Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji is a sage who lived for 179 years as a fully realized Jivan Mukta spanning the 19th century at the base of the Pothai Hill, in the Pothigai range, at Valliyur in the Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, before attaining Jiva Samadhi in 1913. He is an Amsa-Avatar of the ancient legendary Sri Agastya Maha Muni whose lifespan has extended over countless Yugas and Kalpas of time. He is deemed in Occult circles as the Head of the Saptha Rishis of recent times and of all the Chit-Purushas, namely the realized sages of yore. Several authentic olai-leaf Rishi-Vakiyams read in this connection have confirmed that Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji is an Amsa-Avatar of Sri Agastya Maha Muni and is a Saamu Sidhdhar who manifested on earth as a realized sage without any prior initiation and is not subject to re-birth. During his sojourn on earth, Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji did not permit any one to take any photograph or make any portrayal of him. In accordance with Swamiji's instructions, his devotees have been offering worship to Him in the sculpted form or painting of Sri Agastya Maha Muni.Swamiji unfailingly showers His blessings on those who seek Him and solves their problems. During Swamiji's life-time on earth it is reported that he used to levitate to the top of Pothai Hill every evening and witness the Sayarakshai Pooja at Tiruchendur Temple and once a year on Thirukarthigai day he used to light a fire on top of Pothai Hill . As a Kayakalpa Sidhdhar Swamiji used to abstain from consuming any rice or other cereal food for his bodily sustenance.
Even when Swamiji was living in his physical body, he had foretold to his disciples that a temple would be built at Samiyar Pothai, that a Ther would perambulate Pothai Hill, and that a stream would flow by its side. The mother of the founder of Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission, Thiru Manickavasgam Pillai namely Subbammal was among the blessed disciples who heard His prediction. After thus showering His Grace on numerous occasions Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji finally sat in Jiva Samadhi on Ekadasi (11th) day of the waxing moon in the month of Kaarthigai in the year 1913.
His Holiness Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swami, who is seated in Jiva Samadhi with his life-breath stilled, is Himself now fulfilling, through Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma, the prophesies He made when he was present on earth in physical form.
Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma is the blessed daughter of the most revered Thiru Manickavasagam Pillai, the founder of Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission, who had the good fortune not only to have had the darshan of Swamiji during his life time but also to have been blessed by Him.
A blessed son was born to Radhapuram Thiru. Kalyanasundaram Pillai and the very pious lady Subbammal on January 30, 1906. The child was named Manickavasagam Pillai. Devoted as she was to Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji, the lady Subbammal used to take her son to be in the presence of Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji and obtain His blessings. Thiru Manickavasagam Pillai was most blessed to have received in his childhood Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji's Nayana Deeksha, Sparsha Deeksha and Divine Grace. Later in life too he continued to be bestowed with the Grace of his Satguru through his divinely gifted daughter Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma . Several incidents took place in his life just as they were foretold by Swamiji.
In order to implement the directions of Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji, Thiru. Manickavasagam Pillai set up, in 1969, the Sri Muthhukrishna Swami Mission, with his uniquely blessed daughter Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma as its head. He carried out the directions of his Satguru through the Mission. As part of the Mission's activities, he conducted every year without fail the Guru Pooja of Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji in a grand manner and entirely free of cost to the public.
After laying the foundation and establishing ways and means for people everywhere to experience the grace of Satguru Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji, Thiru Manickavasagam Pillai attained the divine feet of his Satguru on February 24, 1989. Since then, his divinely inspired daughter and head of Sri Muthukrihna Swami Mission, Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma, has been realizing each and every one of his dreams.
Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma, who heads the Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission and guides us all, is the divinely inspired daughter of the most revered founder of the Mission, Thiru Manickavasagam Pillai .As the recipient of Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji's abounding Grace, Pujyasri Mathaji Vithamma gathers and records His instructions, and through the institution of Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission , continues to implement them and carry out not only the numerous charitable activities started by her illustrious father, but also several more.
As one who never saw the inside of a school, and grew up as the hidden "lamp in a pot" which shone at home, Mathaji Vithamma today shines as the bright light on the Hill, speaks fluently in Tamil and English to all those who seek her, allays their woes, and treats them with Sidhdha medicine by the grace of the Guru. With the blessing of Sri Muthukrishna Swamiji and under the guidance of Mathaji Vithamma , her disciples are carrying out several charitable services at the holy Kshetram of Sri Pothai.
The Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission is carrying out several rare charitable activities at the Guru's Kshetram of Sri Pothai . Among these are daily Annadhanam (free meals) to alleviate gnawing hunger, free drinking water supply, free medical care to cure bodily diseases, free education to nurture the mind and free training in the Fine Arts to inculcate cultural values.
A great task completed recently in 2008 by the Mission, jointly with the Government under its "Namakku Naame" (for us by ourselves) scheme is the building of a ring road around Pothai Hill wide enough to accommodate a Ther(chariot). The ring road , which connects the villages of Ponnankurichi, Meenakshipuram, Dhalapathi Samudram, Valliyur, Keshavaneri, Electricity Board Colony, Annanagar, Rajaputhur, Thirukurungudi, Ervadi, Dhalavaipuram and Nambithalaivanpattayam, will not only enhance communication facilities between these villages, but also lead to the economic betterment of the inhabitants of these villages. On 7th of December, 2008, the Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission conducted a magnificent Ther Festival of their Satguru by taking the Ther around the Pothai Hill on the new ring road. Thousands of devotees participated in this festival.