Who is Swami Sivananda ?

 Delight in good. Make up your mind to tread the spiritual path.

 Be patient. 

Go slowly. 

Go ahead. 

Be deliberate. 

Assert. 

Recognize. 

Realise: I am the immortal Soul. 

This is the discipline. 

This is Siva’s message

Swami Sivananda

Birth Place

Swami Sivananda was born in Pattamadai is a lovely place with green paddy fields and mango groves all around; it is ten miles away from Tinnevelly Junction (in Tamil Nadu). 

A beautiful canal from Tambraparni known as Kanadiankal encircles Pattamadai like a garland just as Sarayu or Kaveri encircles Ayodhya or Srirangam. Tambraparni is known as Dakshina Ganga (Southern Ganga). As it passes through rocky beds which contain copper; it has the significant name, Tambraparni (Tambra means copper). 

The water is very sweet and health-giving. Pattamadai is famous as the place where the finest grass mats are made. People greatly admire the silk-like mat exhibited at the Sivananda Regalia 

Swami Sivananda's father Sri P.S. Vengu Iyer of Pattamadai, was descended from Sri Appaya Dikshitar. He was the Tahsildar (revenue officer) of Ettiapuram Estate.

Swami Sivananda was  born to Srimati Parvati Ammal and P.S. Vengu Iyer, as their third son, on Thursday the 8th September, 1887, at the time of sunrise, 

when the Star Bharani was in ascendance. My elder brother, Sri P.V. Veeraraghava Iyer, was the personal assistant to the Rajah of Ettiapuram. 

My other brother, Sri P.V. Sivarama Iyer, was an Inspector of Post Offices. My uncle Appaya Sivam was a great Sanskrit Scholar. 

He was much revered by the people in Tinnevelly District. He has written many philosophical books in Sanskrit. 

Kuppuswamy was the name given to me by my parents.

 In my youth I brought flowers and Bael leaves and prepared beautiful garlands and served my parents in their Siva Pooja.

Born in the family of devotees, saints and philosophers as a pet child