Life of Swami Devikanand
In 1972, on the day of Naga Panchami, Swami Devikanand alias, Hanumantha (Childhood name) was born to Shri Chandrashekar and Nagamma, in the district of Vijayapura (Karnataka), a village called Beeraladinni of Basavana Bagewadi, which is also the birthplace of Jagajyoti Basaveshwara. During his birth, the room was marked with unexplained phenomena where his parents witnessed a Cobra raising its hood on the infant’s head and a room filled with bright illumination.

