Rare anecdotes about Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda's interactions with the saints who ignited his spiritual quest and hitherto unpublished letters of Swami Tapovan Maharaj are presented in this authentic story about the formative years of Swami Chinmayananda. 

A brief free-flowing life sketch of Sri Chattambi Swamigal, Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj and Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj recreates the spiritually charged atmosphere that nourished him. New information and details unearthed by Chinmaya Archives through its years of painstaking research are blended into this narrative.

An ordinary reader will find an interesting story here.

A new comer in the spiritual arena will find this book to be an eye-opener.

A mature seeker will be catapulted into the highest meditative states in the very process of reading this book.