Mahindren used to drop by after work often, and we would talk about the path. Suren calls me, and we engage in similar conversations. A couple of days ago, I had a wonderful telephone conversation with a devotee, Yuvarani. She spoke about how the seed was sown at AVM. After the conversation, I sent her the following message.
"Tavayogi always asks us to ask questions. I am happy you did last night. It helped me place it all into its right perspective too. Tqvm ma for engaging in the talk."
Another devotee called to ask about her ailment, purportedly arising from a misalignment of bones and slipped discs that was giving her more pain and discomfort in recent times, although she had seen the doctors for treatment. As the Siddhas told me that they only gave me the practices and methods that worked for them, I passed on my experience of Lord Muruga coming through the Nadi and simultaneously through a devotee treating me in 2018 for my lower back pain that was similar to the pinching of the sciatic nerve.
In having these conversations, we begin to get a clearer picture and understanding. We get to see another's perspective and hear his or her experiences.
It is said that the Siddhas would come together to sit, share, and discuss their findings in the past and return to continue their research and findings for the betterment of mankind. In an article, "Siddha Agasthya – Foremost of the Siddhas", Dr. Mandayam shares more information from a Tamil manuscript written on Nadi or palm leaves about 3,000 years ago, titled "Prapancha Kaandam". I have given a summary of it.
The Siddhas recorded their knowledge on palm leaves after extensive discussions held in Alagan Kulam and presented them to Lord Dhakshinamurthi for his perusal. This included the 64 kinds of learning, 18 Puranas, 96 tatvas, and 48 branches of scientific knowledge. The entire literature in Tamil came to be called “Siddhavedam”. It was then translated into the four existing languages of that period, which were Sanskrit, Greek, Hebrew, and Chinese.
A conference of Siddhas called Siddhar Sabai was held at Courtalam. An institution known as Siddhar Gnana Koodam was inaugurated by Lord Murugan and was headed by Agathiyar. Bhogar from China (Agathiyar in the Jeeva Nadi revelation to Hanumathdasan of Chennai says Bhogar was from Mongolia), Thaeraiyar from Malaya, Yugimuni from Kerala, Pulipani from Kantha Malai, Pulastyar, and Kapiyar all served Agathiyar. Pulastyar and Kapiyar headed the literary section, while Pulipani headed research. Thaeraiyar, who was into surgery, headed a medical research centre established at Thorana Malai. Yugimuni, who was into herbal medicines, headed an Ayurvedic hospital at Paradesi Kundai. Bhogar, who was in charge of all scientific research, established an alchemy research centre at Tiruparankundram. Pambatti was heading a team researching venom at Marudamalai. After having established these institutions, Agathiyar again started on an extensive mission of propagating the wealth of knowledge gained by these Siddhas in Tibet, Manchuria, Egypt, Palestine, Rome, America, Africa, Malaya and the Arab world.
After satisfactorily completing their mission to propagate these teachings, the Siddhas entered Samadhi, merging themselves into the cosmos. Supramaniar went into Samadhi in Thorana Malai, Bhogar in Palani, Thaeraiyar, Pulipani, and Yugimuni in Kantha Malai, and Agathiyar himself chose to come back to Courtalam. He chose a spot called Dhashina Meru, also the abode of Dhakshinamurthi in the Pothigai hills.
So too did many come together during the heyday of Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM), bringing much fun and fair to the worship of the Siddhas. As Yuvarani says, they each took back the seed that was sown here.