AGATHIYAR MAKES HIS PRESENCE KNOWN PART 1

Ryan Irving wrote in to Siddha Heartbeat this morning,

Dear friend, Thank you for posting these (http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2014/12/agathiyars-fame-spreads.html). Your site has led me to this very Agastya statue for my home, and I am very grateful for all of your sharing. I live in the US, and am trying to find a place I can order clothes like I have found you dressing Agastya in here. Can you share a link or reference? Thank you.

I would be very grateful if any of our readers could point Ryan to a retail store or an online store that sells clothing and apparels used to adorned statues of Hindu Gods in the USA.

Ryan is one of many devotees who wanted an idol of Agathiyar to be worshiped in the privacy of their homes. Vijayalakshmi Amma has a nine inch high bronze statue of Agathiyar in her home at Chennai, crafted by Varadaraj of the Bronze Creative in Swamimalai. Varadaraj is the craftsman who did a remarkable bronze statue of Agathiyar for Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia too. Varadaraj has made another 8 numbers for Malaysians too.

Agathiyar at Vijayalakshmi Amma's home

Agathiyar made for AVM 

Agathiyar created for more Malaysians. 

Varadaraj (left) with Bala Chandran Gunasekaran at his Bronze Creative Studios.

There is suddenly a pronounce revival of interest in the Siddhas, coinciding with the said arrival of the Siddha Era. What was once a closely knitted, and a secretive movement, kept exclusive to its members, with many codes and rules that one needed to comply with, has now with Agathiyar's blessings being brought out into the open through the emergence of many new temples, peedhams and ashrams for Agathiyar and the Siddhas. Agathiyar and the Siddhas have been churning out many revelations through numerous Nadi readings too.

Kallar ashram had grown over the years beyond what it could accommodate on the small hillock it is currently perched on. Agathiyar has given his blessing to move to a bigger and more spacious venue, some 2 kilometers away from its present site. Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal is in the midst of building a new ashram and is seeking donations towards it. 

A flyer requesting donations for the new Kallar Ashram

Tavayogi at the existing Kallar Ashram

The ground breaking ceremony at the new site of the temple complex

The management of the Agathiyar Ashram at the foot of Anuvavi Temple are in the process of installing statues for the 18 Siddhas too. A mail from them requesting for donations, "சித்தர்கள் அகத்தியர் சண்னதியில் பிரதிஸ்டை செய்யபடுகிறது தாங்கள் உதவி செய்கள். சித்தர்கள் விக்ரங்கள் வேலைகள் நடைபெற்று வருகிறது"

Agathiyar at the Agathiyarashram at the foot of Anuvavi Temple

To add to Agathiyar's majesty, a 135 feet tall statue is to be erected on the banks of Tamiraparani River at Siddharkal Kottam, Pavanasam, at the foothills of Pothigai hills in Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu. See http://siddharkalkottam.org/

A majestic 135 feet tall statue of Agathiyar soon to be erected at Siddharkal Kottam

Chellapan Sairam's friend Ramesh is undertaking a venture to build a temple for Konganar too. Ramesh fills in the details on fb.

சிவாயநம. கொங்கணச்சித்தர் பெருமானின் மலரடிகளை வணங்கி அடியார்கள் அனைவருக்கும் எமது பணிவான வணக்கங்கள். நீங்கள் நல்கிய நல்லாதரவின் பேரில் திருவாவடுதுறை - கொங்கனச்சித்தர் பீடம் கட்டுவது தொடர்பாக மயிலாடுதுறைக்குச் சென்று 12-06-2015 முதல் 14-06-2015 வரை அங்கு தான் தங்கி இருந்தேன்.

முதற்கட்டமாக எனக்கு நன்கு அறிமுகமான மயிலாடுதுறை மயூரநாதர்-அபயாம்பாள் கோவிலுக்கு பரம்பரை கட்டுமான பணிசெய்ய கூடிய அடியார் திரு மகேந்திரன் அவர்களை சந்தித்தேன். திருவாவடுதுறையில் உள்ள அடியார்கள் இருவரை அழைத்துக்கொண்டு கொங்கணர் பீடம் உள்ள இடத்திற்கு சென்றோம். பின்பு திருவாவடுதுறை ஆதினம் - அலுவலகத்திற்கு சென்று அனுமதி வேண்டினோம்.

