"I have seen a wonder, (this) magnetic Hill which forcibly attracts the soul! Having suppressed the mischievous (mental) activities of the soul who has thought of It (even) once, having drawn (that soul) to face towards Itself, the One, and having made it motionless (achala) like Itself, It feeds upon that sweet (pure and ripened) soul. What (a wonder) this is! O souls! Be saved by thinking of this great Arunagiri, the destroyer of the soul (the ego) who shines in the heart!"
Ramana Maharishi
The only place on our Earth i wanted to visit was Arunachala Hill in Tiruvannamalai, south India. From the first time i heard her name Arunachala, i recognized i love Her. This dream came true on January, 2018.
To climb the Hill, which is for me the embodiment of Siva, is Siva Himself, was one of the greatest disappointments deeply felt. I remembered that scriptures are naming enlightenment as the greatest disappointment. This was one of them. In the most possibly beautiful way.
I had a dream, few years before, that Nitya - my teacher - will take me there, and she did. I don't know how to write about it, so i share some photos from our sacred, profound, auspicious time in Tiruvannamalai.
![Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/0436d4da-14a6-4ffe-8480-e75b1e8ac7ba_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e39dadf834df77ddcc2d38bc165aed7)
Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill
![Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill, Tiruvannamalai, India](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/44abb9a8-a59a-4c60-ba1b-fe43e2442c11_rw_1920.jpeg?h=1cddb18b1dfbbe76fd622e2425f91dfe)
Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill, Tiruvannamalai, India
![Ramana Maharshi - photo of the photo at Ramanasramam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/465685c9-e0ca-4df1-b85e-ab0cfe3d2e21_rw_1920.jpg?h=362c08cc895f731f76a7221cfc40e32c)
Ramana Maharshi - photo of the photo at Ramanasramam
![Nitya at Ramanasramam | Tiruvannamalai 2018](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/9de2e1ef-ba33-4039-9464-220644f19c27_rw_1200.jpeg?h=a4c5ba0ef57f552abd8b48a4a216bb91)
Nitya at Ramanasramam | Tiruvannamalai 2018
![Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill from the Ramanasramam rooftop](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/85cba3c9-29a5-4844-92c7-0b470b2bc78a_rw_1920.jpg?h=50c3ce4c675191e6950cc62d0c90bae4)
Arunachala Siva Mahadeva Hill from the Ramanasramam rooftop
![Nitya at Ramanasramam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/8f3629dc-1714-4b75-bcad-596192802acd_rw_1200.jpg?h=008dbd50cd7b0a7d2bce63c6347f7f5a)
Nitya at Ramanasramam
![Annamalai Swami's temple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/c4338fb8-5232-44f3-bb70-fb6fadbfb88c_rw_1920.jpg?h=10da2f7dcee3fee3292adbafdb95a0a9)
Annamalai Swami's temple
![Arunachala Hill from The Dreaming Tree](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/df279471-e403-42cd-994d-6f4e62b4987e_rw_1920.jpg?h=7a22749b8e06c6396d628b723a0260a1)
Arunachala Hill from The Dreaming Tree
Photo of Ramana Maharshi at my room
![Agni Lingam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/1742e097-7c63-40e2-a030-e5ac5c34aeaa_rw_1920.jpg?h=1075e44771f2e031a780c33bcef5abb8)
Agni Lingam
![Agni Lingam - view from the Little Tibet restaurant's window](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/7beb0752-1945-40dd-9261-2cae3d041964_rw_1920.jpg?h=f507972d7fca01908dc20975ff519b54)
Agni Lingam - view from the Little Tibet restaurant's window
![Agni Lingam - view from the Little Tibet restaurant's window](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/3ec519fe-5491-4fff-8351-8e598eb5947d_rw_1920.jpg?h=8a0b1ed574b57f6085fa9ee460142351)
Agni Lingam - view from the Little Tibet restaurant's window
![Agni Lingam, detail](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/143dd3a6-7de1-44c1-92b4-97717aa8c338_rw_1920.jpg?h=801bb128db6453f7267d1e771d1c2f8f)
Agni Lingam, detail
Pathala Lingam
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/ae08fdfd-9f71-4b7c-9c42-f53aa616ee56_rw_1200.jpg?h=bef7724f3eef611d549f3f56213e9bb1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/d4aec734-965d-4d58-9760-6d3f0646fb5c_rw_1920.jpg?h=4c2666a92f0a329786d63f1a2c30c309)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/9504e008-b78a-4a80-814c-36103c9c21bf_rw_1920.jpg?h=bc7bbac4364bc78e140a0b6f284c4176)
