Tailanga Swami : (1608-1888), noted for his enormous build & longevity (280 years), but more for his remarkable yogic powers & the miracles he performed out of compassion, pity, or some compelling necessity. Born Shivaram, he was given the name Ganapati Saraswati when he took sanyāsa at the age of seventy-eight. He ultimately came to be known as Tailanga Swami for he belonged to Telangadesh. After long years of hard tapasyā & pilgrimage to various shrines including those in Nepal & Tibet, he spent his 150 years Kāshi.
... were swollen with the beating. The police caught the burglars and brought them before Raman Maharshi for identification, but he refused to identify them. Disciple : There is a story about Tailanga Swami, that once he was beaten by robbers and the marks of the beating were found on the body of the son of a robber. Disciple : No. That version is not correct. The story is that a prince was... bath in the Ganges with his two queens and so a portion of the road leading to the bathing-ghat was screened off to conduct the Ranis to the river in purdāh – under veil. When they were bathing, Tailanga Swami, who used to remain in the Ganges submerged for days together, suddenly appeared on the surface of water and the King whipped him mercilessly. When he went he found that marks of the beating on ...
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