ஆதின இளைய பட்டம் நன்றாக பேசினார். "தாராளமாக செய்யுங்கள். ஒருகாலத்தில் கொங்கனரோடு தொடர்புடையது தான் இந்த திருமடம், இங்கு கொங்கனச் சித்தரால் வழிபாடு செய்யப்பட்ட கொங்கனேஷ்வரர் லிங்கம் -கொங்கனேஷ்வரி அம்மாள் திரு உருவம் திருமடத்தில் உள்ளது. இது அநேகமாக கொங்கனேஷ்வரர் தோப்பிலிருந்து வழிபாடு இன்மையால் இங்கே வந்திருக்கலாம் ஆனால் கொங்கணர் பீடத்தில் விநாயகர் திருவுருவம் தான் வெகு காலமாக இருந்திருக்கிறது. சித்தர்கள் பீடத்தில் விநாயகர் திரு உருவம் வைக்கும் மரபும் உண்டு. இதே மயிலாடுதுறை மயூரநாதர்-அபயாம்பாள் ஆலயத்திலும் குதம்பை சித்தர் சமாதி பீடத்தில் விநாயகர் தான் உள்ளார். கொங்கனேஷ்வரர் தோப்பிலுள்ள இக்கோவிலானது இங்குள்ள மக்கள் அனைவருக்கும் அது சிதிலமடைந்த பழைய விநாயகர் கோவில் என்று தான் தெரியும். ஒரு நல்ல தகவல் உங்களால் வெளிபடட்டும். நீங்கள் கோவில் கட்டுவது மட்டும் பணியாக கொள்ளாமல் எல்லா நாட்களிலும் வழிபடத்தக்க தீப-கட்டளையும் உருவாக்கி தாருங்கள்" என்று கூறினார். மேலும் எவ்வளவு மதிப்பீட்டில், யாரெல்லாம் சேர்ந்து, எந்த அமைப்பில் கட்ட போகிறீர்கள. கோவில் அமைப்பின் வரை படம் இணைத்து தரச்சொன்னார்.

நாங்கள் தகுந்த நபர்களை கொண்டு ஐந்து லட்சம் மதிப்பிட்டில் மூலஸ்தானம், சிறிய அர்த்த மண்டபம், அதன் முன்னே மேற்கூரை என ஏகவர்ணத்தில் பீடம் அமைப்போம் என்றும் தீபக்கட்டளை உருவாக்கி தருவதாகவும் இக்கோவிலை, நண்பர்கள் குழு பலர் இணைந்து கட்டுவதாகவும் விண்ணப்பம் செய்துள்ளோம். இவ்விண்ணப்பம் ஆதினத்தின் ஒப்புதல் பெற்று வந்தவுடன் இந்தப்பக்கத்தில் பதிவு செய்கிறேன்.

மயிலாடுதுறையில் மூன்று நாட்கள் நான் இருந்து பணியாற்றியது கொங்கணரின் அற்புதசெயல்கள் என்று தான் சொல்ல வேண்டும். நீங்கள் கொடுத்த ஆதரவில்தான் நானும் செயலாற்றி கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். அவரே தான் தன்னை வெளிபடுத்தி கொள்கிறார் என்றே தோன்றுகிறது. கொங்கணரின் தனிபெரும் கருணையினால் நமது அனைவரின் எண்ணம் போல் நல்லபடியாக சித்தர் பீடம் அமையும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை உள்ளது. ஆயினும் இது பொது காரியமாக இருப்பதால் கொஞ்சம் பயமாகவும் உள்ளது. இப்புனித இறைப்பணி இனிதே நடைப்பெற அடியார்கள் அனைவரும் பிராத்தனை செய்யுமாறு வேண்டுகிறேன்.

ஆதினத்திடம் இருந்து ஒப்புதல் கிடைத்தவுடன் தகவல் தெரிவிக்கிறேன். உங்களின் முழு ஒத்துழைப்பு மற்றும் பண உதவி செய்யுங்கள் "சித்தர்களின் பள்ளி கொண்ட ஆலயங்கள்" என்னும் பெயரில் வங்கி கணக்கை உருவாக்கி அதில் பணம் சேகரிப்போம். அனைவரும் இணைந்து பணியாற்றுவோம். இந்த பதிவில் மறுமொழியிட்ட அனைவர்க்கும் எனது முகநூல் நண்பர் கோரிக்கை அனுப்புகிறேன். அன்பு நண்பர்களின் அறிவுரைகளும் ஆலோசனைகளும் தேவை எனது கைபேசி எண்- 9976319070 . மிக்க நன்றி. திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்.

The famed Agathiyar temple at Agasthiyampalli in Vedharanyam is the very first Agathiyar temple as revealed by Agathiyar to Dr VM Jayapalan.

