He went further into the house, and to his surprise, saw a Miththam, a open-to-sky area, with a well in the middle, typical of old homes, the most likely place of occurrence of Sri Seshadri Swamigal, purportedly pausing while massaging his uncle, Sri Ramasami Josiar's head with oil, claiming that he saw Gandharvas crossing the sky, singing in Raaga Bilahari. This incident occurred well before Swamigal vanished from a locked room, when he was in the initial stages of his renunciation, spending long hours at temples in Kanchipuram, after the demise of both his parents, and his long absences from home causing much grief to Sri Ramaswami Josiar.