Echammal

Echammal came to Sri Bhagavan in a distressed condition, having lost in quick succession her husband and her two children. Climbing the hill she stood in silence before him, not telling her grief. A whole hour she stood, no words spoken, and then she turned and went down the hillside to the town, her steps light, the burden of her sorrow lifted. Such was her deep devotion that for the rest of her life she never took her food without serving Sri Bhagavan first, and her house was a veritable haven for devotees.

~ from Bhagavan Sri Ramana, A Pictorial Biography by Joan Greenblatt and Matthew Greenblatt