In 1952 he became aware of Mahanirvan of Sri Aurobindo and Ramana Maharishi. To get answers for his questions in the course of his search for truth,he rushed to Ananda Ashram, Kanhangad, where His Guru, Papa Ramdas, initiated him with the Mantra 'Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram.' Repeating 'Rama Mantra' all the time for one week he merged with Brahman, the one and only existence.
