Sri Ramanasramam

When one Sadaiappa Chettiar, a trustee of Draupadi Amman temple on a visit to the temple, heard that Bhagavan was at Mother’s Samadhi. He brought everything needed for cooking and asked Bhagavan to accept his bhiksha. He implored Bhagavan on the grounds that due to old age, his elder sister and other relatives could not climb the Hill and this would be the ideal opportunity of having Bhagavan’s darshan. Residents at Skandasramam came down to join the feast. When evening came, Bhagavan did not return to Skandasramam but stayed at Mother’s Samadhi.

The next day a similar situation emerged with devotees pleading with Bhagavan to accept their bhiksha. This continued for a string of days and Bhagavan was loathe to turn anyone down. Only Kunjuswami and Gopal Rao stayed behind to watch Skandasramam but after a week, they despaired of being away from Bhagavan any longer and came down the Hill to join him. This meant that Skandasramam was left unprotected. When Chinnaswami asked why they had come, they said, “We could not stay away from Bhagavan.”

A few days later it was reported that the clock and a wooden plank used by Bhagavan had been stolen from Skandasramam. Bhagavan only said, “It is good. Nobody need go there to look after the place any more.”

When asked about this later Bhagavan said, “It is not of my own accord that I remained here. Some power made me stay there.”

– 'Living with the Master', Kunjuswami, p. 71-73