Upcoming dates - July 2008

July 14th is Cow Lakshmi Day, the day Bhagavan's beloved Lakshmi was absorbed into Him.
July 17th, is roughly the day Bhagavan had the death experience, which resulted in "Self-Realization".
July 18th is Guru Poornima.

A kind reader sends us this link to some other caves frequented by Bhagavan during his Virupaksha days.

Samadhi of Lakshmi

A photograph of Lakshmi, absorbed into Sri Bhagavan on 18th June, 1948.
Some endearing accounts of Lakshmi:

The darling of all ashramites, Lakshmi the cow was
believed to be Keerai-patti reborn. She had a free run of
the Ashram ground. She would often trample upon
vegetable beds and have her fill and if anyone tried to
chase her away, the Maharshi would intervene and say, "It
was your fault that you did not properly fence off the
area. Why blame her?" On such occasions, Lakshmi would
walk into the hall and stand close to Bhagavan as if she
was innocent. Nobody could do anything about it.

Followers (Ramana Leela)

It was 1948, the next one to leave Bhagavan was
Lakshmi the cow. We have already seen the love and
affection Bhagavan showered on the cow. She lived at the
Ashram for well over twenty years....

Moving accounts of the passing of several followers

... and said, “Oh Lakshmi, Lakshmi,” and then, to us,
controlling his tears, he said, “Because of her, our family
(the Ashram) has grown to this extent.”

The Deliverance of Lakshmi

Burial of Lakshmi