An Ideal Guru-Shishya Relationship
As a part Vijaya Yatra of 2012, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji graced Ramanathapuram. In His Anugraha Bhashanam, the Jagadguru spoke about the Guru-Shishya relationship between Sringeri Sharada Peetham and the Ramnad Samsthanam.
More than a century ago, the 33rd Acharya of Sringeri, Jagadguru Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswamiji was received at Ramanathapuram by the then Maharaja of Ramnad, Bhaskara Sethupati. The Mahaswamiji had noticed the ferocious aspect of the deity, Rajarajeshwari in the premises of the palace, and had made Her benign by consecrating a Srichakra and reinstalling the Goddess. He had thus put an end to the large number of animal sacrifices that were taking place in the temple at that time.
As a token of gratitude and devotion, the Samsthanam was then placed by Sri Bhaskara Sethupati at the Feet of the Guru. The Maharaja had done so with the realization that the Anugraha of the Guru is foremost in life. He knew the greatness of the Guru’s Grace, for one can even become the ruler of three worlds if one has the Grace of the Guru.