Swami Jeganathar jeeva samadhi
In the celestial realms of 'Shivaloka' (realms of Shiva consciousness), an illustrious spiritual master who had been performing arduous and intense spiritual practices suddenly ascends his embodiment of divinity to heavenly heights, a tremendous sacred feat achieved by a chosen few from the 'bhuloka' (terrestrial sphere). As he ethereally descends back to earth, angelic attendants of Lord Shiva reverently shower petals of flowers on the spiritual master. The fragments that are known about his life history have been faithfully whispered amongst his ardent devotees. Swami Jeganathar, a sagely 'Natha Siddhar' (spiritual master) upon withdrawing from the heavenly 'Shivaloka' will now journey through the mundane parts of world for the spiritual benefit of mankind. Swami Jeganathar was born in the year 1814 at Puri, India. At the age of 18, his spiritual journey beckoned him to travel from India to Chittagong, Myanmar. After travelling for a few years, Swami Jeganathar travelled through Thailand and eventually ended up in Malaysia. Arriving on the island of Langkawi, the spiritual master initially stayed at Baling, Kedah. He then proceeded to Taiping, before progressing to Seremban. After a few years, the divine master shifted to Teluk Intan, thereafter permanently staying in Tapah in the early 1920's. A sacred location was chosen in Tapah, and subsequently Swami Jeganathar immersed in spiritual austerities for many years at Tapah.
During Swami's reclusive stay at Teluk Intan, he performed several miracles. He had visited the Sri Thendayuthapani temple located in Teluk Intan, and was feeling famished. He requested the temple priest if he could eat 'prasadam' (food offerings). His request was rudely rebuked by the temple management, and was informed to leave the temple immediately. Instead of leaving, Swami Jeganathar silently went behind the main sanctum of the temple. As the swami did not leave, the temple management went looking for him with the intention of chasing him away. Behind the main sanctum, they were stunned to witness Swami Jeganathar eating aromatic 'prasadam' served hot on a banana leaf. When questioned who served him, Swami Jeganathar grinned mysteriously and abruptly left. Several days later, Swami Jeganathar courteously requested the temple management if he could stay at the temple. His request was immediately refused with contempt. The next day when the temple was opened, the temple priest was shocked to observe Swami Jeganathar practicing an ancient esoteric technique whereby the arms, legs and head were detached from the body, laying apart on the temple floor. The temple priest upon noticing the separate body parts screamed in fear and fled the temple. Soon after, the body parts reattached at the command of occult mastery, and Swami Jeganathar cordially left the temple.
Swami Jeganathar had 3 primary disciples, Swami Chitramuthu Adigal from India, Swami Veemavar from Indonesia and Swami Sathyananthar from Malaysia. Gurusamy Pillai, a disciple of Swami Chitramuthu Adigal was instructed to meet and obtain blessings from Swami Jeganathar. Prior to meeting Swami Jeganathar, he was informed by the neighbouring inhabitants that Swami Jeganathar was a wondering lunatic, who dressed in a loincloth and mumbled incessantly to himself. Gurusamy Pillai was led to a small dilapidated wooden hut that was covered with thick jungle vines and tropical creepers. When Gurusamy Pillai met the famed spiritual master, Swami Jeganathar jovially informed him to thank those people that trivialised him. The conversation was clairvoyantly overheard by the spiritual master. Swami Jeganathar requested his guest to sit in the hut whist he went out for a while. The door was locked, leaving Gurusamy Pillai by himself in an eerily mystifying hut. Unexpectedly, a cobra slithered from the ceiling above, hissing mysteriously the mantra 'Aum' (primordial sound). Dazed at what just happened, Gurusamy Pillai was fearful of what might occur. Swiftly, Swami Jeganathar appeared back at the hut and cobra stealthily slid away into the dimness of the thatched roof.
As a 'Natha Siddhar' with 'siddhi' (supernatural powers), Swami Jeganathar had the ability to accomplish astral travel to different locations, as well as change forms to any desired shape.
Once Swami Jeganathar announced to a group of devotees in Tapah that he had spent the last 3 days at the Pure Life Society centre located in Kuala Lumpur. In addition, Swami Jeganathar mentioned remarkably that he received a vision of a celestial divine light whilst being there. A devotee who was enchanted by this conversation called upon a members of Pure Life Society to find out the details of Swami Jeganathar's visit. She was astounded when they responded that Swami Jeganathar was not present during those 3 days. However, a very perplexing incident had occurred at Pure Life Society during those 3 days which Swami Jeganathar mentioned staying at the centre. A golden shimmering cobra was seen coiled and resting at the base of a tree in a shrine inside Pure Life Society for exactly 3 days. For 3 days, an oil lamp was lit to honour the cobra, and a container of milk left in close proximity to the cobra as an offering. After 3 days, the golden cobra disappeared mysteriously. Indeed Swami Jeganathar did visit Pure Life Society but in an entirely different embodiment.
The location of Swami Jeganathar's hut was venerably known as Swami Kampong, and had many Indian families staying in the community. Once, a group of young boys were returning home late at night and had passed Swami Jeganathar's hut. Out of curiosity, a mischievous boy wanted to look inside Swami's hut despite the other boys discouraging him. As soon as he peeked inside the hut, he noticed a large cobra coiled on the floor with its hood raised. As the cobra locked it's gaze upon the boy, the boy sensed a ray of light beaming from the eyes of the cobra. The boy's eye ached inexplicably and he suddenly lost his sense of sight. Weeping unconsolably, he was led back to him home by his friends. The friends explained in detail what had occurred to the boy's dismayed parents. However the parents decided the appropriate remedy to treat the boy would be to seek Swami Jeganathar's blessing. The next morning, the parents led the boy to Swami Jeganathar's hut and explained the distressful situation, mournfully begging forgiveness for their son's misdeed. Swami Jeganathar smiled affectionately, and requested for a container of water. Swami blessed the water and requested the mother to wipe the boy's eyes with the sanctified water. The mother did as instructed without hesitation, and the boy's eyesight recovered after a brief time. His parents were overjoyed, profusely thanking Swami Jeganathar for rescuing their misbehaving son.
