When Nadi reader Tamaraiselvan and his brother-in-law, T. Ramesh, were in Malaysia at the time, the former acquired the trade and skills of deciphering the words etched in Nadi leaves from the latter, who had been trained and groomed in a school for Nadi readers in Trichy by the late Taranibalan Aiya. Ramesh trained both Tamaraiselvan and his own brother Kalai, who later came to be proficient readers themselves. I am blessed to have all the above Nadi readers read my Nadi in the 24 years of my worship to the Siddhas that took off with my very first Nadi reading by Sentilkumar of Avinashi, who we never knew back then, in passing me a pamphlet of Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal, sourcing funds to build a temple for Agathiyar in Kallar, would link me to my guru. Furthermore, I am blessed to have Agathiyar speak through his Jeeva Nadi, which was read by Tavayogi and Mataji in later years.
Speaking to Tamaraiselvan, he pointed out to me a supposedly interesting blog on the Siddhas "Siththarkal Rajiyam", which would quench my thirst to know more about them. Browsing through this blog, I came across another written by Velayudham Karthikeyan Aiya, titled "Siththan Arul". I soon began messaging him privately, where he shared much that was not disclosed in his blog.
My fate changed the day my parents brought me to our neighbor of Chinese descent in 1959 to save me instead of rushing me to the hospital, as they had done earlier for my two other siblings who had passed away for the same reasons. The gods asked that my parents give me up for adoption to them. I was saved. Since then, I have had a Chinese godfather who cared for me, too. Soon, I came to realize that what was predicted through my horoscopes charted out in 1976, and again twenty years later in 1996, did not materialize. Seeking the Siddhas to know further, the reasons, I was given a completely different lineup of planets in a Nadi reading in 2002. My horoscope too had changed. If Agathiyar, in 2001, gave me the Vasudeva mantra that came mysteriously through his vast extent of networking in the subtle worlds, which helped untie knots and clear the blockages within me, paving the way for me to read the Nadi the following year and meet my guru, Agathiyar subsequently revealed himself as the Moola Guru, or the First Guru. What was thought to be frozen in time and had to be lived out, what was thought to be destiny written in stone and in the stars, and what was thought to be fate that we brought onto ourselves by our past actions and karma are today rewritten anew as we join hands with the Siddhas. In revealing my past karma, Agathiyar, in my Kaanda Nadi reading in 2002, put to rest the years of questioning and doubts that I carried, asking if God was truly compassionate and loving after seeing friends and relatives suffer. He asked me to carry out remedies too for my past flaws and faults that came to obstruct the goodness that I was to attain in this life. He had me clear the obstacles on my spiritual path that came by way of my past karma by having me go on pilgrimages and carry out remedies in 2003, bringing me to my physical guru, Supramania Swami of Tiruvannamalai. Later in 2005, he filled me with divine nectar, having Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal of Kallar Ashram take me places. If the former gave me his life's worth of merits from his 40 years of tapas and austerities that he did, the latter gave me a treasure in the form of asanas and pranayama, which Agathiyar acknowledged later in the Nadi, while Agathiyar and the Siddhas worked hard on me coming through numerous Aasi Nadi readings throughout this time. I was in good hands. Then, in 2018, Lord Muruga, who came through the Jeeva Nadi, declared that my fate was changed by him that very instant. The Siddhas and Gods do indeed come to our aid when we worship them. I am living proof of it.
Tavayogi, after listening patiently to everyone who came by to see him, pouring their hearts out about the sufferings they went through, would spell out only one mantra. That mantra was not an initiation mantra, but to sing the praise of the Siddhas. He would explain that all sufferings were due to their Vinai, or karma. That was all he would say. He would not give a talisman or have them carry out rituals to ease their pain. He would not lift a finger to help them ease their load. He would not touch their karma. He would not touch or heal them. He would not give any solutions. He would not show them to another. He would point them to the Siddhas instead, asking them to deal directly with the Siddhas. He would ask that they deal directly with their karma. All he would give is a glimpse into and an inside view of the mysterious realms that govern us, and the reason why we suffer, and give them an insight into the workings of the law of cause and effect, or karma.
