LIBERATION AT DEATH

--RAMANA'S MOTHER GOT LIBERATION AT DEATH

--PRANA(Life Force/Jiva) SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE BODY
   SO THAT IT CANNOT GET EMBODIED EITHER IN THIS
   WORLD OR ANY OTHER WORLD ON ACCOUNT OF
    PRARABDHA


--THE ABSORPTION OF GROSS & SUBTLE IGNORANCE
    IN CONSCIOUSNESS  AFTER THE EXPERIENCE  OF
   PRARABDHA IS LIBERATION AFTER DEATH


--ALL THE PREVIOUS BIRTHS 'REPLAY' SHOULD TAKE
   PLACE, WHICH MAY TAKE UPTO TWELVE HOURS !

--IN THE CASE OF PALANI SWAMY  WHO SERVED
   RAMANA FOR TWENTY THREE YEARS, FAILED TO GET
   LIBERATION AT DEATH, WHEN RAMANA TRIED IN
   THE SAME WAY, AS HE OPENED HIS EYES !!

ROOM WHERE ALAGAMMAL  GOT LIBERATION 

 

RAMANA with MOTHER ALAGAMMAL

Ramana's mother used to visit him at Thiruvannamalai once in a way, in 1914 when she fell ill for three weeks,
Ramana looked after her with great care.In1916 her family condition became so difficult that she decided to stay permanently with Ramana at Thiruvannamalai.She has also observed that her son is not an ordinary saint and decided to stay with him with the determination to die on his lap.
        When her daughter constructed a new house,she came to Thiruvannamalai to invite her mother, for the house warming ceremony at least for a day. Mother refused saying death can come at any time & she is not prepared to take a chance. 
        She started the tradition of cooking at ashram. She used to follow orthodox ways like madi (belief that you are clean after taking bath,if anybody touches you cleanliness is gone & again you have to take bath) & Ramana always used to make fun of her.
         On May 19,1922, morning 8 o'clock Ramana came to know that her end is nearing & he sat by her side with one hand on her chest & the other on her fore head.When the ashramites called him for noon food he did not get up.This went on till night 8 o'clock when she breathed her last. Ramana declared she merged in Athma ie, her prana(life force) didnot leave her body, implying she is 
LIBERATED.He went directly to take food, even without taking bath as there is no pollution (suthaka).

          Next day dawn a samadhi was built as per shastras, body buried in a pit in sitting position with vibhuti(ash) & camphor, top closed by slabs. A SHIVA LINGA was installed on top & ritualistic poojas as in temples started from that day.
        A temple was built after many years,which was named 'Mathrbhootheswaralayam' meaning 'Temple of God in the form of Mother'.