Atman in Ravi Biography

He was born on October 15,1966 in Bangalore, as Ravi V.
Melwani. At a very young age, he mastered the craft of
business and became a very successful businessman who
revolutionized retailing in India with the stores Kids
Kemp, Big Kids Kemp, and Kemp Fort.
After making millions, he realized that life is not just about
making money. He shut down his business at the age of 40,
transformed his life to RVM living by the RVM philosophy
– Rejoice, Value Life, and Make a Difference. He started
doing H.I.S. work – Humanitarian, Inspirational and
Spiritual work. His mission was to “Make a Difference” in
this world before his journey was over.
As a part of RVM's humanitarian initiative, RVM
Humanitarian Hospital was set up in 1998 with an aim to
provide free medical treatment and care to the poor,
destitute, and needy. The hospital has no cash counter.
From the current 250-bed hospital, it will soon grow into a
multispecialty 1000-bed hospital for the poor and
destitute. Over 700 homeless and suffering people are
served and cared for in destitute homes and provided with
free shelter, food, medical care, and clothing.
RVM, through the RVM School of Inspiration, transformed
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the lives of many people through his motivating talks,
inspirational books and videos, and thought-provoking
quotes.
RVM built a Shiva Temple in the year 1995 in Bangalore,
which is now known as the Shivoham Shiva Temple. An
ardent believer in Lord Shiva, he has written and sung
over a thousand bhajans – songs of devotion. He now
believes that religion is just a kindergarten to spirituality,
and we all have to go beyond religion to truly realize God.
One day, his Guru provoked him to introspect: What is the
purpose of life? Is life just meant to seek pleasures and to
live and die without any purpose? What happens after
death? Will we be reborn? Where is God? Several
questions like these took him on a quest, a search for the
truth. He gave up his life of Achievement and Ful?lment
in search of the ?nal peak of life: “Enlightenment”.
After a few years of intense search in retreat, deep in the
mountains, he realised that we are not this body. We are
the Soul, the Atman. He changed his name for the second
t i m e f r o m R V M t o A i R – A t m a n i n R a v i. H e
metamorphosed to AiR and gave up his entire life as RVM,
and started living as an instrument of God doing His
divine will. This led to several realizations that formed his
new mission of life – to realize the Truth and to help people
realize the Truth.