A young Annamalai Swami with Bhagavan

A young Annamalai Swami standing on the far right with folded arms.

Close up of a young Annamalai Swami.

Bhagavan with devotees in 1935. Sri Annamalai Swami is seen behind and to the right of Bhagavan. Seated to the left of Bhagavan is Munagala Venkatramaiah and seated below him is Chinnaswami.

Annamalai Swami, the youth - Standing far left, with folded arms.

Close up of a young Annamalai Swami

Annmalai Swami outside the kitchen

Young Annamalai Swami standing far left.

Young Annamalai Swami standing with folded arms

Bhagavan with devotees - 1935. Annmalai Swami standing 2nd from Right in the 2nd row up from Bhagavan. Munagala Venkatramaiah is sitting 2nd from Right. Chinnaswami is seated on the far left.

Close up of a young Annamalai Swami

Sri Annamalai Swami is standing on the far left. Major Chadwick is in the center, to the right of Bhagavan.

Sri Annamalai Swami and Major Chadwick

Annamalai Swami, Madhava Swami and Bhagavan outside Bhagavan's bathroom in the 1930s

Annamalai Swami and Lakshmi out grazing

Sri Annamalai Swami - His age was around 69 when this photo was taken.

Sri Annamalai Swami - His age was around 69 when this photo was taken.

L to R. Son of Murugesan, Sundaram Swami, Murugesan, Sarojini (daughter of Murugesan). Murugesan was one of the regular devotees of Sri Annamalai Swami, who eventually resigned his job and spent a lot of time with Annamalai Swami, dedicating his life to Jnana.

Sri Annamalai Swami sitting on the roof of his Samadhi temple he had built in 1985. A devotee had requested a photo of Swami next to the Gopuram. So Swami used a ladder to climb up .

In 1978 Sri Annamalai Swami had constructed a room adjacent to his room, for his caretaker Sundaram Swami. This photo was taken on the parapet wall on the roof of that room, roughly around the year 1985.

Seated on the ground, 2nd from left (with beard) is Sri Poornanand an enlightened disciple of Osho from Madhya Pradesh, sitting along with his disciples. Sri Annamalai Swami had great regard for Osho and called him Jnana Suriyan (Sun of Jnana) after looking at his photo for a few minutes. Many Osho disciples came to Swami.

L to R: Sri Annamalai Swami, Swami Suddhananda Bharati who wrote Ramana Vijayam (1931). Below are devotees of Annamalai Swami. 4th from Left is Jayarama Mudaliar who had a dream to give Swami 3Rs and sent it via Telegram. 1st from Left is Venkatesa Mudaliar (brother of Jayarama Mudaliar), Kuppuswami Achari, Adi Veeraragava Pillai, Krishna Counder (these devotees supported Swami and used to read Ribhu Gita under Swami). Taken around 1975.

Sri Annamalai Swami with western devotees who came for his darshan.

Sri Annamalai Swami with Bruno Kunzi an ardent devotee from Switzerland who came around 1979. He had such a deep love for Swami. Every month he would send 100 Swiss Francs in an envelope or as money-order to Swami for the needs of the Ashram.

Sri Annamalai Swami standing outside his Samadhi temple he had built in 1985. On all the walls, Sri Annamalai Swami had painted the teachings of Bhagavan. Recently that hall has been whitewashed and painted. Those teachings are no longer visible.

The house that Bhagavan helped build for Sri Annamalai Swami. He stayed there for 55 years. The entrance is to the Darshan room. That room leads to the original living room that was built in 1942 under the guidance of Sri Bhagavan.

The house that Bhagavan helped build for Sri Annamalai Swami. He stayed there for 55 years. The entrance is to the Darshan room. That room leads to the original living room that was built in 1942 under the guidance of Sri Bhagavan. Swami used to conduct Satsang sitting on the 'thinnai' concrete bench outside the room.

The darshan room in Sri Annamalai Swami's home. The entrance shown is to the original room that Bhagavan helped build. Swami lived there till his Mahasamadhi.

Aerial view of Sri Annamalai Swami samadhi room

Devotees (especially foreign devotees) used to bring fruits and garlands for Swami. This photo was taken during one of those occasions.

Swami with devotee Gabriel Baechler. He used to work in the Ramansramam Library and during the final days of Sri Annamalai Swami, stayed with Sundaram. Possibly taken around 1994. He had taken numerous photos of Swami. He is living in Switzerland as of 2020.

R to L: Sundaram Swami (caretaker), Murugesan, his daughter Sarojini, Adi Narayana (white shirt) was a telugu devotee from Anantapur, his wife Lakshmi Devi, with her daughter Ramana Vani standing next to Swami. Girl on the far left was one of the helpers at the Ashram.

Sundaram Swami (far left) served as Sri Annamalai Swami's caretaker for 21 years. Next to him is Dhanapal, Far right 2 people both named Natarajan. This picture was taken around 1982-83.

L to R: Japanese devotee Mira who came to Swami around 1983 and became very dedicated to him till the end. She still is living in Tiruvannamalai (as of 2020) and visits the Samadhi everyday for Dhyanam. Next is Parmar, a punjabi devotee from Canada who moved to Tiruvannamalai to be with Swami and was a very regular devotee. Next is Natarajan who was a librarian at Ramanasramam.

Sri Annamalai Swami with devotees. L to R: Murugesan, Sundaram Swami, Jayarama Mudaliar, Natesa Gounder, Venkatesa Mudaliar. Muniappa Mudaliar

This photo was created by Sri Annamalai Swamy by piecing together multiple photographs. The Thirukkural verse at the top is in Bhagavan's own handwriting.

