- The first place that Ramana stayed in Tiruvannamalai was the great temple.
- For a few weeks he remained in the thousand-pillared hall.
- But he was soon troubled by the urchins who pelted him with stones as he sat silently.
- He shifted to an underground vault known as Patala Lingam, where the sunlight never penetrated.
- Without moving he sat deeply absorbed in the Self and was unaware of being bitten up by the ants and vermin living there.
- It was in a mango orchid away from the temple that his paternal uncle, Nelliyappa Aiyar, from Manamadurai, found him.
- Nelliyappa Aiyar tried his best to take his nephew along with him to Manamadurai but the young sage would not respond.
- He did not show any sign of interest in the visitor.
- So, Nelliyappa Aiyar went back disappointed to Manamadurai. However, he conveyed the news to Alagammal, Ramana’s mother.