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Holy Mother Sarada Devi was a great soul born in the last century. She was the consort of the great saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa who was god incarnate and he experimented with the various school of Hindu philosophies and subsequent to that, with other great religions of the world. She extended full support to Her husband in all His great endeavors throughout His life and was of great moral and physical support to Him. .She guided Sri Ramakrishna Mutt in many ways in its nascent stage till her last breath. Works left out by the great Swami Vivekananda required someone of high caliber to take to the next stage. She actively encouraged women's education and their upliftment and didn't support child marriage. During the freedom struggle, she encouraged self-help and encouraged indigenous industries, especially in cloth manufacturing. She didn't extend support to armed struggle and suggested going for the peaceful liberation of the motherland.She was the ideal daughter to Her parents, the ideal sister to Her siblings, the ideal wife to Her great husband, the ideal master to all Her devotees, and the ideal mother to Her innumerable children. It is of great penance of the country that the Holy Mother was born in this great country.Victory to Holy Mother! Victory to Sri Ramakrishna! Victory to Swami Vivekananda!

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa was one of the great sages who lived about hundred years ago. He hailed from a small village in Bengal. Even in his early years, his identity as a blessed soul was revealed. He performed priestly duties with great devotion in Kali temple, Kolkata and had burning desire to have darshan of goddess and when he failed to see Kali, he was about to offer his head at her holy feet with sword. Immediately, the goddess appeared in form before his eyes and blessed. He played with Kali, fed her and spoke. She commanded him to practice and prove various schools of Hindu dharma of attaining God. Hence, he practiced Sakya Bhava, Dasya Bhava, Nayaka-Nayaki Bhava and Vatsalya Bhava and the tantra sadhana and found them to be true ways of realisation of God under the guidance of Bhairavi Brahmani, Avadhuta Totapuri and Jatadhari. He practiced Islam, Christianity, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism and found that they also lead to God realisation. One has to take many births to follow to master even one of the above-mentioned methods to realise God. His lived with his wife Sarada as guru-sishya. He trained many in sanyasa ashrama. Serve the poor and serve the God were his teaching. Attracted by false propaganda such as superstition, practice of sati, caste-bias, idolatory and child marriage of Hindu religion, there was exodus of people to other religions during his time and this was halted. People are still clinging to Hindu religion, because of the great saints like him.Let us bow at his feet and enjoy peace.

The life of Sri Raghavendra Swamy was extraordinary and full of miracles. His knowledge, attachment to family, utter poverty, his teacher's wishes, Goddess Sarasvathi's commands, acceptance of ascetism, the performance of many miracles and lastly his merging with God have been of great interest to read and ponder.An attempt has been made to compile all the above in beautiful verses in Tamil in Raghavendra Swamigal Tiruvilayar Puranam.The book describes the episodes pertaining to the period from birth to his final merging with God. He continues to perform many miracles despite merging with God. Humanly, it is impossible to narrate all the wonders that he has been performing even after leaving the world.

Kanchi Mahaswamy Thiruvilayadarpuranam chronicles the wonderful life of Sri. Kanchi Maha Periyava in Tamil verse. The great seer's innumerable revelations are unfathomable to the human min, and His devotees continue to experience it even today. The book is a humble beginning towards making His miraculous life more accessible. His holiness willing, this will be the first of many more books to come.