The Significance of the Beacon that is yearly lighted on the top of Arunachala.
Sri Ramana Maharshi wrote:
To make the intellect rid of the sense
‘I am the body’, and to introspect
By fixing it securely in the Heart,
And so perceive the true light of the SELF,
The one ‘I-I’, which is the ABSOLUTE,
This the significance of witnessing
The Beacon Light of Arunachala,
The Hill Arunachala is identified with the spiritual heart of creation of God. This appeared to the Gods, Brahma and Vishnu as a blazing column of fire. They wondered what it could be and started in competition with each other to find out its source. Brahma flew up as a swan and Vishnu started to burrow down in the form of a boar. But the search was endless. Vishnu came up again admitting his defeat. On his way Brahma caught a flower that was falling and taking it down to Vishnu pretended that he had reached the top and had there picked this flower. Suddenly Lord Siva, who had taken the form of the column of fire, appeared to them. He condemned Brahma for his deceit and said that as a punishment he should have no temple dedicated to his honour. As a reward for his honesty Vishnu was told that he should receive universal worship.
Striving to reach the end of the column of fire signifies the search in the Heart for the realization of the Self and all the difficulties thus entailed.
Bhagavan said in explanation that the ‘I’-sense was Vishnu and the intellect Brahma, they both turned outward and that is where they failed.
Sri Ramana Maharshi's Aksharamanamalai
Sri Ramana Maharshi poured His heart out and imparted His spiritual power into Aksharamanamalai as a gift to His devotees so that they may easily invoke His gracious presence wherever they want. The sacred poem if regularly chanted confers the protective umbrella of Aruanachala. It has the power to remove the obstacles facing the devotee and to guide him in day-to-day life.
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