Agathiyar opened his left eye in this old and aged granite statue of his when Tavayogi and I were there. Agathiyar at AVM is a replica of Agathiyar from this famed temple.

Agathiyar at Agasthiyampalli

A replica of Agathiyar as in Agasthiyampalli at AVM

Agathiyar blessed Tavayogi and me by opening both his eyes again at his sannadhi at the Kutraleshwarar Temple, shortly after he did a similar feat at Agasthiyampalli.

Agathiyar is flanked by Lord Ganapathy on his right and Babaji Nagaraj on his left at Kutraleshwarar Temple

Agathiyar opened both his eyes at Kutraleshwarar Temple

Elsewhere, Agathiyar and Lobha Ma grace the Sri Anandhavalli Ambiga Sametha Sri Agastheeswara Swami Alayam, at Srimath Hanumathdasan Valaagam, Megalasinnampatti Gramam, Krishnagiri. See http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2014/06/sri-anandhavalli-ambiga-sametha-sri.html

This temple was graced by Tavayogi and Mataji. See http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-sri-anandhavalli-ambiga-sametha-sri.html

Tavayogi & Mataji at Agathiyar's sannadhi

Agathiyar

Ananda Jyothiamma visited this temple too. See http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-sri-anandhavalli-ambiga-sametha-sri.html

Ananda Jyothiamma at Agathiyar/Lobha Ma's sannadhi at the Sri Anandhavalli Ambiga Sametha Sri Agastheeswara Swami Alayam

Agathiyar & Lobha Ma

Agathiyar has blessed Ananda Jyothiamma at his temple in Swamimalai, Nattadreeswarar temple in the middle of the Kaveri river and at Panchesti, also revealing the significance of these temples in her Nadi readings.

Agathiyar at Swamimalai

Nattadreeswarar Temple 

Agathiyar at Nattadreeswarar Temple

Agathiyar at Panchesti Temple. Photo courtesy of Saravanan Kandasamy

Ananda Jyothiamma at Agathiyar's sannadhi at Panchesti Temple

Agathiyar's sannadhi at Panchesti Temple. Photo courtesy of Saravanan Kandasamy

Uvaraj from Malaysia was blessed to visit Agathiyar at the Shenbaga Devi Temple at Courtallam, recently.

Agathiyar at the Shenbaga Devi Temple at Courtallam. Photo Courtesy of Uvaraj

Sri Muthukumara Swamigal conducts Siddhar Puja at this temple every Pournami.

He conducts special prayers for Agathiyar in the woods of Courtallam too.

Muthukumara Swamigal conducts puja for Agathiyar in the form of a Vaasikol in the Courtallam hills.

Agathiyar's footprint or Patham and the Vasikol in the woods of Courtallam are favorite spots of worship by his devotees.

Agathiyar in the form of a Vaasikol at Courtallam

Agathiyar in the form of a Vaasikol at Courtallam

When I passed a pair of wooden sandals or Patharatchai and a staff or Vaasikol to Surendaran Selvaratnam to worship, Agathiyar surprised us through Surendaran's Jeeva Nadi reading at Kallar, mentioning that he had moved into Surendaran's home in the form of the Vaasikol.

Agathiyar and Lobha Ma too are worshiped at the Sri Guru Mandalam Agasthyar Ashram at Theerthamalai under the patronage of Veeramanidaasan Aiya. 

Agathiyar & Lobha Ma at the Sri Guru Mandalam Agasthyar Ashram

Agathiyar together with Lobha Ma bless visitors and devotees to Kalyana Theertam.

Agathiyar at Kalyana Theertam

Agathiyar blesses his devotees at the Adhi Kumbheswarar Temple in Kumbakonam.

 Bala Chandran at the Agasthiyar Kumbhamunivar Sannadhi at the Adhi Kumbheswarar Temple in Kumbakonam

And of course Agathiyar stands majestically on Pothigai Peak waiting to receive and bless his children who make a grueling journey to reach his Divine spot amidst the clouds.

Agathiyar at Pothigai Peak

And for the faint-heart or old and disabled, not fit or able to scale the hills of Pothigai to reach Agathiyar on its peak, Agathiyar most graciously and compassionately receives them at numerous other temples in and around India too, choosing to come to these devotees rather than they come to him.

When Bala Chandran Gunasekaran was saddened that he could not see Agathiyar at Agasthiyampalli due to time constraints on one of his earlier trips to India, Agathiyar in his Nadi reading consoles him that he (Agathiyar) came to him (Bala) and had met him whilst in the midst of his pilgrimage. 

