I took the purgative "Agathiyar Kuzhambu" at 6.30am and saw its effects beginning from 8am. First I threw up. Then the digestive system churned and I began to purge all its contents out. Finally, the bitter bile was expelled as the portion induced further vomiting. This lasted till 12 noon. I was advised by Siddha Practitioner Arivananthan Aiya to start eating soft food like porridge. I did as told. The hunger pangs that I used to have has returned. That is a good sign of recovery. I cannot possibly describe what was removed from my body during this process. Normal defecating does not deep cleanse the internals as much as this herbal preparation does. We unknowingly tend to store much debris within. Hence the reason Arivananthan Aiya recommends we take "Agathiyar Kuzhambu" once every six months. Like the OS in a PC, our digestive system has to be formatted to its original factory settings regularly to speed up our performance too.
The "Pongal" celebration at the start of the Tamil month of Thai, is a device to bring us to clean and throw away all the trash that we have accumulated in our homes and surroundings. It is also a moment to renew ourselves by throwing away all the negative thoughts and habits.
Similarly, Lord Muruga had his abodes in the hills so that we would take a hike up and exercise our limbs in the process of going on a pilgrimage. But this purpose is defeated in modern times with temple managements providing easy means of transport to the peak and these temples. I had trained and prepared myself to hike up hills that I would encounter in my travel on a pilgrimage of the temples that Agathiyar had designated for me to carry out my remedies or Parikaram in my first Nadi reading in 2002. But yet the playful Lord Murugan broke me and my ego at Palani in 2003. Taking my first step up the stairs, my legs suddenly became extremely heavy like concrete. I had to use my hands to lift and place each leg on the steps till I reached the top. I was short of breath and perspiring. The moment I reached the top the surroundings became vague and I only saw a light that came to pass too. On my second visit to Palani in 2005 accompanied by Tavayogi, and my third visit with the AVM family members in 2016, it was a lot smoother. One wonders what happened back then in 2003?