We at AVM & Siddha Heartbeat were invited to join a prayer at the home of Harikrishnan on Sunday, 17 January 2016. We had witnessed a fabulous bhajan performed by Hari's group at the Batu Caves earlier. My family and I, with Bala Chandran and Mahin joined Hari, Jegan and Yuvarani with their troupe in prayers for Lord Murugan.
It was an energizing evening which culminated in the Lord's presence amongst us.
Jegan gave us a brief write-up about how they had started out on this path of devotion.
This prayers is started by Sree Krishna Sankeerthanam Bhajans team, few years back.
It will be happening every year where abhishegam will be done to Lord Murugan who appears in the form of ‘Aimponn vigraham’ (panchaloha statue).
One special thing about our small Panchaloha Murugan is that, He will be visiting to every samy’s (devotees who are on Thaipusam austerity) house on every Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the 48 days of Thaipusam Fasting period month. The very last samy/devotee to do the abhishegam at his home will be taking care of Panchaloha Murugan until the upcoming prayers on the next year Thaipusam.
This last prayers which will be happening on the last weekend before Thaipusam day is considered as extra special, where all the samys will be assembling their kavadi porul in that Pooja.
In this prayers, apart from abhishega arathana by the respected samy who his house is visited by Panchaloha Murugan, there will be bhajan sessions as well by Sree Krishna Sankeerthanam Bhajans lead by Mr.VinayagaMurthi.
Basically, this prayers session is to invite as much people as we can (especially for those who are on Thaipusam fasting) for them to receive Skanda’s vibe and get them involved in Skandha sankeerthanam on this auspicious month.
The bhajan or sankeerthanam session by the bhajan team is done as a Skanda seva.
Hari's home happens to be the very last stop for Lord Murugan before Thaipusam. As narrated by Jegan, Hari's family will care for the Lord until they start the cycle again before the Thaipusam celebrations of 2017.
It is indeed heartwarming and assuring to see these youngsters take the lead bringing devotion and bakthi to our homes. AVM and Siddha Heartbeat is proud of them.
Hari and Jegan had earlier sang at AVM too bringing us devotees to tears.