Sri Seshadri Asramam Traditional Cache
Hidden : 2/3/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Nanocache dedicated to Sri Seshadri Swami and to his Asramam

Sri Seshadri Swami 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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