Yogaswami was Sri Lanka’s most renowned contemporary Hindu spiritual master and was revered by both Hindus and Buddhists. Yogaswami found his guru, Chellappaswami, in 1905 outside Nallur Temple, located in Jaffna at the northernmost tip of Sri Lanka.
In passing the temple one day, the young yogi first encountered Chellappaswami when he shouted at him loudly and said, “Hey! Who are you? There is not one wrong thing! It is as it is! Who knows?” When Yogaswami recounted the moment he said that when Chellappaswami shouted this at him, that suddenly everything vanished into a sea of light.
At a later encounter in a festival crowd, Chellappaswami ordered Yogaswami, “Go within. Meditate. Stay here until I return.” Three days later, Chellappaswami came back to find the obedient Yogaswami in the same spot meditating and awaiting his master’s return.
How to Get there
The temple is 21.8 kms south of Jaffna International Airport
