Azhagar Kovil

 

திருமாலிரும் சோலை அழகர்      கோவிலில் தினமும் இரவு அர்த்த      ஜாம ஆராதனம் முடித்து விட்டு    திருமாலையாண்டான் ஸ்வாமி தன் திருமாளிகைக்கு  செல்லும் போது    அவருக்கு வயதாகி கண்பார்வை மங்கியதால் ஒரு கைங்கரியபரர் திருவடி பந்தம்  பிடித்துக் கொண்டு  அவருக்கு முன்னாள்  வழிகாட்டி  கொண்டு செல்லுவார் அதாவது திருவடிபிச்சன் அவர் பெயர் சுந்தர்ராஜன் என்பதுகாரணம் அந்தகாலம்  சோலைக்கு செல்லும் வழி முழுவதும் பொதுவாகவே இரூட்டாக தான் இருக்கும் அதுவும்   திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை வழி ஒரே     வனாந்திரபகுதி மரம் அடர்த்தியாக இருப்பதால் ஒரே இருட்டாகவும் இருக்கும் தன் கண்பார்வை மங்கியதால் வழி காட்ட திருவடிபிச்சன் வைத்திருந்தார் திருமாலையாண்டான்இப்படி ஒருநாள் பகவத் ஆராதன கைங்கர்யம் முடித்து அர்த்தஜாம ஆராதனமும் முடித்து விட்டு  தன் திருமாளிகை செல்ல ஆயத்தமானபோது திருவடிபந்தம் பிடிக்கும் சிஷ்யனை காணவில்லை 

( அக்காலத்தில் தன் கைங்கர்யம் செய்யும் அடியார்களை சிஷ்யனாக வரிப்பது வழக்கம்) திருமாலையாண்டான் திருவடி பந்தம் பிடிக்கும் அந்த சிஷ்யன் பெயரை      ஒரு முறைக்கு இருமுறை 

சுந்தரராஜான்னு அழைத்தார் உடனே கையில் திருவடி பந்தத்துடன் வந்து     

ஸ்வாமின்  அடியேன் என்று சொல்லி  அவருக்கு முன்னாள் சென்று வழிகாட்டி சென்றபடியே திருமாலையாண்டான் திருமாளிகை    வந்த உடன் அவரிடம் ஸ்வாமின்     அடியேன் திரும்பி செல்ல நியமம்  வாங்கிக்கின்றேன் என்று  சொல்லி திரும்பிவிட்டார் 

மறுநாள் அதிகாலை திருவடி பந்தம் பிடிக்கும் திருவடிபிச்சான் சுந்தரராஜன் திருமாலையாண்டான்     திருமாளிகை க்கு வந்து அவரை   சேவித்து ஸ்வாமின்     

அடியேன் தெரியாமல் உமக்கு திருவடிபந்தம் பிடிக்கும் கைங்கர்யத்தில் நேற்று அபச்சார  பட்டுவிட்டேன் என கூறதிருமாலையாண்டான் என்னடா      சொல்லுறே என்ன  அபச்சாரம்     பண்ணேன்னு கேட்க     

ஸ்வாமி நேற்று மாலை உடல் அசதியால் மாலையில் இருந்து இரவு         வரை நன்கு தூங்கி விட்டேன் அதனால் எப்போதும் தேவரீருக்கு      திருவடி பந்தம் பிடித்து  வழிகாட்டும் கைங்கர்யத்துக்கு நேற்று வர    முடியவில்லை     

ஸ்வாமின் தேவரீர் நேற்று வனாந்திர இருட்டில்  விளக்கு இல்லாமல் எப்பிடி  இந்த திருமாளிகைக்கு     எழுந்தருளினீர் என கேட்கதிருமாலையாண்டான், என்னடா     புத்தி மங்கிவிட்டதா நீதானே நேற்றும் எப்போதும் போல் எனக்கு     திருவடிபந்தம் பிடித்து வந்து இங்கே என்னை விட்டு விட்டு நியமம் பெற்று போனாய்  என்று  சொல்ல   ஸ்வாமி அடியேன் வரவேயில்லை என்று  சுந்தர்ராஜன் மறுக்க  அப்போதுதான் திருமாலையாண்டானுக்கு தெரிந்தது நேற்று பந்தம் பிடித்து வந்தவன்  தன் சிஷ்யனான இந்த சுந்தர்ராஜன் அல்ல 

சாட்சாத்ஆதிமூலமான அந்த

சுந்தர்ராஜனே என உணர்ந்து உடனே திருமாலிருந்சோலை சென்று ஸ்வாமியே தேவரீரே நேற்று திருவடி பந்தம் பிடிப்பவனாக வந்து     இந்த அடியவனைக்கு நீரா வழி காட்டினீர் என அழகர் திருவடிகளை பிடித்து கொண்டு கதறி அழுதாராம் திருமாலையாண்டான் சுந்தர்ராஜனான அந்த அழகர் திருவடிபந்தம் பிடித்து தன்னையும் சிஷ்யனாகவே பாவித்து கைங்கர்யம் செய்த உண்மை தெரிந்ததும் திருமாலையாண்டான்திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை அழகரின் சௌலப்பியத்தை நினைத்து ஆனந்த கண்ணீர் மல்க அவனை அன்று ஆனந்தமாக ஆராதித்தாராம்

