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From Brahmana Swami to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 🕉️🙏

Wave after wave of ecstasy flooded through him for hours in the presence of the ascetic. At last, when he opened his eyes, he asked the attendant, Palani Swami, for the ascetic's name. Though he was then called Brahmana Swami, Kavyakantha learnt that his real name was Venkataraman. 

Kavyakantha took „Ramana‟ from his name and since he had seen God in this ascetic, he named him „Bhagavan‟. Bhagavan in Sanskrit means God. 

As he had also given a revelation about tapas which no scripture had ever explained so clearly before, to Kavyakantha, Bhagavan was also a Vedic rishi. 

(Rishi means sage and is derived from drashta, which means seer - one who has seen with the inner eye.  A rishi is he who is ever connected to the original, inexhaustible source of wisdom.) 

But, to Kavyakantha, Bhagavan was not only a rishi but a maharshi - a great rishi .Therefore, he named the ascetic Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. This name, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, the chanting of which has guided countless people to the silent, still truth, was given by this man of rare genius, Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni. 

From the Inner Journey of 75 old devotees by Sri V. Ganesan.