It is said that his mother Maragatham on her death bed advised him to go to Arunachala / Tiruvannamalai referring to a Shloka that states that the very thought of Arunachala grants Mukthi. Young Seshadri was deeply shaken at that particular moment. Having lost his mother, and with that, both his parents, Seshadri sought refuge in the divine grace, gravitating more and more towards spirituality resulting in intense pooja and tapas, all of which were to reflect shortly, in the times to come.