Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM) has grown in its 'membership' with the grace and guidance of Agathiyar.
I came into Agathiyar's fold through reading the Nadi in 2002. Agathiyar came in the form of a bronze statue in 2010. Since then Agathiyar has pulled many souls to his place, blessed them and fulfilled their wishes. Initially I saw it as an intrusion of our privacy for AVM was a home. I had a family to take care and a job too. But Agathiyar kept bringing total strangers to AVM for reasons only known to him. We then prayed that he stop sending them over. Agathiyar listened. Over time he made us realize that he had come to AVM with a purpose. He asked that we step aside and watch. He was 'renting the premises' to carry out his play or leelas. Now it was our turn to listen.
AVM is blessed to receive visitors from Malaysia and abroad. Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal and Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyaar graced AVM in 2005 and made several more visits after that.
Jnana Jyothiamma graced AVM twice, in 2013 and the following year.
Nadi Nool Aasan Ramesh and Selvam graced AVM to participate in the Agathiyar Jayanthi & Guru Puja.
Harimanikanden and Gowri R. Varadhan from India; Mr & Mrs Kalaichelvan, Mr & Mrs Balachander, Vijayalaksmi Ravichandran, Mr & Mrs Rajah & their kids, Mr & Mrs Saravanan Palanisamy, Mr & Mrs Shanmugam, Uvaraj and Master Arunan, Yogita, devotees of Chitramuthu Adigal Narasiman and Murali; Salin, Thavamani, Hari, Ramoo Muthusamy Aiya, Mr & Mrs Nagaswaran, Dr Jhoti & family, Thinesh Selvam and off course our Thondu Seivom members Balachandran Gunasekaran & family, Dyalen Muniandi, Yuvarani, Surendaran Selvaratnam, Sugumaran, Mahindran Vijayakumar, Malar, Shahalini, Balajhoti & Yogawathy Gunasekaran, not forgeting the pioneer members Mr & Mrs Muralitharan Saminathan, Navarani, Saras, Suganeswari and their friends, Mr & Mrs Arulganesan, Mr & Mrs Thayalan Arumugam, Ganesan Gunarajan, Mr & Mrs Maran, Mr & Mrs Kathiresen, Mr & Mrs Paramasivam & family, Mr & Mrs Suresh, Vijay and Mr & Mrs Soundarajan,
And off course all the friends who joined us during the live streaming of the puja from AVM.
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| Poster created by Stalin |
Not forgetting the parrot that appeared mysteriously at AVM.
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| The mysterious parrot that flew into AVM |
Here are some wonderful moments with friends and devotees at AVM captured on film.
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| The very first Guru Puja with Agathiyar in the form of a bronze statue at AVM performed on 3 January 2010 |
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| Tavayogi & Mataji arrive at AVM to show us the finer points of these rituals |
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| Agathiyar graces Thayalan Arumugam's home too |
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| Jnana Jyothiamma graces AVM in 2013 |
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| Nadi Nool Aasan Ramesh & Selvam grace AVM |
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| Mr & Mrs Rajah's children fill AVM with their melodious voices |
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| Both my children (& my wife) , the very foundation of AVM, in 2010 |
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| My children too grew up with AVM |
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| Thondu Seivom members & guests at AVM |
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| Family & devotees at AVM |
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| Devotees of Chitramuthu Adigal at AVM |
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| Thondu Seivom members at AVM |
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| Thondu Seivom members helping out inside AVM and .. |
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| ... helping out outside AVM |
AVM did move Agathiyar to other venues on the requests of devotees. Agathiyar made his appearance at Karai in Perak, some 3 1/2 hrs journey on the requests of Asokhan.
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| Agathiyar (in the background) poses majestically with devotees at Karai |
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| Agathiyar shows his presence (on the left) |
Agathiyar also graced the homes of Mr & Mrs Thayalan Arumugam, Mr & Mrs Maran, and Mr & Mrs Balachander besides opening his eyes in the photo of his at the home of Navarani and her girl friends.
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| Agathiyar at Thayalan's home |
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| Agathiyar at Navarani's home |
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| Agathiyar blesses devotees at Navrani's home by opening his right eye in his photo |
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| The original photo moments before the miracle |
Just as Agathiyar had graced and blessed all those present by opening his right eye in a photo of his, Agathiyar performed a similar feat opening both his eyes in his bronze statue to bless all those gathered for his puja.
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| Agathiyar opens both his eyes during libation or abhisegam at AVM |
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| Agathiyar when he first arrived at AVM |
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| Agathiyar at AVM last Sunday |
