SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI

INTRODUCTION
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927–2001), was
affectionately called as Gurudeva by his devotees
and followers, was born in Oakland, California,
and adopted Hinduism and followed Shaivism 
at his teenage. He was one of the pontiffs of
the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara
and Guru at Kauai's Hindu Monastery 
on Hawaii's Garden Island, North America.
In the year 1947, he travelled to Sri Lanka and
adopted sainthood under the Shiva devotee,  Sri
Yogaswami of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, who was
considered as one of the great Shaivite saints in
the present century. He established
a Hindu monastery in Kauai, Hawaii, North
America, and also stated the spiritual
magazine Hinduism Today.
He founded the Sri Subramuniya Ashram in
Alaveddy, Srilanka, and performed yagnas and
pujas to the Shivalingam, and also done free food
service to the devotees of Shiva. He founded a
Hindu temple in Mauritius, which attracts large
number of devotees from all over the world.
He started his own publication house and
published more than 30 books, and he himself
wrote lot of spiritual books. He travelled throughout
the world, and spread the importance of Shaivism
across the globe. He maintained cordial
relationship with his Spiritual guru Sri Yogaswami
and after his death in the year 1964, he become
the head of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa
Parampara.
He was an ardent devotee of Shiva-Parvati, and
worshipped them throughout his life, and he died
in the year 2001.
Let us worship the great guru and be blessed.
“OM SRI SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMIYE
NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
“OM SAKTI ANNAIYE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR