Thursday, 2 July 2015

THE ARRIVAL OF OUR BUNDLE OF JOY - A DEVOTEE

I had posted earlier the journey of a devotee KP from South Africa who journeyed to India at http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-devotees-journey-on-path-of-siddhas.html

I wrote, "Agathiyar performs another miracle on another soul from abroad. I was brought to tears (of joy) reading her mail where she narrates her experiences and how the most compassionate father, Agathiyar, brought her to his fold," and I posted KP's retelling of her magnificent journey of discovery. After returning to South Africa, much has taken place in her life as she explained in the earlier post.

Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal mailed me today informing me that KP had sent him some photos of Agathiyar in her home in South Africa. Simbu writes on behalf of Tavayogi.
"Dear son, We hope you all are fine because of agasthiar, before 2 month a diciple came to our ashram to read the naadi, in that agasthiar mentioned that the diciple is agasthiar`s daughter, swamiji advised her to establish a place for agasthiar in south africa as AGATHIAR ARUL KUDIL. We received the photos on 1st july. please refer to themail and post some articles in the blogs and website regarding this with photos (on behalf of swamiji its simbu)"
KP wrote the following, exclusively for Siddha Heartbeat, in response to my request for more details regarding the photos that she had sent to Tavayogi.
The Arrival of our Bundle of Joy

June had arrived. We waited with baited breath. I received a call from a Fedex official (Fedex being a Courier Company), advising that a package would arrive on the 8th of June. I took care of the paperwork a week in advance and again we waited. The waiting resembled the wait for the arrival of a baby. There was the same level of anticipation, excitement, impatience, delight and elation. We could not wait to share the news with everyone. The 8th of June appeared to be eons away. 

On the evening of 3rd June, Fedex arrived at our front door to drop off a package. It was indeed the package we had been waiting for. Exactly like waiting for the arrival of a baby, a date may be given but the baby may choose to arrive before or later. My son claimed the package, carefully opened it, lifted the “precious baby” out, placed it on a table and starred at the statue for hours through the night.

In my life transforming naadi reading with Guruji (Thavayogi Thangarasan Adigalar) in Kallar, dated 01 April 2015, I was graciously bestowed the most unforgettable opportunity of having a communication with the divine Agastiyar. He (Agastiyar) informed me that he had been “calling” me from abroad, (I live in South Africa). He confirmed that I am his daughter (from a previous life) and that it is now time for me to develop myself spiritually along the siddha path. He added that I should get a statue of him and establish a place for him in my home. This was/is by far one of the greatest accolades I could receive in this lifetime.

Upon hearing of the arrival of “our divine bundle”, Guruji (Thavayogi Thangarasan Adigalar), provided us with a date to have the prathista ceremony, which took place earlier this week, 29th June. The ceremony was divine in every way and I distinctly felt his presence there. Agastiyar is no longer a statue; he is a real being who has come to live with us. He has returned to my life as my father and I speak to him as I would to a father. As the sun rises I seek him first, as the sun sets I seek him first. Where ever my life takes me and my family from here on he will go with us taking the lead. He will do the same for all his devotees who commit to him unconditionally. 

I have attached some precious photos of the pratishta ceremony for your visual enjoyment. I think our father looks amazing in his orange attire with his magnetic expression illuminating the room.











Wednesday, 1 July 2015

RAMALINGA ADIGAL INVITES US TO HIS PATH

Ramalinga Adigal had ventured to know Erai. With Erai's grace he accomplished what he had set out to do. He shared what he went through in the form of songs compiled as the THIRUARUTPA. Lets journey together with him through his songs and attain bliss too.



The following are selected verses from Ramalinga Adigal's AGAVAL for the man on the run.



PATHWAY TO GOD TROD BY SAINT RAMALINGAR is a wonderful piece of work on Ramalinga Adigal and his THIRUARUTPA by G.Vanmikanathan.

TAVAYOGI THANGARASAN ADIGAL'S WORKS

Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal of the Sri Agathiyar Gnana Peedham at Kallar has written several books to date. Siddha Heartbeat shares these books.


POURNAMI PUJA

Today is Pournami or full moon, auspicious for the worship of Siddhas and Erai. Tomorrow is Guru Naal or Thursday, relevant for Guru and Dhakshanamurthy. Siddha Heartbeat shares the following publications on worship of Siddhas that might come in handy for those in need of hymns in praise of Siddhas. These works are in Tamil and a transliteration in English is provided for non-Tamil speaking devotees.


Tuesday, 30 June 2015

IN SEARCH OF THE MYSTICS

Uvaraj has traveled far and wide in search of mystics and Siddhas and has many stories to tell. Along the way he has met many masters who tutored him on several platforms. With these vast and diversified knowledge he attempts to bring all these invaluable teachings together and mold them into a comprehensive package that is presented during the Varmam classes held for students.

