room was opened after the end of the ceremonies to permit young Seshadri to seek the blessings of the departed souls and the priests performing the ceremonies, they were shocked to find him missing from the locked room. It was the first time the family and the entire town gathered to witness this and were made aware of the greatness of the young Gnani. Young Seshadri's journey from thereon took him first to Kaveripakkam which was 20 miles west of Kanchipuram, where some relatives, including Sundarammal, his maternal elder aunt (Periamma), lived. The young saint, however, did not visit his relatives but chose to meditate at the Navaratri Mandapam of Sri Mukteshwarar temple, wherein the presiding deities were GOD Mukteeswarar and Sri Alankaravalli. It is here that while circumambulating the temple, a snake climbed up on the young saint and spread its hood as if to protect the young GOD, which event was witnessed by his young cousin, Seshu, who went back and narrated it to the entire town. This further added to the fame of the young Gnani. On hearing of his presence at Kaveripakkam, his uncle and aunt, Sri Ramasami Josiar and Kalyani Ammal rushed from Kanchipuram only to find Seshadri Swamigal immersed in meditation in the temple pond with a Lingam made of tamarind rice and curd rice, given as alms by his aunt, Sundarammal of Kaveripakkam. Despite many entreaties, young Seshadri Swamigal was far too detached and had completely renounced any attachment to the worldly life forcing his relatives to let him pursue a life of a renunciate, Sanyasi and a mendicant. After 2–3 months, his whereabouts were never clearly known, likely because he never spent much time in any one place. He finally arrived at Thindivanam, very close to Tiruvannamalai. By then, he had taken a vow of silence and was known as "Mouna Swamigal" (the Saint in Eternal Silence (Mounam)). A devotee by the name of T.K. Kanniyar requested the priest of the famed Sri Thinthirineeswarar temple to open the temple Yangyasalai for Swamigal to meditate. Swamigal requested that the room, typically used for performing Homas fire rituals, be locked from the outside and opened after four months. YYet, in a spate of worry about Swamigal's health, the Sri Kuppuswamy priest opened the same on the 5th day only to find Swamigal in deep meditation. On hearing of the priest's apprehension, Seshadri Swamigal left