About the Author

I am basically an engineer by profession and worked for about seven years in a Defence Aircraft Factory. During my stay in the employees’ residential township, there was a fairly large officers’ mess where people gathered for occasions like moonlight dinners and family functions.

After such events, along with a few friends, I used to collect the leftover cooked food in two drums, transport it in a cart to a slum area about 2 km away, and distribute it at midnight to tribal people dwelling under the trees. That was my starting point — to feed the hungry. At that time, my take-home salary was only ₹283 per month, and I could just manage to bear the cartage charge of ₹7 per trip, nothing more.

(What is offered to an idol in a temple will not go to God. But what is offered to the hungry surely reaches God, because God lives within every being.)

Later, I left the job and worked as a Marketing Manager, traveling across all major cities and towns in India several times. During this period, I came into contact with the Indian Vegetarian Congress and other organizations engaged in propagating non-violence and preventing cruelty to animals.

I was deeply attracted by Sanmargam, established by Saint Ramalingam (Vallalar), which emphasizes service to living beings. The depth of compassion and benevolence found in Saint Ramalingam, expressed through his Thiru Arutpa, is truly unique.

Though I studied in the suburbs of Chennai, my command of Tamil and English was not sufficient to read, comment, or write about the profound messages in Thiru Arutpa. Yet, I was confident that it speaks not only of spirituality but also of science—covering the creation of the universe, anatomy, the soul, spiritual evolution, and above all, the methodology of deathlessness. Saint Ramalingam himself was the demonstrator of this truth before the public.

The then Collector of South Arcot District, a British officer named J. S. Garstin, ICS, visited the spot and recorded the truth in the Government Gazette.

Until authentic scientists come forward to interpret the science embedded in Thiru Arutpa, as a stop-gap effort, I have proposed to express my understanding through this website.

So far, I have written around a dozen books, contributed articles to a few magazines, and made some YouTube programs, which I will highlight in relevant sections of this site.

If any learned scholars wish to share their insights or clarify concepts related to Saint Ramalingam’s works, I warmly invite them to contribute to this endeavor.

With this noble intention, this site has been launched.

I remain,
K. N. Umapathy