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Obituary for

Guru Sri Subramanium
30th October 1929 to 3rd July 2007
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Guru Sri Subramanium was born in Sri Lanka to
aristocratic parents. His father was the highest-ranking medical
officer in Sri Lanka, whilst his mother, of South Indian
descent, was a renowned seer, possessing great spiritual power.
It was in this atmosphere of science and spirituality therefore
that he grew up. At the age of nine he realised his spiritual
lineage, and his ability to Know and obey the will of God. He
took the name Subramanium upon the Lords instruction and
witnessed as a youth both the material corruption of spiritual
values, and the tremendous discord and violence unleashed in the
name of religion. Thus the seeds of his life’s work to unify
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after the 2nd World War ended, Guruji came to Europe,
again on the instructions of the Lord, to witness the
destruction and devastation to people’s lives that the war had
wrought. Everywhere he was welcomed and looked after. He
finally settled in Britain and literally began working round the
clock, usually starting his day at 4 a.m. and finishing at 2
a.m. earning his keep by day in a variety of ways, (working in
Selfridges, singing in night clubs and running a very successful
flower shop, to name a few), so that he could teach, free of
charge, meditation and spiritual practices in the night to
anyone who came to his door. This became the pattern of his life
for many years, teaching, feeding and looking after his
devotees, at the same time as worshipping all aspects of the
Divine in his Temple.
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In 1973 Guruji turned his
back on a beckoning career on the stage to begin the fulfilment
of his vocation to establish a place of spiritual excellence in
the Western world. The Skanda Vale Community would embrace all
religious faiths as different facets of humanity’s association
with God. From simple beginnings with few resources The
Community Of The Many Names Of God is now a well established
monastic centre and place of pilgrimage, its three temples
attracting over 90,000 devotees per year, drawn by the example
set by Guruji and continued by the monks and nuns, of selfless
service to God embodied in all life, and worship of God in his
universality, free from commercialism and doctrine. The
Community also runs a hospice providing a free service.
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Guruji was well equipped by God to fulfil his
task of identifying with ordinary people regardless race, creed
or religion, with his charismatic fun loving manner and striking
good looks. By example he demonstrated how human beings can come
to know and experience God in partnership with their daily
lives. Turning the orthodox tradition of Guru worship on it’s
head, Guru Subramanium described himself as a divine traffic
cop, directing people on their life’s journey in the direction
of liberation.
True Guru’s are a rare commodity, as the
emissary of the Divine his nature was to go to the assistance of
those in need and take some part of their difficulties upon
himself. His legacy to his many followers is one of priceless
and eternal Knowledge. The greatness of the man revealed to few
in his lifetime shall be known to many after his bodily death.

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