After his father's death Pāmban Swāmi took over the family business. Even after marriage Pamban Swami lived like a saint, mostly doing pujas and prayers. His wife's name was Kalimuthami they had one son and two daughters. Since Pāmban Swāmi was interested in the holy life from the early days, his parents and guru Seddu Madhava Iyer were keen to get him married soon in the year 1878. Later Appāvu was given upadesam on the holy six-letter mantra on Vijaya Dasami day at Agni Tīrtham by the Rameswaram seashore temple and was made to read Sanskrit by Seddu Madhava Iyer. After seeing Appāvu's poem, a temple priest named Seddu Madhava Iyer marveled at the young boy's knowledge of Tamil and his faith in Lord Murugan. He wrote one poem each day before his lunch for 100 days, ending each decad with his manasika guru's name Arunagiri Nāthar. In his school days, Appāvu was very good in his studies and other activities and ranked high in Tamil and English.Īt the age of thirteen, on a Friday at sunrise Appāvu had a vision and was induced to write poems on Lord Kumāraguru, which he wrote immediately on a palm leaf in a facile pen in his coconut estate. A psychic predicted that Appāvu would be great man of words and wisdom.
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The child was named Appāvu but later became known as Pamban Swami as he had lived and left his family at Pamban Island.
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In the year 1848 a child was born to a Saivite family in Rameswaram district village called Pamban. Pamban Swamigal His Life Example & Teachings by VN Soundararajanĭrawings by Srinivasan See also the French version or Tamil version of this article.