Shrila Maharaja became so absorbed with the Gaudiya Vaishnava Philosophy that he spent eight months of continuous and rigorous self-imposed exile to thoroughly understand, deliberate and assimilate the Gaudiya Vaishnava teachings. In the year 1990, Shrila Maharaja, a Naishthik Brahmachari, was granted the renounced order of life (Sannyasa) by his Spiritual Master, Shri B.S. Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupada, which brought in him a radical and instant transformation. In the year 1987, Shrila Maharaja happened to chance across the book ‘Bhagavat Gita As it is’ published by the world renowned Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharya Shrila A.C. His expositions on the true purport of Bhagavat Gita and ability to present the Science of Self-Realization have always been received with admirable appreciation by audience wherever they were addressed throughout the globe.

On the material platform, Shrila Maharaja started his career in Bangalore and because of his enterprising personality later acquired executive positions in internationally reputed Organizations in export marketing. He also became familiar with the concepts of monist philosophers like Shripad Shankaracharya, Ramkrishna, Vivekananda, Chinmayananda, Dr. He is conversant with the philosophical nuances of great Vaishnava Acharyas like Shri Ramanuja, Shri Nimbarka, Shri Vishnuswami and Shri Madhva. From the early childhood, he was introduced to fundamental spiritual concepts and received a trained exposure to various theological expositions of contemporary schools of thoughts as he gradually grew up. He was raised in the ambience of religious orthodoxy, doctrinal purity and blemishless Vaishnava etiquette. The article received considerable social media attention, resulting in a petition on, which received over 17,500 signatures.Shrila Bhakti Swarup Tirtha Maharaj is an Acharya who hails from TAMIL NADU.

The women's pictures used in the article were reportedly printed without consent. In September 2015, Kumudam came under criticism when an article published in Kumudam Reporter had criticised women wearing leggings. The web site attracted over 66,000 visitors in 2008 according to a survey. It had a circulation of 620,000 copies in 1986. The Kumudam Group started a Telugu spiritual magazine called Kumudam Bhakthi Special. Now the magazine is published under the Kumudam Group, which also publishes other Tamil magazines including Kumudam Reporter, Kumudam Snehidi, Kumudam Bhakti, Kumudam Jothidam, Kumudam Theeranadhi. Annamalai, and his close friend and confidante P.V. Kumudam is a Tamil weekly magazine published in Chennai, India. Asin and Suriya on 10 October 2007 cover of Kumudam

Bakthi tamil magazine