Some of the villagers, recognizing the
truly divine manifestation of the yogi, began to come to his aid . . . . .
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The villagers first constructed hut of
sticks and gunny sacks to shield his body from the intense heat of the
south Indian sun. Then some land was donated and a more permanent
structure was planned. Within a little more than a year after he
began his tapas, his devotees had constructed a twelve by twelve foot
masonry meditation temple (dhyana mandir). Here the young
Swamiji could be protected form the dangers of man and animal while
completing the long years of his rigorous tapas |
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