I met him at Kallar Ashram during the Agathiyar Jayanthi and Guru Puja last year. He walked up to me with his sling bag dangling from his shoulders, with a wide grin on his face as if he knew me before. He introduced himself. He told me that we had been acquainted through the social media even before we met.
Once back home, we kept in touch over the phone. I asked him to initiate a Whatsapp group to bring Chennaites on the Siddha path, together. He immediately got to it. He soon made new friends at the Panchesti Agathiyar temple. He followed Kandhan Gurukal of the Panchesti templer to Pothigai peak and had the darshan of Agathiyar. All these happened within a short time of Sivakavin engaging with all these wonderful souls. He met Vaidyanathan Aiya who was blessed with the gift of healing through certain medicines that he dispensed to the sick.
Then tragedy struck when the vehicle Sivakavin was traveling in went off the road and crashed near Madurai. Sivakavin and several others survived the crash while two of his fellow passengers were killed instantly.
The very first question I asked him once he was able to communicate on phone was if he was angry at Agathiyar for the mishap. I have had devotees become atheist and non believers after they were confronted with mishaps or illnesses. I feared he too would change his belief and stand. But he told me that whatever happens he would stand by with Agathiyar. Those words of determination and courage brought a huge relief to me.
After Sivakavin was discharged and returned to his in laws place at Kanyakumari, Vaidyanathan Aiya and several others dropped in on him. Vaidyanathan Aiya performed the Yagam and treated Sivakavin, traveling regularly from Chennai. Another good soul was sent to guide and heal him both internally and externally by Agathiyar.
After recovering from a head injury, multiple injuries and several broken bones, his left arm humerus bone had yet to mend. His guides started him on a 48 day Ganapathy puja which he carried out without fail. The bone too has mended, avoiding the need for further surgery. Slowly but surely Sivakavin has recovered with Agathiyar's grace and is more then ever determined to serve Agathiyar.
The very first question I asked him once he was able to communicate on phone was if he was angry at Agathiyar for the mishap. I have had devotees become atheist and non believers after they were confronted with mishaps or illnesses. I feared he too would change his belief and stand. But he told me that whatever happens he would stand by with Agathiyar. Those words of determination and courage brought a huge relief to me.
After Sivakavin was discharged and returned to his in laws place at Kanyakumari, Vaidyanathan Aiya and several others dropped in on him. Vaidyanathan Aiya performed the Yagam and treated Sivakavin, traveling regularly from Chennai. Another good soul was sent to guide and heal him both internally and externally by Agathiyar.
After recovering from a head injury, multiple injuries and several broken bones, his left arm humerus bone had yet to mend. His guides started him on a 48 day Ganapathy puja which he carried out without fail. The bone too has mended, avoiding the need for further surgery. Slowly but surely Sivakavin has recovered with Agathiyar's grace and is more then ever determined to serve Agathiyar.