The next Guru Puja for Agathiyar will be held on 8th January 2015 at Kallar ashram. Already preparations are being made to usher this noble day where devotees gather on the grounds of the Sri Agathiyar Sri Thava Murugan Gnana Peedham to witness the great event and pinnacle of the two day celebration - the lighting of the sacrificial fire or the Sarva Dosa Nivaarana Maha Yagam.
Present day Kallar ashram
Kallar ashram some years back
Everything has fallen into place. Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal was chosen among us to leave the family behind on a much greater and noble mission. When I was with Tavayogi the very first time at his ashram nestled in the foothills of the Kallar mountain, going through the many Nadi leaves that he had brought out to share its contents with me, he read from a transcribe in a notebook made from a Nadi reading for his daughter. In it Agathiyar consoled his grandchild not to be sad that she had to part with her father for Agathiyar said that Tavayogi had a much bigger mission to perform. How compassionate of the Father to console his granddaughter.
After many years of tapas or austerities in various hills and caves, Agathiyar had Tavayogi seek out Agathiyar Vanam and began working on his ashram immediately. He made Tavayogi travel numerous times to Malaysia where the little funds he gathered was used to improve living conditions at the ashram and to feed the poor. Agathiyar in my Nadi reading tells me that funds received from the public are put to good use at Kallar.
Tavayogi was instructed to place a granite structure called Aaru Aadhaara Peedham and worship the light or Jyothi placed on the summit of this tiered abstract form. The Aaru Aadhaara Peedham, instructed to be made and installed by Agathiyar, in the inner chambers remains auspicious for those who could comprehend its inner meanings.
Aaru Aadhaara Peedham and Arutperunjhoti at Kallar
The Aaru Aadhaara Peedham at Kallar
Understanding that people were very much hooked onto forms and temple worship, and realizing that they were not ready to receive God in the abstract and formless, as yet, Agathiyar allowed for his worship in the form of a 6 feet tall fiber statue.
Agathiyar blessing devotees at Kallar
Thava Murugan joins the fold later.
Thava Murugan sitting majestically at Kallar
These masterpieces bring form into worship that is easily accepted by the public. Agathiyar surprises Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyaar by instruction her to bring a miniature granite statue of Agathiyar that she was directed to place at a Nadi center, back to Kallar ashram after many years.
Agathiyar commissioned by Mataji now at Kallar
Agathiyar again instructs Tavayogi to place another granite statue of him in the hills of Kallar where Tavayogi was blessed with his Darshan or vision. This place is now known as Mulasthaanam.
Agathiyar at Mulasthaanam in the hills of Kallar
Just a couple of days before the annual Guru Puja it is Tavayogi's turn to be surprised with a gift handed over by a sadhu in the early morning hours. The sadhu hands Tavayogi a 1 1/2 feet long Rudraksham weighing 7 kg and asked to worship it as a Shivalingam.
The single faced mystical rudraksham now worshiped as a Shivalingam
I am blessed to have witnessed the development of this ashram from a hut to a full fledged ashram and a magnificent temple. Agathiyar had Tavayogi conduct libation or abhisegam to the granite structure representative of the 7 tiers or removal of veils that eventually leads to the witnessing of light or Jyothi. Agathiyar had Tavayogi conduct the monthly Yagam on full moon days and an even more massive Yagam, the Sarva Dosa Nivarana Maha Yagam, held annually in conjunction with the Guru Puja and Jayanthi celebrations. What started with 5 fire pits later was expended to 108 where devotees were given the honor to participate.
The monthly Yagam conducted during Full Moon days at Kallar
Tavayogi addressing the devotees prior to the start of the Maha Yagam
Devotees at the Maha Yagam
Many herbs are gathered from the hills of Kallar and placed in the sacrificial fire so that participants could inhale the smoke and benefit from inhaling the fumes
Agathiyar blesses Tavayogi with yet another gift - the much talked about Jeeva Nadi. Tavayogi reads this Nadi to seekers on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
I understand better what is taking shape at Kallar now. Kallar was mentioned in Agathiyar's text many thousand years ago.
A hymn from Agathiyar's 12,000 which reveals the hills where the Siddhas made their it their homes, including Kallar
Agathiyar reveals Kallar again in the much recent Jeeva Nadi revelations in possession of Nadi Guru Ganeshan of Thanjavur.
The significance of Kallar hills is revealed by Agathiyar in a Jeeva Nadi reading recently
Agathiyar explains why temples are built on top of hills, further strengthening the role that the Kallar ashram has to play in the years to come. Lobha Maa foresaw all these taking place and graciously stepped into Kallar ashram some years back to reveal it to Tavayogi.
Lobha Maa at Kallar
True to its role Kallar as the sole place where karma will be rid off, the annual Sarva Dosa Nivarana Maha Yagam has been held for the past several years. Agathiyar in my Nadi reading mentioned that "the skies open up' at Kallar during Agathiyar's Jayanthi and Guru Puja.
The next Maha Yagam will be held on 8th January 2015. Devotees will make their way to Kallar to be a part of this celebrations. Make a date with Tavayogi at 98420 27383 or Mataji at 98425 50987 now.
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