Golagamudi.

To save the people in distress and to guide the Sadhakas (Spiritual seekers), the PARAMATMA - God (who is formless and nameless) takes a human form and lives among us as Sadguru. They must be Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent. Without these hall-marks they will be considered as fake Gurus. Bhagavaan Sri Venkaiah Swamy of Golagamudi is one such foremost saint and Sadguru of modern India, who lived up to 24th August 1982. Devotees' experiences confirm the truth that he is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent.

"Sidda purushas will never die. They have conquered death. So they are ever living and all pervading. They respond to every call of their devotees at any place and at any time". Devotees' experiences with Bhagavaan Sri Venkaiah Swamy are a proof for the above statement. There is no bar of Caste or Race to secure the grace of Sri Swamyji. People of all castes and religions are worshiping him and are being benefited materially as well as spiritually.

Constant thinking of Sadguru will lead to the nullification of Karmic ties (The bonds of the fruits of the Karma) and the attainment of Atma Gnana. His life is a pole star to guide the people in the ocean of Samsara (Samsara sagara). Love for all creatures, simplicity, sraddha to wards the goal and the dedicated living in achieving the goal, Vyragya (dispassion), adherence to Dharma, control over senses are some of the ways that his life has demonstrated to us by actual practice in that life.

Even though we have not seen Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sai Baba of Shirdi, we are fortunate enough to see Swamyji who lived up to 1982. Very tactfully he concealed his spiritual powers till the day of his Maha samadhi. He shunned the unnecessary publicity.Only after his Maha samadhi, devotees ventured to reveal their experience with one another and enjoy the thrill of it.

Once Sri Swamyji told about this Golagamudi "Ayyaa! there are huge fuming heaps of food between the koneru (pond) and the temple of Anjaneya Swamy for the last seven Janmas(Gathas). No body had touched it". Here, the "fuming heaps of food" means abundance of Sri Swamyji's effervescent penance.