Suren has been joining us in prayer to Agathiyar and the Siddhas regularly. Once he asks me where he could purchase a paatharatchai or footwear to worship. When Tavayogi presented me with a fresh pair of patharatchai made from the nunaa tree which was the stala vruksham at the Sri Agathiyar Sri Thava Murugar Gnana Peedham at Kallar, I passed the one I had worshipped all these years to Suren. He happily accepted them. When he garlanded and offered prayers to Agathiyar on Deepavali day, he was in for a surprise. Upon close observation, he saw that Agathiyar had opened his eyes in the painting of his.
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Agathiyar opens his eyes. The Paatharatchai is in the foreground. Zoom in to see the miracle.
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This reminds me of Agathiyar doing the same feat when nine girls conducted prayers in their home sometime back.
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Agathiyar opens his right eye.
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The blessed souls who were given the Darshan by Agathiyar
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The following website carries this miracle too http://blog.good-will.ch/WordPress/2010/10/23/rishi-agastya-a-little-miracle-and-some-stories/
Later Molly Menon sends me a photo of a similar miracle at the Arumigu Ananda Valli Ambigai Sametha Agatheeswarar Temple at Panchesti, Chennai.
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Agathiyar at Panchesti
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Molly Menon at Panchesti
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Agathiyar opens his eyes after he is garlanded in a Rudraksha.
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And of course the miracle at Agasthiyampalli where Agathiyar opens his eyes when Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal passes his shawl to me to sit on.
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Agathiyar at Agasthiyampalli
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Agathiyar at Agasthiyampalli.
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Agathiyar's Temple at Agasthiyampalli
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Agathiyar shows his presence once I sit on the shawl passed to me by Tavayogi
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And Agathiyar does the same in the replica of his form (at Agasthiyampalli) in Malaysia too.
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Agathiyar opens both his eyes
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We have seen the column of light through which Agathiyar showed his presence at Kalyana Theertam and Tiruvannamalai too.
The column of light at Kalyana Theertam
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The column of light at Tiruvannamalai
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Not forgetting the streaks of light at Karamadai and Srikalahasti
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Streaks of light at Karamadai
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A streak of light at Srikalahasti
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And finally, the Jyothi is shown to Molly Menon and Dr. Ram Supramaniam in the caves of Kalyana Theertam.
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The Jyothi
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Its amazing how Agathiyar acknowledges his presence to his devotees, assuring us that he is with us.