
An old photo of Sathiya Dharuma Saalai (The Home of True Charity) in Vadalur, Tamilnadu, South India – It was opened by Ramalingam on May 23, 1867, and has fed the poor and hungry to this day.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 71
எப்பொருள் மெய்ப்பொருளென்பர் மெய்கண்டோர்
அப்பொருளாகிய அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Constituting
That
Which
The
Truth-Seers
Affirm
To
Be
True,
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872.