![Pradakshina](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/9524cb72-4395-4d8d-99b3-80376f8a5781_rw_3840.jpg?h=ed49b6c8373a7ccc10eee415ab8e86a1)
Pradakshina
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/1a18ebfe-940d-4370-93f1-95f6168774ed_rw_3840.jpg?h=f05291b9bcaf5867c982d7aa40169aca)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/8d2e2b3c-f925-4598-8d86-94fc32cbddc0_rw_3840.jpg?h=5ba8a66418ade5b4286cfc51d6232d8a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/e10bc2a4-c766-435d-b1d7-59bbf8cfceb5_rw_1920.jpg?h=da2e4b753ce66db4f04d9cb4937fca58)
![party at the Ragi's rooftop](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/4503ae94-c722-4c60-98ff-8c4981f64c9a_rw_1920.jpeg?h=3d07cc6d0aeec31b66426315fb54647d)
party at the Ragi's rooftop
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/038de03b-3d51-4aed-a6b9-fdd9501d1d48_rw_1920.jpg?h=957d15d97ebb8a8d6c4fe1cc268e11cb)
![during Pradakshina](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/a2069f3e-50de-471e-8b13-5961ed7700ff_rw_1920.jpeg?h=4e9114b132dd67cf02f1ee936dbe4a43)
during Pradakshina
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/3a3fe6e3-d43b-4e18-b4c0-55c9b6503af9_rw_1200.jpg?h=5e94977b4e0422b7cdc702149103d4ad)
![Nitya at the market in front of the Arunachaleswara Temple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/34166ecb-5a0c-4737-866a-563078c723d2_rw_1920.jpeg?h=082aa855ea790b936abbce44619e66ce)
Nitya at the market in front of the Arunachaleswara Temple
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/a55e9aa1-0da4-4eff-bff8-a9c1fc632a6c_rw_1200.jpg?h=29a99d8bfed2cf49486126e325ef3624)
girl near the Arunachaleswara Temple
![party at the Ragi's rooftop](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/cff047f7-e8cc-4a25-943e-bfdd6cd89204_rw_1200.jpg?h=387f54b37ad8e6107ac1c55944c29dcf)
party at the Ragi's rooftop
![Nitya in Pondicherry](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/05cf06cc-acf6-4a1f-9f71-8a232777f8f6_rw_1200.jpeg?h=ea5a2ec211eefde6ba124c067dc01fa0)
Nitya in Pondicherry
![Arunachaleshawara Temple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/c43c1f99-c346-48d2-8205-27241f040db3_rw_1200.jpeg?h=63f2148941440c3174d6cf0f3e2a9d8d)
Arunachaleshawara Temple
![Nitya in the Arunachaleshwara Temple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/6c60ba8f-5b65-4173-bd1c-750196ac2119_rw_1200.jpeg?h=8e53e73c74c6dfede91e18fc5a4dae8a)
Nitya in the Arunachaleshwara Temple
![Nitya during Pradakshina](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/07afa534-ef30-441c-8413-5fa7be5fe833_rw_1920.jpg?h=8f6bc179c7b068768a00b3e5418a88d0)
Nitya during Pradakshina
Pongal at Arunachaleswara Temple
Auroville
Pondicherry
Pondicherry
Man selling souvenirs at Pondicherry
![Nitya during Satsang](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/ce11de18-d70e-4201-9178-270cd94a04eb_rw_1200.jpeg?h=45884a023ac03b38da2e0cd1492ebf0c)
Nitya during Satsang
![Nitya after Satsang](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/ead63db5-5458-4aa4-9385-241a5c39fed8_rw_1920.jpeg?h=db1a4d74a128b3e2a3329215a17ee2b4)
Nitya after Satsang
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/6909e875-349e-474c-988a-338d0ddcff95_rw_1920.jpeg?h=85dc797b41c3607610741e92aaa333df)
![Ramana Maharshi and Mooji](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/d14e8206-8718-49fa-b03b-531ec79eacd8_rw_1920.jpg?h=95faee6cc537cb1d69e76bce11c5e6c0)
Ramana Maharshi and Mooji
Nitya
![Nitya at the Sri Maharshi’s Samadhi Shrine](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/a0a5c529-4ae3-4eb9-a711-89b319c28c0e_rw_1200.jpeg?h=a721127ef0504e55a0823cbf8e03f5ff)
Nitya at the Sri Maharshi’s Samadhi Shrine
![View at the Meditation Hall at Ramanasramam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/e081ae5a-7630-41ed-88d3-2ff748b68f92_rw_1920.jpeg?h=28ced0e487613d67dd8e402602e79df5)
View at the Meditation Hall at Ramanasramam
The Cat at Ramanashramam
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20a80754-cf14-4872-a4fb-5ce1fbaa0c5e/d5979fdc-2ccb-4931-9829-6a5fabbc5cf4_rw_1920.jpeg?h=53c3d8648414bd7c995fd429abd80f36)
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