A new phase began in the Guru’s life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice) he choose Sivagiri, twenty miles to the north of Thiruvananthapuram. Varkala Sivagiri a place of natural beauty with cliffs facing the Arabian Sea at the foots of ‘Eastern Ghats’. Goddess ‘Amba’ became his deity of worship. He built a beautiful shrine for Goddess AMBA and an ashram for him and his followers. Now Varkala has become a religious center and a pilgrimage center and tourist spot. Every year during December-January is the pilgrimage time when lakhs of people mainly his followers from Ezhava community visit the place. (more…)