INTRODUCTION

To save the people in distress and to guide the Sadhakas (Spiritual seekers) the PARAMATMA - God (who is formless and nameless) takes a human form and lives among us as Sadguru. They must be Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent. Without these hallmarks they will be considered as fake Gurus. Bhagawan Sri Venkaiah Swamy of Golagamudi is one such foremost saint and Sadguru of modern India, who lived up to 24th August 1982. Devotees' experiences confirm the truth that he is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent.

"Siddapurusha will never die. They have conquered death. So they are ever living and all pervading. They respond to every call of their devotees at any place and at any time". Devotees' experiences with Bhagawan Sri Venkaiah Swamy are a proof for the above statement.

There is no bar of Caste or Race to secure the grace of Sri Swamyji. People of all castes and religions are worshipping him and are being benefitted materially as well as spiritually.

Constant thinking of Sadguru will lead to the nullification of Karmic ties (The bonds of the fruits of the Karma) and the attainment of Atma Gnana. I have given detailed accounts of his daily life and talks. This will help us to concentrate our wavering mind on him. His life is a pole star to guide the people in the ocean of Samsara (Samsara sagara). Love for all creatures, simplicity, sraddha towards the goal  and the dedicated living in achieving the goal, Vyragya (dispassion) adherence to Dharma, control over senses are some of the ways that his life has demonstrated to us by actual practice in that life.

Even though we have not seen Sri Ramana Maharshi and Saibaba of Shirdi, we are fortunate enough to see Swamyji who lived up to 1982. Very tactfully he concealed his spiritual powers till the day of his Mahasamadhi. He shunned the unnecessary publicity. Only after his Mahasamadhi, devotees ventured to reveal their experience with one another and enjoy the thrill of it.

As a part of his mission on earth, the merciful Swamy has inspired people to publish this book. For this purpose he brought people from far and near to Golagamudi and inspired me to collect their experiences. For example, the Merciful Swamyji once saved the life of a bull of Sri Chalamanaidu from the claws of a tiger. I have recorded this experience. But Rosi Reddy, a senior servant of Sri Swamyji concluded it as a fictitious report and asked me to delete it from the record. To the surprise of all, on the third day a man who heard the above experience directly from Chalamanaidu came all the way from Chickmanguluru - hundreds of miles away and confirmed the truth of that experience in the presence of Sri Rosi Reddy and so the experience was incorporated in the book now. Who has inspired that man to go over to Golagamudi from Chickmanguluru? Who else could it be other than Sri Swamyji? Thus he himself expounded his leelas to the world through this book to bring the ignorant people to his Subramarga (Righteous living).

Once Sri Swamyji told about this Golagamudi "Ayyaa! there are huge fuming heaps of food between the koneru (pond) and the temple of Anjaneya Swamy for the last seven Janmas(Gathas). No body had touched it". Here the "fuming heaps of food" means abundance of Sri Swamyji's effervescent penance. My humble suggestion to those who step on to this glorious land is to avoid worldly talk and to remember his love and spiritual power, at least as long as they are here at Golagamudi and succeed to evoke his blessings on them.

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