Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Table of Contents
- vPreface to First Edition
- viiiPreface to Second Edition
- ixForeword
- xiContents
- xxiList of Poems in Praise of Sri Ramana
- xxii
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Sri Ramana Maharshi – A Life Sketch
Reminiscences
1.
Dr.Paul Brunton journalist; authored 'Search in Secret India'
2.
Sadhu Ekarasa (Dr.G.H.Mees), Dutch scholar
3.
Prof.Banning Richardson, M.A.(Hons.) (Cantab.), A.B.(Princeton) Professor of English Literature.
4.
Justice K.Sundaram Chettiar, B.A., B.L., High Court Judge, Madras.
5.
Manu Subedar, member of the Central Legislative Assembly.
6.
William S.Spaulding (Jr.) New York City
7.
Grant Duff (Douglas Ainslie) scholar and senior govt official at Madras.
8.
Dilip Kumar Roy of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. author & musician
9.
B.Sanjiva Rao, B.A.(Cantab) belonged to the pre-Independence
Indian Educational Service.
10.
Justice N.Chandrasekhara Aiyar, High Court Judge, Madras.
11.
Eleanor Pauline Noye, California
12.
K.S.Venkataramani, M.A., B.L.,, Adviser to the former Alwar State (Rajasthan)
13.
Dr.C.Kunhan Raja, Director of the Adyar Library, Theosophical Society, Madras
14.
Madan Mohan Varma, Chairman, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Jaipur.
15.
Ella Maillart, a Swiss travel writer and photographer
16.
Swami Siddheswarananda, Head, Ramakrishna Mission, Paris.
17.
T.M.Krishnaswami Aiyar, B.A., B.L.,, Chief Justice of the former Travancore State (Kerala).
18.
K.S.Ramaswami Sastri, B.A., B.L.,, Chief Justice of the
19.
Dr.K.C.Varadachari, M.A., Ph.D.,, a scholar based in Tirupati.
20.
Giridhari Lal of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
21.
Prof.B.L.Atreya, M.A., D.Litt., Dept.Head, Benaras Hindu University
22.
Oliver Lacombe, L’Attache Culturel, Consulat General de France, Calcutta.
23.
Prof.Syed M.Hafiz, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.,, Head, Dept. of Philosophy, Allahabad University.
24.
A.S.Panchapagesa Ayyar belonged to the former Indian Civil Service.
25.
Prof.T.M.P.Mahadevan, M.A.,Ph.D.,, Head, Dept. of Philosophy, Madras University.
26.
Duncan Greenlees, M.A.(Oxon.),, a British scholar and a Theosophist.
27.
H.Ghosh, M.A.,, Principal, Holkar College, Indore (Madhya Pradesh).
28.
C.S.Bagi, M.A.,, Principal, Lingaraj College, Belgaum (Karnataka).
29.
Rudra Raj Pande, M.A.,, Principal, Tri-Chandra College, Nepal.
30.
Prof.S.V.Ram, M.A., Ph.D.,, Head, Dept. of Political Science, Lucknow University.
31.
Chinta Dikshitulu, B.A., L.T.,, a distinguished Telugu author.
32.
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya,
poet & artist, younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the Nightingale of India
33.
Dr.K.Subrahmanian, Prof, Central Inst.Hyderabad. Founder of Hyderabad Sri Ramana Kendram
34.
N.Balarama Reddy, M.A., who authored My Recollections
35.
36.
Maurice Frydman, a Polish Jew, research engineer in Karnataka.
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37.
S.S.Cohen, an Iraqi Jew, accountant; authored Guru Ramana and Residual Reminiscences of Ramana
38.
K.K.Nambiar, Chief Engineer, Highways, Madras Presidency; authored The Guiding Presence of Sri Ramana
39.
Suri Nagamma, authored 'Letters from Sri Ramanasramam'
40.
Arthur Osborne, Founder-editor of The Mountain Path and author
41.
Prof.G.V.Subbaramayya, authorof 'Sri Ramana Reminiscences'
42.
Major A.W.Chadwick O.B.E.(Sadhu Arunachala), author of 'A Sadhu’s Reminiscences
43.
Prof.K.Swaminathan, authored Sri Ramana – The Self Supreme
44.
Rangan (Velacheri Ranga Iyer), a classmate of Sri Ramana.