Agathiyar warned a devotee who went all the way out to the extent of helping to do even the purchasing of the items required to be offered to the Siddhas or in the rituals to offset the karma of others, making it easy on them. All they did was attend and sit in on the puja. That was not going to work out in their favor, said Agathiyar, but instead have him take on another's karma.
Agathiyar in the Nadi readings explains that one of the reasons for temples to be located in difficult-to-access places was that by the time the devotees planned and made the pilgrimage, they would have exhausted a major portion of the karma. Now standing before their favorite deity, the rest are absorbed by the divine. He or she returns home reborn as a new person.
When a family came over to my home seeking solace from their sufferings, Agathiyar asked them to place all their problems into the burning fire of the Homam that he had them light in my place. He told them that the flame would consume all their shortcomings and pave the way for them to see the light at the end of the tunnel, bringing on renewed hope and aspiration to the desolate.
One has to work on the knot that he came to tie. One has to sort out the baggage that he brought with him. There is no other way. But once work is on the way to bring on a change in their lives consciously and physically, the stars begin to line up anew. The Siddhas begin to appear in our lives. Miracles take place. Changes take place in our favor.
Velayudham Karthikeyan Aiya shares more secrets that came to be revealed to Hanumathdasan Aiya by Agathiyar on Siththan Arul at http://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2013/11/149.html.
The gist of the original post in Tamil is as follows:
The Siddhas, being compassionate and kind, put forward to God, or Erai, as Agathiyar wishes to address, their wishes for humanity. The Siddhas had wished that whoever sought them out for solutions to their problems and surrendered to them should be pardoned for their past deeds, however bad and evil they may be, and should not be put through the trials and tribulations, and would not be made to face the consequences, but instead be saved.
Brahma says to Agathiyar, "You are asking me to go easy on too many devotees. It would take not less than 10 years to seek out their Nadi or olai suvadi and introduce changes to their fate. If you keep on recommending that I save them by changing their fate, who is going to pay back for their deeds and karma? Do we not need to punish them for their karma?" Brahma goes on to add that he cannot stop the incident from happening but can reduce the repercussions or effects as a result of that event. Agathiyar pleads to Brahma, telling him that he believes all should be saved, that their fate should be changed. He suggests that Brahma increase his workforce so that these changes could be hastened. Agathiyar humbly requests that Brahma change the karma of all those who came seeking him (Agathiyar), as he had given his word to them. He seeks Brahma's word of promise that he would not harm any of his devotees.
Erai granted the Siddhas their wish. The next instant, the Siddhas wrote down the reasons for each individual’s sufferings, listed out solutions and remedies, and showed ways and means to overcome or end the seeker's problems, sins, diseases, illnesses, and sufferings. They wrote them in Tamil prose on dried palm leaves. These writings came to be known as the Nadi. It has been written by Siddhas for us to know about our past, the present, and the future. Many have corrected their lifestyle after listening to the explanations, heeding the instructions, and carrying out atonement. Many more had regained their health and peace of mind. The Nadi is a gift from the most compassionate Siddhas to mankind.
Agathiyar might be bargaining with Lord Brahma to make it happen. When things go wrong, they confront Agathiyar. Many have shown their disappointment at Agathiyar for failing them after they come to him for blessings on their new endeavors, be it purchases, businesses, new ventures, marriage partners, progeny, etc. But they come to him only after they have either ventured and burnt their fingers or carried a desire, shown interest, visited these and made deals, and given their heart and souls to it. It wasn't Agathiyar's will but their own will that was in play. The most compassionate father can only bless them and send them away.
