banyan
August 2008 
Kataragama and Kriya Babaji
sanmugan
Regarding the sojourn of Kriya Babaji at Kataragama in 214 AD as a chela of eleven years of age called Nagaraj, the author states as follows: "Sitting under a large spreading banyan tree with him (Siddha Bhoganathar) for six months Nagaraj performed intense yogic sadhana particularly various dhyana kriyas into which he was initiated by Bhoganathar. The tapas was done for long periods without a break, initially for 24 hours and later for days, weeks and up to 48 days at a stretch. The various meditation kriyas unchained his mind from the limiting processes of the thinking mind, allowing his consciousness to expand and realize its identity with an undifferentiated absolute Reality."
http://www.kataragama.org/
http://www.kataragama.org/news/babaji.htm
( I was there on government duty in that area but I didn't know about Kriya babaji at that time. We had to partake in the temple ceremonies as part of our duty, I enjoyed that period of three years.)
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