45.
M.Sivaprakasam Pillai, compiled 'Who Am I?'
46.
Akhilandamma served food to Sri Ramana for forty years.
47.
Sadhu Natanananda (Natesa Mudaliar), scholar & author
48.
Prof.N.R.Krishnamurti Aiyer, physicist
49.
Chalam (Gudipati Venkatachalam) Telugu writer, author of Bhagavan Smritulu
50.
Souris, daughter of Chalam (Ch.49)
51.
Swami Madhavatirtha, prolific Gujarati author
52.
Kunju Swami attendant from 1920 to 1932.
53.
Muruganar (C.K.Subramania Iyer), Tamil poet
54.
T.P.Ramachandra Iyer,
laywer and attendant
55.
Chhaganlal V.Yogi, a Gujarati devotee, author of Gurjarati Sri Ramana Mahima
56.
Lakshmana Swami of Gudur (Andhra Pradesh), sadhaka
57.
Viswanatha Swami, Tamil and Sanskrit scholar
58.
Ramanatha Brahmachari authored Ramana Strotra Anubhuti (Tamil)
59.
Mastan, the Muslim weaver
60.
Echammal
61.
Mudaliar Patti
62.
Krishna Bhikshu (Voruganti Krishnayya)
63.
Lakshman Sarma authore of Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad
64.
Natesa Iyer, Ashram cook for a long time
65.
Sampurnamma, Ashram cook for decades
66.
Shantammal, Ashram cook for decades
67.
Sundaram (Sadhu Trivenigiri)
68.
Subbalakshmi Ammal, Ashram cook
69.
Wolter A.Keers, a Dutch teacher and writer
70.
Annamalai Swami
71.
Mouni Sadhu (M.Sudouski)
72.
Swami Ranganathananda, pres.Belur Math
73.
Kumar, a Bangalore-based journalist
74.
Swami Desikananda, sannyasi of the Ramakrishna Order
75.
Pascaline Mallet, a French writer and seeker, authored Turn Eastwards.
76.
Gunturu Lakshmikantam, biographer of Ganapati Muni (Ch.91)
77.
Ethel Merston, a French devotee, visited Sri Ramana in 1939
78.
A European Sadhak, who withheld his name
79.
M.A.Piggot, the first English lady to visit Sri Ramana
80.
J.P.Vaswani, Head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune
81.
Swami Ramdas, the founder of Anandashram, Kanhangad
82.
Swami Tapovanam; the guru of Sw.Chinmayananda
83.
Swami Chinmayananda; the founder of Chinmaya Mission
84.
Swami Muktananda founder of Ganeshpuri ashram near Mumbai.
85.
Eliot C.Clark, American painter.
86.
Swami Abhishiktananda, Christian monk & sanyasi
87.
Ramanadasa Sadananda (Seshagiri Iyer), author of Tamil 'Sri Ramana Dasakam'
88.
Dr.M.Anantanarayana Rao
89.
N.Ramachandra Rao authore of Sri Ramana’s first Kannada Ramana biography
90.
Papaji (Hariwansh Lal Poonja)
91.
Ganapati Muni, Kavyakantha, Sanskrit scholar & poet
92.
F.H.Humphreys, first European to meet Sri Ramana in 1911.
93.
Raghavachariar, Superintendent Public Works Dept., Tiruvannamalai
94.
Manavasi V.Ramaswami Iyer, Superintendent Public Works Dept, Tiruvannamalai
95.
N.N.Rajan (N.Nataraja Iyer)
96.
Rama Varma Appan Tampuran, Maharaja of Cochin (Kerala)
97.
Sw.Rajeswarananda, a sannyasi of the Ramakrishna Order
98.
Dr.Lt.Col.P.V.Karamchandani, District Medical Officer
99.
Dr.T.N.Krishnaswami photographer
100.
R.Narayana Iyer, Sub-Registrar at Chetput, Tamil Nadu.
101.
Suddhananda Bharati author of 1931 'Ramana Vijayam'
102.
Ramanapadananda (V.S.Kuppuswami Aiyengar)
103.
Col.A.N.S.Murti’s mother’s hometown, Tiruvannamalai.
104.
V.Kameswara Rao
105.
Prof.V.B.Athavale of Kirloskarvadi, Maharashtra
106.
