Sri Seshadri Asramam Traditional Cache
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Nanocache dedicated to Sri Seshadri Swami and to his
Asramam
Seshadri Swami was born in 1870 he left home and after wandering
from place to place finally arrived at Tiruvannamalai in 1890. He
lived in Tiruvannamalai for about thirty-nine years. His tapas
matured in course of time and the ultimate wisdom became his. It
also gave him psychic powers such as telepathy, clairvoyance and
prophecy. Many in Tiruvannamalai however, considered him insane
because he acted as such sometimes.
Seshadri Swami found and protected Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
when he stayed in the Arunachaleswara temple and was absorbed in
deep Samadhi in underground Pattala lingam.
A very interesting scene between the Maharshi and Seshadri Swami
was witnessed in 1908 by Vasudeva Sastri, a disciple of Maharshi.
Seshadri Swami went up to the Mango Tree cave where Maharshi stayed
and sat gazing at him. A minute generally sufficed to enable him to
read the thoughts and nature of any individual. But, after long
gazing at Maharshi, he pointed to Maharshi and remarked, “It is not
clear what this (person) is thinking.” Maharshi however kept
silent. Then Seshadri Swami, expressing his own view, said, "If one
worships Arunachala, He will grant salvation."
Maharshi: "Who is the person who worships and who is the
worshipped?"
The Swami breaking into a loud laugh said, "That is just what is
not clear."
When Seshadri Swami attained Mahasamadhi on 14th January 1929 and
his body was about to be buried, Maharshi stood nearby for an hour
witnessing the formalities amidst a crowd of thousands of people
and added to the impressiveness and sanctity of the proceedings by
his hallowed presence.
The coordinates of cache are just roughly taken, because there are
trees with dense top. The cache is hidden behind Seshadri Swami
Samadhi in summerhouse with a special decorated iron trellis fence.
You will find it in bull Nandin humpback. See spoiler !
Never enter Samadhi with shoes even in hands. Leave your shoes
close Asram gate where is usually attendant or go round Samadhi by
way on right side and remove shoes before entering the
summerhouse.
The best way to remove cache is to use the Backpack trick to escape
undesirable attention. There is quite good restaurant offering
Tamil food for reasonable price inside Asramam just behind the
entrance.
Small note on cache maintenance: There is a local
cache guardian. Contact info on file with geocaching.com
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