He shares his amazing experiences with Siddha Heartbeat during a recent Satsang at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia.


Having well traveled and having learnt various art forms from numerous masters, Uvaraj conveys his heartfelt thanks to all these masters through the following email to Siddha Heartbeat.
Dear Shan Ayah,
I have attached a summary of the Masters and Teachers who guided and inspired us in our Varmam Warrior Arts path. Please find the attached pictures of these masters during some of the training as well.

We felt that it is necessary to give credit to these Masters and Teachers for being the relentless in guiding and teaching us these knowledge that we bear today.

These are Masters and Teachers Who Inspired Our Varma Warrior Arts core essence and path over the years. Each one of them were responsible for teaching, guiding, inspiring and motivating us with their own ways on specific essence such as Varmalogy, Warrior Arts, Martial Arts, Siddha Medicine, Yoga, Healing, Energy Therapy, Meditation, Pranayamam, Siddha Margam, Spiritual principles and other relevant subjects.

Some of these amazing Masters and Teachers were directly responsible for transferring and teaching us ancient Varma Kalai or Warrior Arts systems and the rest were responsible for guiding us with the relevant Siddhar or Spiritual based knowledge that integrates within the Varmalogy system.

Some of these Masters and Teachers are still continuing their works till this day silently and remain the pillar of the Varmalogy and Siddhar arts in the modern times. It is an honor to give credits to these Masters and Teachers for all their tireless efforts and life works. We sincerely thank these Masters and Teachers with all our Mind, Body and Spirit for their teachings and guidance. Guruveh Sharanam!

· Tokoh Guru Kannan Varma Kalai & Silambam Grandmaster, Malaysia

Tokoh Guru Kannan (left)
· Varmam Warrior Arts Aasan Arunan Veerappan, Malaysia

Aasan Arunan Veerappan
· Veera Kalai & Siddhar Yogam Master Jothi Ramalingam, Natagiri Malai, India
Master Jothi Ramalingam (foreground)
· Varmam & Veera Kalai Aasan Rajendren Krisnaraj, Coimbatore, India
Aasan Rajendren Krisnaraj
· Varma Kalai & Varma Yogam Master Marutha Paandhi, Sankarankoil, India

Master Marutha Paandhi (left)
· Veera Kalai & Siddhar Yogam Master Kumar, Papanasam, India

Master Pavanasam Kumar with Babaji In Cutrallam Babaji Cave 
· Yoga & Energy Healing Master Veera of White Lotus Yoga, Malaysia.


· Hatha Yoga and Pranayamam Yogi Master Joe, Malaysia

Yogi Master Joe
· Siddha Medicine & Healing, Vellingiri Swamy Krisna Moorthy, Natagiri Malai, India


· Spiritual Wisdom & Essence , Dr Kadeer Ibrahim, Malaysia

Dr Kadeer Ibrahim (centre)
· Super Qi Gong & Inner Power, Dr Amir Farid Ishak, Malaysia

Dr Amir Farid Ishak (right)
Thank you ayah for giving us this opportunity to showcase and pay respects to our Masters and Teachers.
Respects

Monday, 29 June 2015

அகத்தியர் வனப் பூசை! (Agathiyar Vana Poosai!)


