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The mystic Mahaperiyava of Kanchi

This was in 1991.
I along with our infant daughter, Wife, sister and her husband travelled from Tiruvallore to Kanchipuram to have a darshan of Mahaperiyava. The famed Sage of Kanchi. A heavy non stop downpour on the way could not dampen our enthusiasm as that was to be our first darshan of the Saint at the mutt.
As we entered the mutt, we wereconnected to someone who was to help us out on the darshan. Then we were led to a place where there were tens milling at a door way to have a glimpse of Mahaperiyava seated in a room.
Mahaperiyava in his nineties, was seated on the floor with knees tucked to the chest. His thick eye glasses were simmering under lights. A picture of tranquility.
The person with whom we connected went near him and shouted out my name and informed that I had come from Raj Bhavan where I worked then. He also shouted that I had come with my wife, sister and brother in law. Everyone in the crowd could hear his loud voice though none knew that he was referring to us. Mahaperiyava seemed to close his eyes at his words, opened them instantly and then whispered to the person something while handing over some fruits and flowers.
Our contact came out , mentioned my name and invited us to a corner. 
We as a family moved towards him. He handed over a fruit to me and another to my brother in law. He also handed over a string of flowers to my wife after ascertaining whether she was indeed my pathini. No flower was given to my sister. I asked my wife to share the flowers with her.
My brother in law passed away about six months later. He had acute leukaemia. 
How Mahaperiyava knew past, present and future is a mystery to mortals like me. But the fact remains Saints can unravel time. No science can do that.

Shankara!

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