Biography of Salai Andavargal
The religion states that Andavargal was born in 1857 at Margampattai, a village in Palani taluk, Madurai district in Tamil Nadu. He was then named Khader Badsha Rowther by his parents - his father being Jamal Hussain Rowther and mother Periya Thayi. He had his primary education in the village elementary school and followed the profession of his father as an agriculturist. Even as a youth he had a keen interest in spirituality, and disillusioned by false gurus he enountered he concluded that only through hata yoga could one achieve high spiritual realisation. His followers believe his realisation was so developed he could raise his body a foot above the ground. After marriage, he migrated to Kasukkaranpalayam where his small venture as a wholesale paddy merchant grew into a lucrative business.
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