Siddha and poet Mahakavi Bharathi says it beautifully in this verse: தன்செய லெண்ணித் தவிப்பது தீர்ந்திங்கு நின்செயல் செய்து நிறைவு பெறும்வண்ணம், from his song "Ninnai Charan Adainthen, Kannama." Doing his heart's desire and getting agitated that his endeavors kept failing, Bharathi surrendered to the Almighty and did Her asking instead, hence gaining utmost satisfaction and regaining his peace. Lord Muruga too came back then, asking if all those gathered were prepared to surrender to receive his gifts. If we fail to do God's will but go after our own desires, thoughts, and likings, then of course we have to accept failures and disappointments. At times, a failure could be a blessing or a relief from something more disastrous. He could have saved us from a bigger tragedy or bigger losses. At times, we need those experiences too, however painful, risky, or damaging they might be, for our spiritual growth. At other times, though we avoid such circumstances and thoughts, they push us into awkward, distasteful, and shameful situations, too, to learn a lesson and come out polished and shining.
My gurus in physical form, Supramania Swami and Tavayogi, and their lineage of spiritual gurus; my parents and the lineage of ancestors before them; and Agathiyar, the many guardian angels, deities, and Siddhas who kept me safe and who worked on me, changing my life for the better, brought the blessings of Lord Muruga, with Lord Siva and Parvathy's blessings. I can safely say that I am in good and safe hands. Indeed, for one who never touched others' karma, Tavayogi made an exception for my daughter, asking not to carry out the remedies mentioned by Agathiyar in her nadi reading, when I asked if we should, just as I had carried out many years earlier in 2002, before he arrived in 2005. He took on her karma, for which we are truly indebted. Later, he visited our ailing mother-in-law and healed her consciously.
So how do I repay them? By speaking about them and the miracles they did. I began to share my maiden travel in going to India to carry out my remedies, or parikaram, in 2003. I continued to share the many miracles that I witnessed on my travels with Tavayogi in 2005. Both Agathiyar and Tavayogi gave me the thumbs up to do so, just as Dr. Krishnan, looking through my astrological chart in 1996, told me that I shall write. As I struggled to lay my hands on documents or guidelines as to the worship of the Siddhas and carrying out the Homam after I was directed in the Nadi and by Tavayogi and Agathiyar to carry it out in my home, respectively, I took it upon myself to compile and publish online these books that would serve others as a guide too. Then Tavayogi pushed me to speak at the opening of a Peedham, which he went to officiate in 2007. That was all to it about my public appearance. I remember that Agathiyar told me that he would not make me known to the public nor bring me out into the public. I was to work behind the stage and bring out these writings and conversations with him.
Agathiyar then had me speak to the small gathering of devotees in the New AVM, home of Mahindren, in 2025. As I spoke about vegetarianism to the wrong audience, Agathiyar decided to give me the script, the next time around, asking me to read it out to the gathering of friends and devotees whom he had me invite to my 60th anniversary wedding, which he directed me to hold and came to carry out, too. I have uploaded this to my YouTube channel.
Later, when Agathiyar came before us in conversation, revealing many things, he did mention that I could read them out to my viewers and show my face if I wanted. But I opted to only share the audio.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUzM8981rWA-9kVhgM-5El_jkafT7Xym&si=OvYNGZshLsMwDLb1
Then came along a gamer who wanted to host a series of podcasts beginning with Jeganatha Swamigal of Tapah. His search on the Swami led him to my blog and Tavayogi's talk on the Swami. Initially, this moved me to want to agree, but then Agathiyar came and asked me to drop it. Hence, I saw myself opt out.
Then Agathiyar pushed Mahindren to come up with relevant questions to ask me since he knew many in our inner circles were not following the blog postings or the YouTube channel uploads. He had us hold a Satsang before them instead. And so it was that we gathered again last Friday, 1st May 2026, and saw through his wishes. He came and guided us throughout the libation, or abhisegam, and watched us hold the Satsang as he had directed. He had me address an in-house audience and share it with the world.
https://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2026/05/childrens-play-prayer.html
We have come to the Siddhas fold. They have come into our hearts and our homes. They have set their foot into our homes and our lives. I guess this is the fruit of the bond that we set out to create and the bridge that we set out to draw down. We are in safe hands.