ATA Eyewitness Sharing Venkatesan
Title
Venkatesan Shares His Memories about The Avatar's Childhood
Associated Year in the Life of SPH
1984-1990
Summary
Venkatesan is the owner of a print press in Tiruvannamalai who recalls his own blessed interaction with The Avatar for printing all the pictures of deities which He would worship. In this video, Sri Venkatesan Ayya attests that the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism would seek out his shop for printing out the pictures of his deities. He recalls how he knew The Avatar's full family and had collaborated with Sri Raju Mudaliar, the grandfather of The Avatar in business ventures. Venkatesan also lovingly recalls how he even taught The Avatar how to operate a print press and use it to print what He wanted. In the hundreds who have seen The Avatar as a child, Venkatesan stands out with his own testimony of interacting with The Avatar by doing this personal service for Paramashiva Himself while He is in the human form.
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In around the year 1992, when He was only 14, His Divine Holiness completed a 48 day girivalam. He continuously walked around the Arunachala Hill, along with the classmates whom He inspired to follow Him as He completed His intense penance. Immediately after completing the 48th day, HDH declared to the blessed group of the very first volunteers of Kailasa that He was going to take up volunteering and offering alankharam in the Arunai Nayaki Amman temple.