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Sri Baba is a guru who lives and meditates on top of Mt. Arunachala, a sacred mountain that rises above Tiruvannamalai in southeast India. When our paths crossed last year he’d been up there for 16 years. For the first eight years, he sat cross-legged. Then, just to spice things up, he switched to a squatting position. I wasn’t able to get a picture of Sri Baba himself, though I did participate in a ceremony that allowed me to see him squatting in a little cubicle beneath a menagerie of tarps. This teenager, however, is one of his many assistants who oversee the ceremonies, as well as ensure there is food and water for Sri Baba and all those who hike up the mountain to be blessed by the guru.
In Hinduism, Mt. Arunachala is where Shiva appeared as a never-ending column of fire to teach Brahma and Vishnu about not letting their egos get too big for their britches.
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