G.Lakshmi Narasimham, translated two of Sri Ramana’s works into Telugu
107.
P.V.Sastri, lawyer, came to Sri Ramana in the aftermath of his son’s death
108.
M.M.Menon, Palghat (Kerala).
109.
N.V.Gunaji, an advocate from Belgaum (Karnakta)
110.
Sister Lalita belonged to the Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu).
111.
C.V.Subramania Iyer, Assistant Director, Public Health, Madras
112.
Jagadeeswara Sastri, Sanskrit scholar
113.
Ramanananda Swarnagiri authored Crumbs from His Table.
114.
Mercedes de Acosta, a Spanish-American Hollywood socialite & movie-screenwriter
115.
T.K.Sundaresa Iyer, teacher, authored 'At the Feet of Bhagavan'
116.
T.R.Kanakammal author of Tamil 'Cherished Memories'
117.
Srikrishnaprem, a British professor who became a Vaishnavite
118.
Prof.Pryns Hopkins, an American social psychologist
119.
Major-Gen.V.N.Parameswaran Pillai, G.O.C. of Kerala Forces.
120.
N.O.Mehta, Gujarat
121.
Madhavi Ammal
122.
Dr.Shankar Rao, medical officer
123.
Emmanual Sorensen (Sunya Baba), Danish devotee.
124.
Lokamma, Ashrama kitchen worker
125.
Raja (V.Rajasubrahmania) Iyer, the first Ashram Postmaster.
126.
Roda MacIver (nee Kamdin) hailed from a Parsee family of Bombay.
127.
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128.
Nagaiah V.Chittoor, a legendary Telugu actor.
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Padma Sitapati, daughter of Sri Ramana’s famous devotee Janaki Matha
130.
Sw.Pranavananda (S.Narasimham), author of many Telugu books on Sri Ramana
131.
T.R.Rajagopal, Andra devotee from Vijayawad
132.
Santanam Iyengar, school Headmaster at Tanjore (Tamil Nadu)
133.
Prof.Sista Subba Rao
134.
Mahapatra Dave, teacher
135.
Subbalakshmi, wife of Dr.M.R.Krishnamurthi Iyer (Ch.155)
136.
Vajreswari, daughter of Ganapati Muni (Ch.91)
137.
Kundalmal A.Mahatani, devotee from Karachi (now in Pakistan)
138.
Santha Rangachary, career journalist
139.
T.R.A.Narayana, manager in a large British firm in Madras
140.
K.R.K.Murthi, Chief Electrical Engineer, Andhra Pradesh
141.
Srimat Sw.Puragra Parampanthi
142.
K.Arunachalam, Gandhian social worker.
143.
Panthulu Lakshmi Narayana Sastri, Sanskrit and Telugu scholar
144.
B.N.Datar, philosopher
145.
Y.N.(aka Bhaurao) Athavale, Maharashtrian devotee
146.
Dr.Haribhai M.Adalja, a disciple of Swami Madhavatirtha (Ch.51)
147.
Sadhu Bramanian, (former Dr.R.Subramanian)
148.
M.V.Krishnan, son of Munagala S.Venkataramiah
149.
N.Ponniah, who lived in Malaysia, visited Sri Ramana in 1948.
150.
Sw.Satyananda, Sri Ramana’s attendant
151.
Henri Hartung, Swiss devotee
152.
Sw.Chidbhavananda, Head, Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Ootacamund, 1926-40
153.
C.R.Pattabhi Raman, a Central Government minister
154.
Maha Krishna Swami established ‘Bhagavan Sri Ramana Ashramam’ in Brazil.
155.
Dr.M.R.Krishnamurthi Iyer, the first doctor at the Ashram dispensary.
156.
Prof.Shiva Mohan Lal, Head, Dept. of Philosophy, Osmania Univ, Hyderabad
157.
Prabhakar, author of Sanskrit Prapatti Satakam
158.
Lakshmi Ranganadham, referred to as ‘Our Lakshmi’ by Sri Ramana
159.
Ramaswami Pillai, long-standing devotee of Sri Ramana
160.
Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India
161.
M.V.Ramanachalam
162.
Swami Ramanananda Saraswati (T.N.Venkataraman), Pres.of Ramanasramam
163.
Robert Adams, an American, with Sri Ramana from 1947-50.
