Surprise Visit of Saints and Devotees from Tamil Nadu
to Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas, on 25th September 2022

Several Saints and Devotees from Tamil Nadu, on their way back from Kedarnath, paid a surprise visit to Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas, before returning to their Home State, Tamil Nadu. The President of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas, Mahant Shri Swami Vishveshwarananda Saraswati and the General Secretary, Kumari Somashekhari, had been in the middle of Karma Yoga, their selfless work for the Ashram. Nonetheless they happily welcomed the surprise visitors and invited them for South Indian Coffee and snacks in the Reception of the Headquarters of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas.
Here one can see Swamiji and Somaji having joyous and lively interactions with their wonderful guests from the South.

When the Saints and Devotees from Tamil Nadu came to know, that Kumari Somashekhari is a professional Bharatanatyam dancer and singer, they requested her to sing a song in the Tamil language, to which Somashekhari immediately agreed. The guests were thrilled and happy to hear Somashekhari's devotional song in ancient Tamil language.

Afterwards the guests from Tamil Nadu expressed their honest admiration for the way Kumari Somashekhari could sing this ancient devotional Tamil song, though Tamil is not her Mother Language. They remarked, that it is unbelievable, that Somashekhari can pronounce the words of this beautiful, but very difficult language, in such an excellent way, that it does not seem, that she is not a Tamilian.

Finally Shri Swami Vishveshwaranandaji blessed the wonderful guests from the South with Rudraksha Malas. Here one can see Swamiji with a Sannyasi, who serves as a Priest in a Shiva Temple in Madurai.

Thiru S. Karuppiah, Inspector Police, Rameshwaram, who has his ancestral home in Madurai, also received a Rudraksha Mala and divine Blessings from Swami Vishveshwarananda.

Finally Swamiji honours and blesses the Devotee Thiru N.C. Umamageswaran, Asst. Inspector General of Police, Chennai.
All the Saints and Devotees from Tamil Nadu again and again expressed their extreme delight, for having got the opportunity to meet Shri Swami Vishveshwarananda Saraswati, a great, inspiring Saint, and Kumari Somashekhari, a divine Artist, in the beautiful and most holy area of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas.