
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: 91
செடியறுத்தே திட தேகமும் போகமும்
அடியருக்கே தரு மருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Eliminating
Disease,
Decay,
Decrepitude,
Bestowing
Bliss
And
An
Enduring
Body
Of
Strength,
On
Its
Faithful
Servitors,
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872.