164.
Ramakrishna Madhavpeddi, attorney, visited Sri Ramana in 1948
165.
M.G.Shanmukam’s author of 137 Tamil biography of Sri Ramana
166.
Taleyarkhan, Firoza, Parsi from Hyderabad
167.
Shankarlal Banker, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi
168.
K.Venkatarathnam, attendant of Sri Ramana
169.
Sw.Lakshman Joo Raina, pre-eminent exponent of Kashmir Saivism
170.
Sw.Rama, author of 'Living with Himalayan Masters'
171.
Sw.Paramahansa Yogananda, author of 'Autobiography of a Yogi'
172.
Sw.Tapasananda, president of Ramakrishna Mission, Madras
173.
J.C.Molony, I.C.S., district collector in Madras Presidency
174.
T.S.Anantha Murthy, author of 'Life and Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi'
175.
Suzanne Alexandra from Paris, met Sri Ramana in 1936
176.
The anonymous chronicler, a science student, met Sri Ramana in 1946
177.
P.L.N.Sharma, a Gandhian, met Sri Ramana in 1932
178.
B.C.Sengupta, M.A., B.L.,, principal of a college in Bengal
179.
C.R.Rajamani first visited Sri Ramana in early 1940’s
180.
Rajalakshmi’s grandmother, younger sister of Echammal (Ch.60).
181.
Sab Jan (M.Abdul Wahab), Sri Ramana’s classmate in Madurai
182.
Dhiruben Patel of Mumbai got Sri Ramana’s grace in 1940’s
183.
K.Vithoba Kamath, a Gandhian, visited Sri Ramana in 1946
184.
T.V.Kapali Sastri
185.
Atmakuri Govindacharyulu, an Andhra devotee
186.
Keerai Patti
187.
Padma, Madrasi
188.
D.S.Sastri, an official of the then Imperial Bank of India.
189.
Sankarananda, an Andhra police officer.
190.
Seshadri Sastrigal, served in the dining hall of the Ashram.
191.
M.S.Nagarajan, a staunch devotee
192.
C.Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India
193.
T.S.Narayanaswami saw Sri Ramana two months before the mahanirvana.
194.
Uma Devi (Wanda Dynowska), authored 'Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi'
195.
Prof.D.Gurumurthi came to see Sri Ramana during his last days
196.
Gouriammal, an earnest devotee
197.
Krishnaswami, attendant 1936 till the mahanirvana
198.
Thelma Rappold, an American,
with Sri Ramana during 1947-50
199.
Apa B.Pant, India’s High Commissioner in U.K.
200.
Vaikuntavasar, attendant of Sri Ramana & later a trustee of the Ashram
201.
Saroja Krishnan
202.
Shanti (pseudonym) visited Sri Ramana in 1943
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Annexures
I
Mountain Arunachala and Temple of Arunachaleswara in Tiruvannamalai
II
Karthikai Deepam or Deepam Festival
III
Kannappan Naayanaar; Periapuranam
IV
Th Cow Lakshmi
V
Dakshinamurthi – The Great Silent Guru, an Incarnation of Lord Siva
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Glossary
Book Citations
References
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Index
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Kannappan Nāyanār, Periapuranam
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The Cow Lakshmi
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Glossary
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References of the Sources of Material Used
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Alphabetical List of Contributors
List of Poems in Praise of Sri Ramana
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1.
Heart’s Homage to Sri Ramana by Sadhu Ekarasa
2.
With Sri Ramana of Arunachala by Grant Duff
3.
To Sri Ramana Maharshi by Dilip Kumar Roy
4.
Sri Maharshi – The Alchemist by Giridhari Lal
5.
Sri Arunachala Ramana by Duncan Greenlees
6.
The Leonine Power by C.S.Bagi
7.
The Thrice Marvellous Sri Ramana,
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
8.
A Lyric to Sri Ramana by
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
8.
Two extracts from the poems by Maurice Frydman
9.
An extract from the poems by Arthur Osborne
10.
Surrender and Will You Let Me Go? by A.W.Chadwick
11.
Sri Ramana – the Self Supreme by K.Swaminathan
12.
A Stanza in Maharshi’s Praise by Swami Desikananda
13.
My Beloved Bhagavan by Swami Ramdas
14.
Who am I? by Robert Adams