சிஷ்யனாக வந்து திருவடிபந்த சேவை செய்ததால் திருமாலையாண்டான் பரமபதித்ததும் அவருக்கான இறுதி காரியங்களை அழகர் தம் பரிவாங்களை கொண்டு அர்ச்சக பரிசாரக முகேனமாக செய்கிறார் 

திருமாலையாண்டான் பரமபதித்த நன்னாள் ஐப்பசி மாதம் வளர்பிறை துவாதசி திதி 

அதனால் தான் அழகர் வருடாவருடம் அந்நாளில் திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை மலைக்கு சென்று எண்ணெய் குளியல் செய்கிறார் 

அழகர் வருடம் இரண்டு முறை நூபுரகங்கைக்கு வருவார் ஒன்று ஆடிமாதம் அழகரின் வருடாந்திர பிரம்மோச்சவத்திற்க்கு மற்றொன்று ஐப்பசி மாதம் வளர்பிறை துவாதசியான திருமாலையாண்டான் பரம்பதித்த நாளன்று

கலியுகத்தில் பகவான் மனிதரூபமாகவே வந்து கைங்கர்யம் செய்வான் எனவே அபிமானிகளே ஆபத்தில் உங்களுக்கு யாரேனும் உதவினால் அவர் உங்களூர் பெருமாளாகவே கூட இருக்கலாம் 

எனவே யாரையும் அலட்சியம் செய்யாதீர்கள்

திருமாலிருஞ்சோலைமலைமென்றேன் என்ன திருமால்வந்து என் நெஞ்சு நிறையப் புகுந்தான குருமா மணியுந்து புனல்பொன்னித் தென்பால்

திருமால்சென்று சேர்விடம் 

தென்திருப்பேரே

அழகர் திருவடிகளே சரணம் சரணம்.

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Sri Ramanujacharya

 

1.A seeker must acquire a true knowledge of the individual self and the Supreme;

 2.he must devote himself to meditation, worship and the adoration of the Supreme;

 3.this knowledge with discipline leads him to the realization of the Supreme. 

To put it briefly, the first affirms the tattva or the nature of the Reality, the second declares the hita or the means, and the third states the purushartha or the ideal of human endeavour.

 Sri Ramanujacharya.

Magic Rock

 Here is the clearest view I have ever seen of the Divine rock of MAGIC. It was always difficult to capture the whole rock in a photo as it was on a rocky terrain. 

*What is so special about this rock?*

*This unbelievable thing happened in 2013*

In 2013, a mighty glacial lake from a natural dam like formation, that originates River Mandakini on top of snowy Himalayas, suddenly broke and burst open. People heard a thunderous clap 50 kms away. Millions and millions of gallons of icy water, several thousand large boulders, and rocks slid vertically down Himalayas and washed away everything on the way - several towns got wiped away and thousands of people died.

River Mandakini from Himalayas was raging that night for about 10 hours throwing boulders and wiping out everything for at least 200 kms.

The very first human habitation in upper Himalayas was the temple town of Kedarnath at 11400 feet from sea-level. Kedarnath town was almost completely destroyed. The temple on the center of the town was literally the epicenter, and it faced the first attack and full brunt of mother nature.

One day after the event, high altitude helicopter crews surveyed the town. The town did not exist. Himalayas covered it. However to everyone's surprise the 7th century temple, built by ancient Saint Shankaracharya from South India, in the center of the town was standing.

As if by magic, a monstrous boulder (this magic rock) slid down the mighty Himalayas and just stopped short of the 7th century temple at raised ground of 10 feet. It diverted the boulders away from the temple and let minimal water above the rock.

Still water reached 21 feet inside the temple and 3 people inside the temple survived.

A few more feet of sliding, the temple wont be standing. A few less feet of sliding, the temple wont be standing. Nothing around the temple was standing. The boulders and debris that was left behind had a V-formation around just the temple structure. Yes, God split the river that night.

The whole area was ridden with boulders till 2021. Government cleaned it and is rebuilding Kedarnath with safety structures that can divert water flow.

Hindus are grateful to this boulder which protected their ancient temple, built by Adi Shankaracharya. Shankaracharya from South India, walked to Kedarnath and built this temple in 7th century. Kedarnath has no trees or vegetation as nothing grows at that height. He built that temple with resources from 5000 feet below.🙏🕉️🕉️🕉️

*What is so special about this rock?*

*This unbelievable thing happened in 2013*

In 2013, a mighty glacial lake from a natural dam like formation, that originates River Mandakini on top of snowy Himalayas, suddenly broke and burst open. People heard a thunderous clap 50 kms away. Millions and millions of gallons of icy water, several thousand large boulders, and rocks slid vertically down Himalayas and washed away everything on the way - several towns got wiped away and thousands of people died.

River Mandakini from Himalayas was raging that night for about 10 hours throwing boulders and wiping out everything for at least 200 kms.

