The above is a compilation of photos taken throughout the spiritual journey of Jnana Jyotiamma that started many years ago. Siddha Heartbeat thanks Dr VM Jayapalan of the Agathiyar Mei Jnana Sabai, Bangalore for permission to use the audio track in this clip. Agathiyar Arul Kavasam was penned by Dr VM Jayapalan, set to music by Subramani and sang by Sandhya. A lovely piece on Agathiyar. The Dr introduces the album.
Wherever she went, the Jyothi followed her. It all began at Kallar in the confines of the Agathiyar Gnana Peedham without anyone's knowledge. Jnana Jyothiamma wrote, "During my dheeksha .. if you remember I had mentioned to you .. that he ball of light first started to get activated from the nape of my neck (pons region) .... and traveled thro the other kalas and thro my ajna chakra .... "
Later Agathiyar made his presence known at Kalyana Theertam, where it was a column of light that started from out of nowhere, began to move over to her and finally merge with Agathiyar and Lobha Ma. She is then shown a Jyothi in the adjacent caves.
She writes about the spectacle at Kalyana Theertam.
"Regarding the Light falling on me at Kalyana Theertum, it was moving externally towards Agathiyar. It was as if this beam/ Light was falling from above. I come to understand and feel, this as a Pure Cosmic Light Of The Divine."
"I was feeling as if something was piercing through the top my head, although nothing was visible through naked eye as mentioned by Dr. Ram. He was constantly telling me to keep moving, as he noticed through the camera that the light/beam was moving with me. It was only after I crossed the Chandanam Malai spot that the light/ beam started moving towards Agathiyar. The movement of the streak of light was very obvious in the pictures shot."
"Initially Dr. Ram was taking the pictures casually. It was only after he saw the light moving towards Agathiyar, he started clicking continuously. One single streak of light became two streaks and both were moving towards Agathiyar and as you could see in the photographs two streaks joined together and there was a gush of Light showering on Agathiyar and Loba Amma."
“These pictures were taken at noon time. Hence the lights were not visible through naked eye. I am sure if this had occurred during night time, the beam/ streaks of light would have been visible and behold ... what a spectacle it would have been."
Later at Sri Kalahasti, it was a streak of light.
At the Matheeswaran temple, a ray of light followed her.
At the Sri Navalingam Sri Navasakthi Temple in Thiruvannamalai again it was a column of light.
While at Siruvapuri temple, she was showered with the sacred ash.
Moments later at Panchesti she was met with a sparkling, twinkling ball of light, in her words, "The exact ball of light I saw thro my Ajna Chakra , when Agathiyan gave me Dheeksha...."
Moments later at Panchesti she was met with a sparkling, twinkling ball of light, in her words, "The exact ball of light I saw thro my Ajna Chakra , when Agathiyan gave me Dheeksha...."
At Nattadreeswarar Temple, in her own words, it was a blinding effulgence.
"It was during the end of Lord Muruga's Abhishekam that Lord Muruga gave me his "Kazchi" It is not a Darshan he gave me. It was his Kazchi. The Effulgence was BLINDING and I almost fainted. It was just a few seconds and the Effulgence disappeared. This Kazchi was right inside his "Karuvarai" and on top of his head. I couldn't stand nor even see anything clearly after that. Everything looked glazed."
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| Nattadreeswarar Temple in the middle of Kaveri river. Photo courtesy of Vijayalakshmi Ravichandran |
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| Agathiyar at the Nattadreeswarar Temple. Photo courtesy of Vijayalakshmi Ravichandran |
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| Nattadreeswarar. Photo courtesy of Vijayalakshmi Ravichandran |
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| Lord Muruag at Nattadreeswarar Temple. Photo courtesy of http://aalayamkanden.blogspot.com/ |
Finally, Agathiyar reveals in his Jeeva Nadi reading for Jnana Jyothiamma, the reason for Erai to come in this form wherever Jnana Jyothiamma was.