Autobiography of
C.T.D. Jothi
Manohar and A. Jothi Tanabackiam
After the 2nd
world war, Peace was prevailing with its serene wind. There was quite atmosphere
and the cool breeze of peace blew across
In each
and every citizen. So also
there was happiness in the family of C.T.Doraisamy
and Shakunthala Devi.
It was an occasion of the birth of
their second son, who was born on
new born baby was named as Mahnogaran
alias Manohar.
The family with Hindu Cultural background and was also deeply
involved in Hinduism. As such, they instituted their children through the Hindu
way
of life.
When Mahnogaran was only two years old he lost his
mother. However he grew up with his father, grandmother and the others of the
family.
His primary education
was from the Pasar Road School. His
intermediate studies were in
In
initiated with divine upadesam.
His uncle Swamy Vengkateswarar
introduced him to the Guru’s of
Swamy Ragwendra Mantralayam, The
Mouna Guru Swamigal of Thiruvanmiyoor and the Guru’s
of Sri Ramana Maharishi Ashramam in Thiruvana Malai. Apart it was a practice of walking to Sri
Kandasamy temple (Kantha
Kottam), which was situated behind the central
railway station. As
Thiru Vengateswarar was also the follower of Vallalar.
He used to recite the verses of Vallalar’s
Thiru Arrutpa. It was in Sri Kandasamy
temple that Vallalar sang the “1st
Thiru Marai” called the
“Theiva mani malai”. Swamy Vengkateswarar
used to teach Manohar, the history of Vallalar
and his
noble vision of Sri Murugan who appeared upon the
mirror. He also pointed out the place that
Vallalar used to sit and recite the songs upon Sri Murugan.
During every school holidays he was
sent to other spiritual Ashramam
to further his knowledge. He attained his degree in commerce and
had acquired sufficient spiritual knowledge.
In 1963, he returned to
At about the same time in that year Swamy N.M.Jothi Subramaniam visited
imparted Jothi Upadesom
to C.T.D.Manohar for the 1st time in
Swamy N.M.Subramaniam to all his discourses and poojas. One such pooja that wildly
attracted the
crowd was the “Thiruvilaku” pooja.
C.T.D.Manohar did the noteworthy feat of bringing Guru Maharaj disciple, Swamy
Krishna Sukanthji to Singapore. He imparted
the four
technique of Self-realization in
were certain issues that C.T.D. Manohar was not
happy about the movement. At the same time he was involved in the Jothi poojas.
In 1977, C.T.D.Manohar
married A.Tanabackiam a schoolteacher. Tanabackiam’s father a retired Royal Air
Force personnel Mr. V.Alagummalay
and her mother a housewife Mdm.
A.Annamal. They returned to
also built their own Sri Kaalikaparameswari temple to which their children
still contribute in cash and kind as an when necessary.
Mrs. A. Tanabackiam as a school teacher visits her parents
during school holidays. Having been rooted with Indian culture
she got involved in
the school curriculum activities. She taught
the students with religious and cultural knowledge. She trains her
students with cultural dance
and had brought forth presents to the school. Besides her
guru Swamy Shanthanantha
of the Siva family in
hails her mother-tongue language Tamil; with
pride she quotes “Thirukural” verses and highlights
its values to both friends and students. At
the end of the year 1977, during school
holidays, they visited N.M. Jothi Subramaniam in
couple .He brought them to Thirparamkundram
temple in
Swamy N.M. Jothi Subramaniam’s Arrutperum Jothi Maligai, where the members were introduced to C.T.D.Manohar and his wife Tanabackiam.
Besides they were introduced
to Krupanantha Variyar Swammigal.
Back in Singapore C.T.D. Manohar was involved in the building of Vallalar’s members. However the process of acquiring a
land for this purpose
was rather difficult. Never the less a program was
scheduled for a house to house pooja campaign It sparked off well, and the people took great
interest in performing the Jothi pooja and the Kumba pooja. It was initially started in kampong Bahru and Telok Blangah area where there
were lot of Indians who were attached to railways, harbour board and other departments. Meanwhile the Singapore
Authorities were on the
process of acquiring the railway land. The people there were subjected to move
to various parts of
was employed in
In 1989, C.T.D.Manohar
with his close friends established Shree Nadaraj Anantha Margam and by the year 1995 it was officially
registered
in Taman Johor
Jaya and was in operation in Plentong
Johore Bahru,
some of the Ashram members. They stayed in
the Devine life society in
organization. Apparently 1996 he led a tour group to
his members to the teaching of Vallalar.
In Vadaloor, he explained the greatness
of Vallalar and brought his members to other Vallalar’s centers.
On their return they brought
home many of Vallalar’s books. He
had been promoting Vallalar’s discourses and Swamy N.M.Jothi
Subramaniam’s Speeches and performed the Thiruvillaku
pooja. In 1998, Swamy
N.M.Jothi Subramaniam
conferred C.T.D.Manohar with
the title of “JOTHI”.
In 1999, Shree Nadaraj Anantha Margam invited Swamy N.M.Jothi Subramaniam, the founder
president of the All
Sathiya Iyakkam to
members of the Ashram called upon Swamy
N.M.Jothi Subramaniam to
give speeches of Vallalar’s teachings. Our Ashram
members also
participated in the function both in Malaysia and
Singapore. It was an opportunity for Ashram members to gain
further knowledge and
spirituality with Swamy N.M.Jothi Subramaniam and
also to cultivate the mission of Jeeva Kaarunyam of Vallalar in
In 2002, Guruji C.T.D. Jothi Manohar, Guru-matha Jothi Tanabackiam,
The Ashram President and members unanimously
tabled to
issue a title for Swamy N.M.Jothi Subrmaniam.Eventually it was agreed and on the birth
date of Vallalar 5th October, the title
of
“Bhramananda
Jothi” was consecrated to him.