A beautiful digital composition by Bala Chandran Gunasekaran 
Saravanan Palanisamy who contributes his art regularly to Siththan Arul, has dedicated a hymn to Agathiyar at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia in his blog http://arulgnanajyothi.blogspot.com/2015/06/agathiyar-vana-poosai.html today. He first surprised us during puja at AVM sometime back by rendering a few verses from this hymn. I reproduce below his beautiful composition for readers of Siddha Heartbeat.
அகத்தியர் வனப் பூசை! 
வணக்கம்...
மகாகுà®°ு அகத்தியர் à®…à®°ுளால், அகத்தியர் வனப் பூசை என்à®± செய்யுளை எழுத்துà®®் வாய்ப்பு அடியேனுக்கு கிடைத்தது. இந்த செய்யுளை அகத்தியர் வனத்தில் நடை பெà®±்à®± à®…à®®ாவாசை பூசையன்à®±ு அவர் à®®ுன் பாடுà®®் வாய்ப்பையுà®®் அவர் à®…à®°ுளினாà®°். அகத்தியர் அடியவர்களுக்கு இதனை அன்புடன் சமர்ப்பிக்கிà®±ேன்.
à®®ாந்தர் எல்லாà®®் வந்திடுவாà®°் உந்தனுக்கு பூசை செய்ய,
கூடிடுவோà®®் நாà®™்கள் எல்லாà®®் அகத்திய வனமதிலெ,
செய்திடுவோà®®் யாகமுடன் அபிà®·ேக பூசையுà®®் தான்,
அக மகிà®´்ந்து அகத்தீசா எங்களுக்கு à®…à®°ுள்வாயே!
சித்தர்களுà®®் தேவர்களுà®®் உன்னை நாடியே,
எங்களுடன் வந்தமர்வாà®°் உன்னை காணவே,
என்ன தவம் செய்தோà®®் நாà®™்கள் இந்த வாà®´்விலே,
பெà®°ுà®®் புண்ணியனே உன் பாத கமலங்களை பற்றவே!
யாகமதில் சுடர் ஒளியாய் வந்து நிà®±்பவனே,
எங்கள் வினை அனைத்துà®®் சுட்டெà®°ிக்க வந்தாய் நீயோ?
சுடர் ஒளியாய் வந்திடுவாய் பேà®°ொளியை காட்டிடவே,
பேà®°ொளியை காட்டியே எங்களை பரி பூரனமாக்கிடுவே!
பாலிலே நீ குளித்து பல வினைகளை à®…à®±ுத்திடுவாய்!
சந்தனத்தில் நீ குளித்து சந்தான பாக்கியத்தை தந்திடுவாய்!
மஞ்சளிலே நீ குளித்து சகல மங்களத்தையுà®®் à®…à®°ுள்வாய்!
பன்னீà®°ிலே நீ குளித்து பங்கங்களை போக்கிடுவாய்!
பாà®™்கான பட்டுடன் மலர் à®®ாலைகளை சூட்டிடுவோà®®்,
வாச மலர்களை துவியே உன் பாதத்தில் பணிந்திடுவோà®®்,
பழமுடன் பக்à®·ினங்கள் மகிà®´்வுடன் படைத்திடுவோà®®்,
வந்திடுவாய் அகத்தீசா ஓடோடி வந்திடுவாய்!
சேய் நாà®™்கள் à®…à®´ைக்கின்à®±ோà®®் ஓடோடி வருமப்பா!
ஓடோடி வந்து இங்கு எங்களுக்கு à®…à®°ுள் தருவாய்,
வையகத்தின் வாà®´்வு தன்னை வாà®´் வாà®™்கு வாழவே,
வந்திடுவாய் அகத்தீசா தந்திடுவாய் ஆசி தன்னை!
Agathiyar Vana Poosai
Greetings,

By the grace of mahaguru Agathiyar, I had the chance to write a hymn on the prayers being done at Agathiyar Vanam (Malaysia). Mahaguru also gave me an opportunity to recite the hymn in front of Him on new moon prayer held at Agathiyar Vanam. I would love to present this hymn to all Agathiyar devotees.

Maanthar yellaam vanthiduvaar unthanukku poosai seiya,
Koodiduvoam naanggal yellaam agathiya vanamathile,
Seithiduvom yaagamudan abhishega poosaiyumthaan,
Aga magizhnthu agattheesaa yenggalukku arulvaaye!

Sitthargalum thevargalum unnai naadiyeh,
Yenggaludan vanthamarvaar unnai kaanaveh,
Yenna thavam seithoam naanggal intha vaazhvileh,
Perum punniyaneh un paatha kamalanggalai patraveh!

Yaagamathil sudar oliyaai vanthu nirpavaneh,
Yenggal vinai anaitthum sutterikka vanthaai neeyoh?
Sudar oliyaai vanthiduvaai pehroliyai kaattidaveh,
Pehroliyai kaattiyeh yenggal pari pooranamaakkidaveh!

Paalileh nee kulitthu pala vinaigalai arutthiduvaai!
Santhanatthil nee kulitthu santhaana bhaakkiyatthai thanthiduvaai!
Manjalileh nee kulitthu sagala manggalatthaiyum arulvaai!
Panneerileh nee kulitthu panggangalai poakkiduvaai!

Paanggaana pattudan malar maalaigalai soottiduvoam,
Vaasa malargalai thuuviyeh un paathatthil paninthiduvoam,
pazhamudan pakshinanggal magizhvudan padaitthiduvoam,
vanthiduvaai agattheesaa odoadi vanthiduvaai!

Sei naanggal azhaikkindrom odoadi vaarumappaa!
Odoadi vanthu inggu yenggalukku arul tharuvaai,
Vaiyagatthin vaazhvu thannai vaazh vaanggu vaazhnthidaveh,
Vanthiduvaai agattheesaa thanthiduvaai aasi thannai!
Saravanan Palanisamy 

Sunday, 28 June 2015

LORD MURUGA, LOBHA MA, KAVERI, AGATHIYAR & SWAMIMALAI PART 2

Agathiyar as he appeared before he was flown to Malaysia. Photo courtesy of Varadaraj of the Bronze Creative
Agathiyar over the years
Varadaraj has since then made numerous statues of Agathiyar, for devotees in India and Malaysia. Siddha Heartbeat thanks Varadaraj permission to use the following photos and the screen shots from his web page http://www.i-mok.me/index.php 







Jnana Jyothiamma was so impressed with Varadaraj's work of art, a masterpiece of Agathiyar at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia that after her visit to Malaysia she dropped in on Varadaraj at Swamimalai. Bala Chandran Gunasekaran too made it a point to include Varadaraj's workshop in his itinerary while in India.














