotee who was finding it difficult to establish when the divine speaks through her friend, who often is used by the divine as a medium, and when he was himself, tried to establish the personality shifts that took place in her friend. Thinking that the deities of the Hindu pantheon would only speak Tamil, she asked him in English, "Are you okay, bro?" as they were both dressing up the statue or Murthy of Agathiyar at AVM. Her friend replied, "Okay!" She had verified that it was indeed her friend. So, she thought she could outsmart the divine using this approach henceforth to establish and differentiate between the divine and her friend speaking. Some moments later, after dressing Agathiyar up, when we all sat for prayers, the Yogi surprised all of us, coming and speaking in English through yet another devotee! She was dumbfounded! The divine saw through her game and played a game on her instead, to our amusement! We all had a good laugh.
Miracles apart, Supramania Swami handed over his entire merit earned from his 40 years of austerities or Tavam to me. I am deeply grateful to him to this day and forever.