
Thereafter during 1914,at the age of 33 he reached Cheenthalar ,a remote forest area near Peerimad in Idukki District where the mystic went on to a deep meditation and intense penance which lasted for a period of 2 years,11 months and 22 days, (beginning from 16-11-1915 to 7-11-1918)underneath an alexandrian laurel tree,for the realization of the Divine Light which he had experienced at the age of seven. This place is now known and referred to...