Three days of non-stop torrential rain has caused havoc in the lives of people some of whom we know and damaged their homes and cars. The rain seemed to have stopped now.
Can man stop nature's wreath? When parts of the world were affected by the tsunami in 2004 Tavayogi decided to light a Yagam to prevent such a disaster from happening again. He said it would appease mother nature from lashing her might. Soon this became an annual event as he included the public too to sit with him and bring relief to all the problems that they face. He named it the Sarva Dosa Nivaarana Maha Yagam. It received a good response from people near and far registering to sit at individual fire pits and conducting the yagam headed by Tavayogi who fed the main fire pit. This is how he got devotees to engage in rituals for their wellbeing and that of the world at large. A similar yogam will be held on 23rd December 2021 to commemorate Agathiyar's Jayanthi and Guru Puja and appease mother nature.
When I was conducting a smaller version of the yagam called the homam regularly after Tavayogi directed me to do so Agathiyar sent many seekers over to watch and learn to light the fire and conduct the worship of the Siddhas. When Agathiyar came in the form of a statue a handful of devotees stood by me and we ushered him into the statue reciting his mantra as directed. As these devotees invited him into their homes we brought Agathiyar's statue into their homes too. My home slowly became a center where many came together to worship the Siddhas after reading their Nadi in 2013. My home had to have a name for newcomers to easily locate, find it, and step in. We called it Agathiyar Vanam or Agathiyar's garden (AVM). I have to thank all those who have stepped within the 4 walls of my home and joined us in reciting the names of the Siddhas. This energized the home with the presence of the Siddhas in subtle form. Then Agathiyar wanted them to bring the worship into their homes too. When Tavayogi came by in 2016 we brought Agathiyar's statue into the homes of devotees again. When the temple committees that respected the Siddhas invited Agathiyar over we brought him to these temples and performed the yagam and worship of the Siddhas. Then one fine day Agathiyar put a stop to moving his statue. Just as I had hoped that they shall begin similar worship in their homes he wanted each home to become his vanam or garden. I do not know if it took place or is happening for I have yet to receive an invitation to attend any worship at their premises. Soon he disbanded the WhatsApp prayer group AVM and its charity arm Amudha Surabhi too. He passed on the act of doing charity to others and had us learn yoga and go within. The pandemic that came in the heels of the closure of AVM might have derailed such gatherings but it presented the time that many claimed they did not have before, to engage in their home puja and yoga.
When Lord Murugan told me to build a temple for him and intercepted my thoughts telling me that though he agreed there we already many temples existing in his name I would do it differently I worked my mind out thinking how would that be. Today I understood that he had meant in the managing of such affairs. Just as I disliked my home becoming a center where everyone congregated once a week or at other auspicious times, or where they rushed to place their prayers in times of distress, Agathiyar wanted them to turn their homes into temples too. At the peak of our activities the worship that took some 2 hours and the charity that reached out to those on the streets, in the orphanages and old folks homes, and the poor and needy struggling to survive in their homes took a turn with the worship over in a jiffy and the charity coming to an end giving way to more time for us to sit in contemplation of the divine energies that had now shifted from the temples and statues to within our homes. Soon these energies ran through us. What was felt originally in the temples was later felt in our homes and finally traversed within us. We had connected with the divine energy. The divine moved in each of us. We connected with the buddha within. We became tiny specks of the larger flame.