Photo courtesy of Dinamalar.com

We shall look at the many Agathiyar temples on the home front in Malaysia in the next post.

Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Sri Balakumaran

BHAGAWAN NITHYANANDA

Today on August 8, 1961 at exactly 10.43 am, Bhagawan Nithyananda left his mortal frame. 

Srinath Raghavan recalls the events prior to him arriving mysteriously at the Samadhi Mandir of Bhagawan for the very first time.

A Reminiscence:

I had given the last paper of the Grade X exams and it had tanked like the previous ones before. I was out of the examination hall, way before the stipulated end time, as I had nothing more to write. Well, actually, more so because, I didn't know what to write. (So painfully blank I was.)

As it was the last paper and the last day of my School life, I had well informed my folks at home, that I would be coming late, as I had to bid farewell to all my friends. Out of the hall quite early, I decided to catch a State transport bus and go where it takes me to and come back in the next bus heading home.

I caught a cranky old bus, fully battered by the hands of time and Man, and after a couple of hours of back breaking journey, I finally landed in a far off sleepy village of Vasai, named Ganeshpuri. That was my very first time and it was to change my entire life thereon.

I still remember, the bus then dropped me right in front of a beautiful temple, which had a small pond nearby, exuding fumes of hot Sulphur. I got down, washed my feet and hands in the pond and went into the Samadhi Mandir of a great Saint, I knew nothing about.

The temple was relatively empty, as it was noon and a working day too, with the Board Exams still going on somewhere else. A huge beautiful golden statue of a smiling Saint welcomed me to come in, as I sat on the carpeted floor, tired from the travel. The temple was a simple and unassuming one, resting within it, the mortal remains of a Saint and Seer by the name of Baba Nithyananda.

I watched at the golden replica of the Saint and without my knowledge, tears began streaming my eyes. Maybe it was due to the guilt and disappointment of not performing at the Exams or it was an overwhelming feeling of something stirring down deep within, unknown to me.

Someone from the temple, came and offered me the holy Prasada of stirred and sweetened semolina, which I gladly partook, as I was hungry and did not have much cash on me, to afford a full meal. I remember getting up and going to the person who offered the prasada, entreating him to give me some more of it. He, apparently the caretaker of the Temple, smiled and gave me another handful, which I consumed immediately in gratitude. He came and sat near me and asked me where do I come from and was this my first time there. I replied in the affirmative and he took a small photo of Baba and gave it to me as a gift.

He said, "From now on, you are His responsibility! He has called you here and He shall take you where ever He deems fit. Your job is to simply follow Him faithfully."

I nodded my head in consent; and from then on, I am following where ever He leads me - Up the hills and down the valleys, without ever questioning his credibility.

Finally I reached home safely (pun intended) and also flunked my Grade X exams royally. But that one spurt of despondent adventure, led me to my Master unknowingly, who still walks with me in blood, bones and spirit.

Today is Master's dis-appearance day! Hence this humble and grateful reminiscence. Thank you. 

A similar episode took place where Yuvaraj mysteriously drove his car into the compound of Jeganatha Swamigal's Samadhi temple in Tapah, Malaysia, one dark, rainy day. 

Yuvaraj who was going through trying times in his career could not think straight. To find a relief and a solution, he spent most of his time at temples.

Once on his way back from his hometown his father asked him to stop over at Jeganathar's temple. With his life in turmoil and fear, and as it was dark and raining heavily, and with whatever little information he got from his father regarding the locality of the temple, he told himself he was sure to miss it. As he groped in the dark he realized he had driven into a premise that looked like a temple. 

Jeganatha Swamigal had called Yuvaraj there, that day!

A UNIVERSAL PRAYER PART 3

The Enlightened Master still kept lighting 108 lamps for the well being of all of God's creation.

Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal keeps performing the Sarva Dosa Nivarana Maha Yagam for the well being of all and to appease Nature.

I was surprised to be asked by Agathiyar to perform rituals for the benefit of the world and its inhabitants.

I realize now Agathiyar and Erai are moving us to another level of understanding, from one identified with an individual soul to that of a larger expansion of Consciousness.

Bala Chandran Gunasekaran and his friends were mooted by the Divine to provide service to the unfortunate. They then started Thondu Seivom. Yesterday they spearheaded a universal prayer, a comprehensive and complete prayer. This was started with libation or Abhisegam to receive the grace of Lord Muruga; lighting 108 lamps for the save-keeping of all souls; followed by meditation for the welfare of all; and finally providing food or Annadhanam to appease their hunger.  

Photos courtesy of Dyalen Muniandi & Rajah

THE IDEAL GURU DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP