Trailanga is a legendary figure in Bengal, with stories told of his yogic powers and longevity.
17 Facts About Trailanga
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Trailanga is regarded by devotees as an incarnation of Shiva.
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Trailanga Swami was born in Kumbilapuram at Vijayanagaram District in Andhra Pradesh, with the name of Shivarama.
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Trailanga's biography has been written by Biruduraju Ramaraju as one volume of his six volume project Andhra yogulu.
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Trailanga's mother then shared with him the fact that her father at the time of death expressed desire to be born to her and continue his Kali sadhana for the benefit of mankind.
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Trailanga told Shivarama that she believed that he was her father reincarnated and that he should take up Kali sadhana.
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Trailanga would wear her ashes and continue his Kali sadhana day and night.
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Trailanga Swami had conquered the Ashta Siddhis - he is supposed to have walked on water and performed many more such extraordinary feats.
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Trailanga was often found roaming the streets or the ghats, stark naked and "carefree as a child".
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Trailanga was reportedly seen swimming or floating on the river Ganges for hours.
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Trailanga talked very little and at times not at all.
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Trailanga's body was given salilasamadhi in the Ganges, according to the funeral customs of the monks of the Dashanami sect, in the presence of mourning devotees standing on the ghats.
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Trailanga was believed to have lived to be around 300 years.
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On many occasions, Trailanga was seen to drink deadly poisons with no ill effect.
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Trailanga was seen on the prison roof, in all his "sky-clad" glory.
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Trailanga's teachings are still extant and available in a biography by Umacharan Mukhopadhyay, one of Trailanga's foremost disciples.
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Trailanga described man's senses as his enemy and his controlled senses as his friend.