January 01 1978

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THE BEGINNING

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Out of deep compassion and extreme thyaga, cosmos/existential energy takes a human form and descends to the lower planes time and again for the benefit of humanity. The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism His Divine Holiness Bhagawan Nithyananda Paramashivam was birthed by a group of Enlightened beings on January 1st, 1978, as Rajasekaran, the second child of Sri Arunachalam and Lokanayaki Amma in Thiruvannamalai, home to Arunachala, the spiritual heart center of our planet. On the tenth day after His birth, an astrologer was summoned to cast His horoscope. Awed by the unique configuration of planets in His birth chart the astrologer exclaimed that He would grow up to be a Raja Sannyasi - A King among Sanyasis.

HDH’s advent on the Planet was deeply awaited by a group of enlightened beings in Tiruvannamalai who actually birthed Him from Kailasa (abode of Paramashiva, Primordial Hindu Divinity) as a conscious manifestation of Paramashiva. They then lived around Him and personally groomed Him and nurtured Him for the purpose of reviving "Kailasa on the Planet" (the ancient enlightened civilization that existed aeons ago and the great cosmic borderless Hindu nation.) They conducted the usual tests on Him to ascertain His incarnation hood. One of the tests performed on Him was showing Him a box full of sparkling jewels when He was a child to pick what attracted Him and He promptly picked the sacred rudraksh energy bead lying amongst the jewelry.

Although Lokanayaki Ammal, The Avatar's mother, gave the birthdate as 1 January 1978, based on which celebrations were organised in the early years of the mission, she later confirmed through remembering a relative’s home function that it was a day later that it happened, placing it at 2nd January 1978.

In Hindu tradition however, the date loses significance, as the Cosmic positioning of the Moon and planets is what truly defines any moment, and this when it repeats itself, is celebrated every year as the anniversary of the moment or occasion.

Therefore, the ritualistic celebrations of The Avatar’s Birth is always observed on the occurrence of His Birthstar - Chittirai on the 18th day in the Lunar month of Margazhi. The family astrologer observed in the horoscope that the day He was born was the auspicious Mahadeva ashtami, the day resplendent with the exclusive energy of Mahadeva-Paramashiva Himself! The other astrological birth details are Kanya rashi and Kanya lagnam. His Birth date falls in the period of mid-December to mid-January of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The Birth

1978 | The Avatar recalls the Conscious Descent thus: "It was neither dark nor light-filled; an indeterminate color covered planet Earth… A world where darkness covered darkness; I saw the Cosmos. Suddenly, a bright light appeared from a region, which I now see as Southern India. At that time, I did not know where it was. Borders are what we draw. Where is there border in the Cosmos? I entered into that light in the form of a brilliant meteor. The very next sight that I perceived with my inner eye was Arunācala, and I knew that I had assumed the body once more. I had entered the womb of My mother. The reflection on planet Earth happened! It was a conscious birth."

Only incarnations can recall the moments of their assuming the human body.

1978 | The Government hospital in Tiruvannamalai, where The Avatar was delivered from His chosen biological mother's womb.

The Avatar says of His own delivery, "It was a normal delivery without any pain. Only thing, the baby was really big! Doctors thought it was going to be twins! My mother said that I was ten pounds in weight."

The Avatar's mother shares on the delivery, "The delivery was smooth. The baby was really big! They said that the baby was so chubby, beautiful, fair, and looked like a baby from a healthy family. I had a normal delivery.”

Tiruvoodal street in Tiruvannamalai where The Avatar lived as a child.
Glancing at this perfect photograph, The Avatar excitedly recalls, "Where I used to live... If you come out of My house, you will see this exact view!