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Jnana Jyothiamma with Varadaraj (left) and his brother. 
Jnana Jyothiamma with some good souls at Swamimalai

Bala with Varadaraj (left)



LORD MURUGA, LOBHA MA, KAVERI, AGATHIYAR & SWAMIMALAI PART 1

On 8 January 2009 Agathiyar gave me specific instructions on how his statue was to be made at Swamimalai and brought over to Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM) to be worshiped. I had always had the thought, why Swamimalai and not somewhere else. 

Then Rightmantra Sundar in his blog explains why Swamimalai comes to mind when one needs a bronze statue, which I had posted on 27 September 2014. Sundar says that at Swamimalai these bronze statues are made using age old traditional methods and according to the agamas, hence Swamimalai is preferred for making temple Urchava Murthis. Statues made at Swamimalai are renowned worldwide. The lost wax method of casting these statues are a specialty here. Clay or mud from the riverbanks of Kaveri used by bronze statue creators at Swamimalai is most suitable for making the molds as it captures even the most minute details, revealing even thumb prints! Today I came across a couple of well researched video explaining the same.



The post by Rightmantra Sundar revealed to me then the reason why Agathiyar wanted him to be made at Swamimalai too. Agathiyar in my Nadi reading, gave specific instructions to have his statue made and worshiped. Among the many conditions he laid was that he was to be made in the form he presided at Agasthiyampalli (Thirumaraikaadu), Vedaranyam; he was not to exceed 1 foot in height; he was to be made at Swamimalai; libation or abhisegam and prayers done on him at the Adhi Kumbeshwarar temple at Kumbakonam and only then shipped to Malaysia. 

As Agathiyar was to be in the form at Vedaranyam, I could not buy his statue off the shelf. I had to commission it. After failing to locate people who could assist me, I searched the net and e-mailed 13 manufacturers in and around Swamimalai and Kumbakonam. Through Agathiyar's grace, Varadaraj of the Bronze Creative at Swamimalai offered to have Agathiyar done as specified. Agathiyar had mentioned in the Nadi reading of 2009, that he was coming on transit to my home while awaiting the Sri Jegathguru Raghavendra Mritiga Brindavanam to be built in Ipoh. 

On completion of the Brindavanam and awaiting its consecration on 12.6.2013, I was unsure whether Agathiyar still wanted to move to the Brindavanam as stated earlier, as he had not delivered another reading to authorize my next move. I took it upon myself to inform the Brindavanam that as Agathiyar had not spoken I was not sending him over. Almost immediately a devotee volunteered to place Agathiyar at the Brindavanam. I feared that I might have erred in making the decision of keeping Agathiyar to myself. In a Nadi reading on 21.9.2014, after more than a year, Agathiyar to my relief, tells me that he had shelved his plan to go to the Brindavanam and instead decided to remain at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia!

Recently to my surprise Agathiyar explains why he wanted his image made in Swamimalai through Jnana Jyothiamma's Jeeva Nadi reading. Agathiyar reveals that it was the wish of Lord Muruga, Lobha Ma and Agathiyar himself that he should be made at Swamimalai. He enlightens us on the significance of Swamimalai and the Kaveri River and the reason for Agathiyar to be made in in Swamimalai. Agathiyar explains that it is Lobha Ma's wish that his statues made on the banks of Kaveri (Swamimalai in Tanjai) and blessed by Swamimalai Muruga, should reach places all over the world. Although Agathiyar's image has been depicted in many forms over time, the image of Agathiyar from Swamimalai will eventually be his identity and worshiped the world over. Lord Muruga himself has conceived this image and blessed each statue made here.


Agathiyar reveals in the Jeeva Nadi that many miracles will be shown through these statues of Agathiyar. These statues will become "alive". All these will take place with Lord Muruga's blessings. Agathiyar reiterates that these miracles had taken place in Jnana Jyothiamma's presence too, reminding us of the miracle he performed at AVM. In October of 2013, we at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia held prayers almost everyday during Jnana Jyothiamma's stay in Malaysia. During the libation or abhisegam, Agathiyar most graciously opened his eyes to bless all those present!

Agathiyar opens his eyes during libation at AVM    
   


Jnana Jyothiamma performing libation to Agathiyar