Importance of Mahatmas

Once Yogiramsuratkumar of Tiruvannamalai was walking towards his Ashram from His Sudama residence when a procession of a dead body passed through Him. Looking at the crowded procession which was noisy with music bands, dance and fireworks, Yogi paused and told the nearby folks how he wondered about people who worship the dead with such a pomp.
He pitied at the state that, when Sadhus and Mahatmas live in flesh and blood, they are afflicted with pain and torture, and only when they leave this world is their importance felt.