Complex sentence: At the age of sixteen, Venkataraman lost his sense of individual selfhood, an awakening which he later recognised as enlightenment, and six weeks later left his home to journey to the holy mountain Arunachala, Tiruvannamalai, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Split into simpler sentences: At the age of sixteen, Venkataraman lost his sense of individual selfhood, an awakening which he later recognised as enlightenment. Six weeks later left his home to journey to the holy mountain Arunachala, Tiruvannamalai, where he remained for the rest of his life.