Sankarananda, who was performing tapas at Haridwar told Amritanatha, a great devotee of Bhagawan, who happen to be in Haridwar, that after Vidyaranya there were no more siddhas and jnanis in the country. The latter disagreed and mentioned the instance of Bhagawan as a complete siddha and jnani.But the former did not accept it.Thereupon,Amritanatha said ,"You are a devotee of Kartikeya , and we think that Bhagawan is an avatar of Karitkeya.Here is a picute of Bhagawan.You may sit in front of it and perform Kartikeya japa for some time. If you do not experience Bhagawan's grace by this, I would agree with you "
Taking up the challenge ,Sanakarananda performed Kartikeya japa for half an hour each day.Four days passed and on the fifth day, at dusk,when Sankarananda was at his japa, agreat light entered Bhagawan's picture and said to him "You are not performing the japa in proper way.When Sankarananda asked about the proper way ,Ramana's picture told him "You should have to perform pooja and Dhyana of the image in Kadhirkamam of Ceylon". Sankarananda asked "I have never been to that place ,what does the image look like". " Here it is ", said the picture and place the image in front of Sankarananda ,who then began watching the image with one eye and Ramana's picture with other. Suddenly a lizard fell on his lap and he got distracted. When he turned to look at the image and Ramana neither of them was there.
Sankarananda immediately left to Arunachala and after a long and eventful journey met Bhagawan at Skandashramam.Immediately on seeing him Bhagawan asked him in Malayalam " Aren't you coming from Haridwar"? Sanakrananda was stunned. The person he saw in Haridwar was Ramana. But everyone said"Bhagawan never left this place.Sanakarananda authored the Ramanashtakam ,stayed in parrot cave for two months and served Bahgawan.As the climate of Arunachala did not suit him he went back to Uttarakasi ----RAMANA LEELA