An unwavering devotee of Swami Jeganathar had displayed a large framed picture of his beloved 'Guru' (spiritual master) in the living room of his peaceful home. The picture had an uninterrupted view of the front entrance, hence anyone entering the home would definitely fall upon the gaze of this divine master. The devotee would adoringly perform 'puja' (prayers) for his cherished 'Guru' on a daily basis. As such, he could discern the cosmic blessings of his 'Guru' safeguarding him and his entire family. On a particularly peculiar morning, as the devotee was about the leave for work, he was appalled to observe human excretion on the car porch. Despite being disgusted, the devotee and his family thoroughly cleansed the driveway, subsequently lighting up 'sambrani' (fragrant resin used for cleansing rituals) to purify the home. After prayers to his 'Guru', the family approached a clairvoyant friend of theirs to decipher what had occurred at their home. Their friend informed them someone had tried to rob their home, using Javanese sorcery to aid the criminal act. However, the robbers could not enter the home due to a strong spiritual shield. Hence, they defecated in the front of the house to pollute the spiritual environment. The devotee then realised he had an odd dream the previous night. During the night before, the devotee was feeling utterly restless, so he started chanting the mantra for his 'Guru'. As he just dozed off unmindfully, he dreamt of Swami Jeganathar warning a shadowlike apparition. Swami Jeganathar warned the ghostly creature that if it attempted to enter the home, there would be dire consequences for it. As soon Swami Jeganathar stated that, the ghastly apparition vanished, and the restless devotee woke up. The devotee described his dream to the clairvoyant friend and his family. Everyone realised it was Swami Jeganathar that had rescued them from a treacherous incident.
A pious devotee known as Pavalamalli Patti brings a garland of 'pavalamalli' (coral jasmine) daily for the evening puja conducted at Sathguru Shri Jeganathar Aathma Nilayam. As a young girl growing up in Swamy Kampong, she had witnessed many miracles performed by Swami Jeganathar. Often, she would witness Swami Jeganathar rubbing his skin and and make small pills. These potent pills would be given to sickly individuals having illnesses, and they would remarkably recover in a few days. She and other children in the community would often clean Swami Jegathar's hut, and would witness an enormous cobra slithering around in the shack. Swami Jeganathar would then tell them not to be afraid of the cobra, and go about their cleaning task. It seems that Swami Jeganathar would only bathe once a month on 'Pournami' (full moon). He would dip 3 times at a nearby river and then set off for his daily routine. Despite not bathing often, Swami Jeganathar would exude a captivating smell of sandalwood. A noteworthy characteristic of Swami Jeganathar is that he would often narrate stories to the children about worldwide occurrences preceding the actual incident. The children would be baffled how Swami Jeganathar garnered this information beforehand.
As years went by after the 'Jeeva Samadhi' (explained below) of Swami Jeganath, Pavalamalli Patti's health deteriorated. She frequently felt an unyielding stab of pain on her delicate throat. Consequently, she went to the government hospital for a medical examination. The attending doctor after performing a preliminary examination briefed Pavallamalli Patti that in all likelihood the persistent throat ulcers in her mouth is an indication of cancer. The hospital assigned a particular date in a month's time for an in-depth medical examination. Pavamalli Patti immediately went to the temple and wept in front of Swami Jeganathar's sanctum. Subsequently she returned to her residence, forlorn at her predicament. A couple of days later, an attendant of temple called her and requested her come over to the temple immediately. Confused by the request, Pavalamalli Patti walked hurriedly to the temple. At the temple, the attendant enthusiastically informed her that he had a vision of Swami Jeganathar the previous night. In the dream, Swami Jeganathar informed the attendant of a herbal treatment that would alleviate Pavalamalli Patti's ailment. Pavalamalli Patti did as instructed by Swami Jeganathar for 9 continuous days, and she started feeling better as the throat ulcers had shrunk. A few weeks later, she underwent a rigorous medical examination at the government hospital. As the results came out, the doctor was perplexed as there was no indication of cancer, and the throat ulcers had greatly diminished. Swami Jeganathar's curative blessings had definitely healed Pavalamalli Patti.
On 25th January 1959 at about 4am, Swami Jeganathar attained the celestial consciousness of 'Jeeva Samadhi'. 'Jeeva Samadhi' is defined as entering a transcendental exalted state of divinity, halting the bodily functions whilst the physical body remains conserved due to the inner cascading fountain of cosmic energy. Hence the body doesn't decay, and radiates divine energy that is calming and soothing for sincere spiritual aspirants. Spiritual aspirants afflicted by 'Sarpa dosham' (snake affliction), 'Rahu Kethu dosham' (planetary affliction in astrology), or even 'Kaal Sarpa dosham' (planetary affliction in astrology) are encouraged to visit this 'Jeeva samadhi' on 'Pournami' and participate in the auspicious prayers held monthly. Furthermore, the 'Jeeva samadhi' has a 'Gaushala' (cow shelter), whereby daily prayers are held to venerate 'Gaumatha' (embodiment of universal mother). Participating in the worship of 'Gaumatha' will shatter the karmic shackles tormenting your soul. The spiritual tomb for Swami Jeganathar is truly a karmic destination for spiritual aspirants wishing to absolve past sins that have accumulated and clogged their spiritual journey.
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