This is a Jeevasamadhi of Ram Paradesi Swamigal.
There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to get there
It is located 8.6 kms West of Puducherry Train Station.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/UXNLMCBUjGpwu8Yc7
About Ram Pardesi Swamigal
This siddhar was lived during 1800. His name, birth place and parents are not known and he did not say about that. He reached to Villianur and stayed there. As he spoked Telugu, people of villianur believed that he may from Andra Pradesh.
As he always hummed “Sri Ram”, he also was called as Sri Rama Paradesikal. He saved lot of deaths particularly by snake bites. One day he informed to the people of Villianur that a heavy rain will destroy the whole village in during a summer and go for safe place.
However, people did not believe his words as in that season never such kind of rain poured. But as the Mahan said heavy rain destroyed the village and many people died. After that the people went to see the mahan and his place also water logged. Mahan was not there. After about thirty years 1868 French Governemnt constructed a railway line from Pondicherry to Villupuram via Villianur.
For the railway line work, workers digged the sand in a particular place blood was come out from sand. They feared and informed to higher officials. Higher officials and villianur people digged further and find a man sit in Yoga position. His blood flow was good, temperature and pulse were normal.
The old people confirmed that he is Mahan Sri Rama Paradesikal and officers informed to French Chief Official and he came to that place. Official waited for his awakening for 2 days as all the things normal.
But he did not awake. So all decided to put him a Dumb and construct a Temple over it. This details were recorded in French documents. After that he is being worshiped by devotees and mahan is being get rid of many problems of his real devotees to this day.
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