Swamiji Vetharthiri Maharishi

Swamiji Vethathiri Maharishi was born in 1911 in an indigent weaver's family in South India. Though he had very little formal schooling, in his later life he became a qualified physician in Ayurveda, Siddha, and Homoeopathy. Several years of intense meditation led to his enlightenment at the age of 35. Vethathiri led the life of a householder until he was 50, and then changed the course of his life from being a businessman to teaching and writing about his experiences of divine revelations. He has published many books in English and Tamil.