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1900 Replies to questions put by Gambiram Seshayya, at
Virupaksha Cave. 1902 (The above published as Self-enquiry) 1902 Answers to questions asked by Sivaprakasam Pillai
(Who am I?) 1905 Moves to Pachaiamman Koil for six months during the
plague epidemic – returns to the Hill. 1907 November 18: Momentous meeting between Bhagavan
and Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni. Bhagavan imparts
upadesa to Muni. 1908 (January to March): Stays at Pachaiamman Koil (with
Ganapati Muni and others) and again goes back to Virupaksha Cave. Translates into Tamil prose Adi Sankara’s Viveka
Chudamanai and Drik Drisya Viveka. 1911 November: F.H. Humphreys, the first Westerner, meets
Bhagavan. 1912 Second death experience at Tortoise Rock in the presence
of Vasudeva Sastry and others. 1914 Offers prayers (songs) to Arunachala for Mother's recovery
from illness. 1915 The Song of the Pappadum written for the sake of mother.
The following were also written during Virupaksha days: Arunachala Aksharamanamalai, Arunachala Padikam, Arunachala Ashtakam, Translation of Devi Kalottara, Translation of Adi Sankara's Hymn to Dakshinamurti,
Guru Stuti and Hastamalaka Stotra. 1916 Moves to Skandashram. 1917 Composes Arunachala Pancharatnam in Sanskrit.
Mother settles at Skandashram. Sri Ramana Gita in Sanskrit written by Ganapati Muni.
