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A work of this kind is not a record of facts and details. What this book records are the experiences of devotees,sages and saints who have felt Arunachala in the hill, Arunachala in the temple and Arunachala in Ramana.They live and breathe Arunachala. They speak of Arunachala as a mother would of her child or a lover of hisbeloved, not in measured terms, but in awed tones and with overwhelmed sensitivity. The reader is invited to join as a spectator of this love affair.The joy and delight the writers feel, the chokingemotions they try to express here are sure to capture theheart of the reader making him long for these experiences.The divine is beyond thought. Yet He allows Himself to be reflected in a sigh, a tear, a gasp, a look of wonder.This is what this book is. Long after the words areforgotten, the details erased from memory, one can feelinwardly the sigh, the tear, the gasp, the look of wonderand say, “This is Arunachala, this is Ramana.”
V.S. RAMANAN
PresidentSri Ramanasramam
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