Trailanga Swami

Mahatma Trailang Swami incarnated on this earth on the Ekadashi of bright fortnight of the month of Pausha, in the year 1607, at Holiya village of Vijana in South India. His father, Nrisinhadhara, was the landlord of the village and his mother Vidyyavati was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. Before birth of Swamiji, his mother would often have dreams of Lord Shiva.
At the name givimg ceremony, his mother named the child Shivaram while his father, in accordance with family tradition, named him Tailangadhara, Right from his early childhood, Shivaram was serene in nature. While other children of his age would be playing and jumping around creating a racket, Shivaram would alone sit in the temple courtyard gazing one-pointedly at the sky or at the shiv-linga, or meditate under the Banyan tree.

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