PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA
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It was under the glow of the spiritual magnet Arunachala in the energy center of Tiruvannamalai in South India, that Paramahamsa was born - as Rajasekharan, to Arunachalam and Lokanayaki, on 1 Jan 1978. The family astrologer predicted that he would be a king amongst holy men. At the age of 3, Paramahamsa was associated with Yogiraj Raghupati Maharaj, yoga guru, who took him through rigorous training and prepared his body with apparent foresight into the energy explosion that was going to happen in the young body. From the age of 5, Paramahamsa took to deity worship with great passion. He showed profound commitment to the rituals he practiced with the deities.
The earliest picture of Paramahamsa in meditation taken when he was 10 years old
Just a few years later, he came in touch with Mataji Kuppammal, a deeply pious lady who initiated him into Vedanta and Tantra. He started his scriptural learning at a young age. He encountered many mystics from the town of Tiruvannamalai and received many teachings from them. He had his first deep spiritual experience at the age of 12 when he was sitting on a rock on the Arunachala hillock. He had a 360 degree panoramic vision and experienced becoming one with everything around him. This experience inspired him further to forge ahead in his journey inwards.
To Paramahamsa, academics was just another incident in life. With only the attention he gave in classes at school and polytechnic, he passed all his grades with distinction. He obtained a diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering from a leading private polytechnic in Tamilnadu. At the age of 17, he left home driven by the irresistible urge to jump into the real life that he was seeking. He wandered through the length and breadth of India and Nepal, studying Eastern metaphysical Sciences at the feet of many masters and mystics. He visited many great shrines ranging from the Himalayan ranges in the North to Kanyakumari in the South, from Dwaraka in the West to Ganga Sagar in the East. He endured intense meditation and other austerities and attained inner bliss the state of nithyananda or eternal bliss - at the age of 22. Rajasekharan became Paramahamsa Nithyananda.