Ramakrishnananda died in 1911. In July 1916 Brahmananda revisited South India. He laid the foundation stone of the new monastery building in Madras, and then went to Bangalore on 12 August. This time he extensively visited the important holy places of the South: Chamunda Devi in Mysore, Lord Padmanava in Trivandrum, Kanyakumari (the Virgin Goddess) at Cape Comorin, Perambudur (the birthplace of Ramanuja), Lord Ranganath at Trichi, and Lord Balaji Venkateshwara in Tirupati. When Brahmananda visited those holy places, the deities would manifest themselves to him. From time to time he would talk about his visions: “In Kanyakumari, I was about to burst into laughter out of joy. I saw the goddess as an eight- or ten-year-old girl, giggling. It was a beautiful, awesome, living form.” In Tirupati Maharaj saw the Divine Mother in the image of Lord Venkateshwara. His body shivered in ecstasy. Later he said to Swami Sharvananda: “I have distinctly seen the form of the Divine Mother. Please inquire about it.” After inquiry and close examination of the image and sanctuary, it was found to have been originally a Shakti temple, later converted into a Vishnu temple, probably under the influence of Ramanuja. (Source: God Lived with Them)