One day, about six months after his mother died, Ramana strolled down the mountain and settled permanently there by the tomb, which he did not regard as the physical remains of his human mother but as a shrine to the Divine Mother of the Universe. Arunachala Mountain embodied Shiva, or Divine Transcendence; the mother's tomb embodied Shakti, or Divine Immanence, which is experienced in Hindu tradition as feminine. As Arunachala, or Shiva, had first drawn Ramana from his family home, so Shakti, or the Feminine Divine, drew Ramana to Her through the instrument of his human mother, making him available to humanity at large. Now that Ramana was accessible, a large ashram began to build up around him at the foot of the holy mountain.
Although he was the central focus for decades in an ashram visited by thousands of seekers from all over the world, Ramana never recognized anyone as his disciple. Many considered themselves his disciples and all took spiritual instruction from him, but Ramana declared unequivocally that no one was his disciple.
He would tirelessly insist that Ultimate Consciousness alone is the Guru, or teacher.
Hixon, Lex. Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions (English Edition). Edición de Kindle.