Arthur Osborne came to Tiruvanamalai in 1945 after the second world war and although he knew about him before, he met Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi for his first time and formed a deep devotion to him which inspired the rest of his life. He also attained an understanding of Sri Ramana's teachings both intellectually and spiritually and in 1964 he was founder /editor of the ashram magazine The mountain path which he carried on until his death in 1970.