Sri Ramana Maharshi
1879 to 1950Tamil Nadu
A boy of Tiruchuzhi, uninterested in study, meets the fear of death at sixteen by lying still and asking what it is that dies. Weeks later he slips away to Arunachala, lives silent in the temple and the caves, is given the name Ramana Maharshi, nurses his mother until her death, and goes on living among crowds, devotees, thieves and dogs at the foot of the hill.