When the Annamalai Swami Ashram Trust was formed, we had offered some small prasad to devotees. At that time Swami was sitting there to take his prasad.

Sri Annamalai Swami sitting in front of the thatched room that was built on the roof, for devotees to use for their meditation.

David Godman with Sundaram Swami, at the feet of Sri Annamalai Swami. David helped edit the book 'Living by the Words of Bhagavan' and has authored several books and documentaries related to Bhagavan and his disciples.

A few devotees had requested Sri Annamalai Swami to bless them. That moment was captured beautifully, with Swami's radiating smile.

During his morning walks in the slope of Arunachala, Sri Annamalai Swami used to sit on this rock sometimes. The photo was taken at that time.

Sri Annamalai Swami blessing his devotees Bhakti on the right and Hemalekai (now called Thelivu) on the left. They are now devotees of Sri Mahaprabu who is continuing the teachings as part of the Annamalai Swamigal Trust.

Behind the Samadhi hall near the well, there is an open space. Swami used to clean up the ground, water the plants. He used to enjoy doing these activities. He believed that the mind should be constantly in Atma Dhyanam, and the body must be doing Sat Karmas (good deeds, mainly serving Jnanis) continuously.

Sri Annamalai Swami with his caretaker Sundaram Swami, taken roughly around 1981.

Sri Annamalai Swami with Sundaram (Caretaker) and Volker a long time devotee of Bhagavan and Sri Annamalai Swami. Volker is still associated with the Annamalai Swamigal Trust and like Sundaram is a practicing Dhyanam under the guidance of Sri Mahaprabu.

Dr. Anne and Sundaram with Sri Annamalai Swami. During the last years of Swami's life, Dr. Anne came with Volker (from Germany) for His darshan. She treated him with great care, using homeopathic medicines and received the blessings of Sri Annamalai Swami.

Oscar (Left) and Fernando Vivas (Right). These devotees used come for Sri Annamalai Swami's Satsangs from Argentina.

Reinhard Jung from Germany used to come for Satsang with Annamalai Swami from 1994, with a group of devotees. He used to translate the talks of Swami into German for his students.

A devotee from Switzerland with Sri Annamalai Swami.

A swiss devotee Andre who was a psychiatrist had visited Sri Annamalai Swami when he was young.

Devotee A.Ramana who used to come for Satsang with Sri Annamalai Swami from 1983 with a group of devotees. He founded a meditation center in the US called AHAM and also in Arunachala.

Devotee Jaroslav Veselka from Czechoslovakia with Sri Annamalai Swami

A devotee by the name Anand from England visited Annamalai Swami in 1993. His sister Durgesh from England used to attend Annamalai Swami's Satsangs. She donated 6 acres of Land near Nallavan Palayam village (which is 6kms from Sri Ramanasramam) towards Annamalai Swami Ashram. After Annamalai Swami's Samadhi, that land was gifted by us to Ramanasramam in 2001.

Ramanathan from Thellar village and Govindan (behind Sri Annamalai Swami).

This picture was taken on Annamalai Swami's Jayanthi day, during the Annadhanam. Balakrishnan, a old devotee is seen standing on the right.

Sankara Raman from Chennai with Sri Annamalai Swami

Eduardo from Argentina, with Sri Annamalai Swami

Ilaya Raja, the  famous music director and a great devotee of Ramana sitting next to Sri Annamalai Swami while eating. To his left is Parmar and Mira (from Japan). Ilaya Raja heard about Sri Annamalai Swami only in the last period of Swami's life and he came for Sri Annamalai Swami's darshan several times. This photo was taken in 1995.

Sri Annamalai Swami with devotee Mani who was the son of Arumugam (Mason) who built Sri Annamalai Swami's room under Bhagavan's guidance.

Sri Annamalai Swami with Gabriel Baechlor. Photo taken on Swami's Jayanthi after chanting Aksharamana Malai. Swami is holding Vibhuti in his left hand, which he would give to devotees after the chanting.

On the left is Adi Narayanan (telugu devotee). Sundaram is next to him. Sri Annamalai Swami had asked him to read a text and was giving explanation.

Ardent devotee Bruno Kunzi from Switzerland in a meditative state with Sri Annamalai Swami. Photo was taken a few meters away from the Ashram at the foot of Arunachala hill. Bruno used to go on walks with Swami a lot.

Sri Annamalai Swami with a western devotee (name not available)

Sri Annamalai Swami's photo taken in the year 1994 when he had a cataract operation to improve his sight. Swami had refused to leave the house per Bhagavan's instructions. The doctor therefore agreed to do the surgery at Swami's residence! Swami had said, 'Jnana Parvai is enough for me' (Vision of Jnana is enough for me). Dr. Panneer Selvam did the surgery and took excellent care of Swami, right there were Swami lived.

This was taken during one of Sri Annamalai Swami's Jayanti days. Devotee Murugesan is sitting near Swami.

Sri Annamalai Swami standing in front of the thatched room that was built on the roof, for devotees to use for their meditation.

During his morning walks in the slope of Arunachala, Sri Annamalai Swami used to sit on this rock sometimes. The photo was taken at that time.

Sri Annamalai Swami going for a walk with Gabriel Baechler, who stayed with Swami during his final days

Sri Annamalai Swami giving Annadhanam (food donation) on a leaf for Sadhus. This was done yearly once on Swami's Jayanti. Over 100 sadhus would line up for food after the Puja. Devotee Mani is to the right of Swami assisting Swami.

Sri Annamalai Swami resting during one of his walks.

Sri Annamalai Swami during the winter months of 1994. Due to Asthama problems for the body, Swami used to cover his head.