The very first human habitation in upper Himalayas was the temple town of Kedarnath at 11400 feet from sea-level. Kedarnath town was almost completely destroyed. The temple on the center of the town was literally the epicenter, and it faced the first attack and full brunt of mother nature.

One day after the event, high altitude helicopter crews surveyed the town. The town did not exist. Himalayas covered it. However to everyone's surprise the 7th century temple, built by ancient Saint Shankaracharya from South India, in the center of the town was standing.

As if by magic, a monstrous boulder (this magic rock) slid down the mighty Himalayas and just stopped short of the 7th century temple at raised ground of 10 feet. It diverted the boulders away from the temple and let minimal water above the rock.

Still water reached 21 feet inside the temple and 3 people inside the temple survived.

A few more feet of sliding, the temple wont be standing. A few less feet of sliding, the temple wont be standing. Nothing around the temple was standing. The boulders and debris that was left behind had a V-formation around just the temple structure. Yes, God split the river that night.

The whole area was ridden with boulders till 2021. Government cleaned it and is rebuilding Kedarnath with safety structures that can divert water flow.

Hindus are grateful to this boulder which protected their ancient temple, built by Adi Shankaracharya. Shankaracharya from South India, walked to Kedarnath and built this temple in 7th century. Kedarnath has no trees or vegetation as nothing grows at that height. He built that temple with resources from 5000 feet below.🙏🕉️🕉️🕉️

Arunachala

Thiruvannamalai

There is a Puranic story about the origin of the hill. Once Vishnu and Brahma fell to disputing which of them was the greater. Their quarrel brought chaos on earth, so the Devas approached Siva and besought him to settle the dispute. Siva thereupon manifested himself as a column of light from which a voice issued declaring that whoever could find its upper or lower end was the greater. Vishnu took the form of a boar and burrowed down into the earth to find the base, while Brahma took the form of a swan and soared upwards to seek its summit. Vishnu failed to reach the base of the column but “beginning to see within himself the Supreme Light which dwells in the hearts of all, he became lost in meditation, oblivious to the physical body and even unaware of himself, the one who sought”. Brahma saw the flower of an alse plant falling through the air and, thinking to win by deception, returned with it and declared he had plucked it from the summit.

Vishnu admitted his failure and turned to the Lord in praise and prayer: “You are Self-knowledge. You are OM. You are the beginning and the middle and the end of everything. You are everything and illuminate everything.” He was pronounced great while Brahma was exposed and confessed his fault.

In this legend, Vishnu represents the intellect and Brahma the ego, while Siva is Atma, the spirit.

The story continues that, because the lingam or column of light was too dazzling to behold, Siva manifested himself instead as the Arunachala hill, declaring: “As the moon derives its light from the sun, so other holy places shall derive their sanctity from Arunachala. This is the only place where I have taken this form for the benefit of those who wish to worship me and obtain illumination. Arunachala is OM itself. I will appear on the summit of this hill every year at Kartigai in the form of a peace-giving beacon

Arunachala also known as Thiruvannamalai houses the temple of Arunachalesvarar.The temple houses the Jyothi lingam Arunchalesvara.

There is a Puranic story about the origin of the hill. Once Vishnu and Brahma fell to disputing which of them was the greater. Their quarrel brought chaos on earth, so the Devas approached Siva and besought him to settle the dispute. Siva thereupon manifested himself as a column of light from which a voice issued declaring that whoever could find its upper or lower end was the greater. Vishnu took the form of a boar and burrowed down into the earth to find the base, while Brahma took the form of a swan and soared upwards to seek its summit. Vishnu failed to reach the base of the column but “beginning to see within himself the Supreme Light which dwells in the hearts of all, he became lost in meditation, oblivious to the physical body and even unaware of himself, the one who sought”. Brahma saw the flower of an alse plant falling through the air and, thinking to win by deception, returned with it and declared he had plucked it from the summit.

Vishnu admitted his failure and turned to the Lord in praise and prayer: “You are Self-knowledge. You are OM. You are the beginning and the middle and the end of everything. You are everything and illuminate everything.” He was pronounced great while Brahma was exposed and confessed his fault.

In this legend, Vishnu represents the intellect and Brahma the ego, while Siva is Atma, the spirit.

The story continues that, because the lingam or column of light was too dazzling to behold, Siva manifested himself instead as the Arunachala hill, declaring: “As the moon derives its light from the sun, so other holy places shall derive their sanctity from Arunachala. This is the only place where I have taken this form for the benefit of those who wish to worship me and obtain illumination. Arunachala is OM itself. I will appear on the summit of this hill every year at Kartigai in the form of a peace-giving beacon

Hidden Indian History - Prithviraj Chauhan and the Prithvi missile.

Prithvi

The real History of India is hardly found in our History Books. I will take you back in time to 1999. Air India Flight was hijacked by Islamic extremists to Kandahar in Afganisthan.

The then Vajapai Government allowed a few journalists to Kandahar to cover the events on ground.

The Journalists who stayed in a Hotel in Kandahar, were exploring the places close by on foot.  In one of the streets they found a mound of earth and dirt, where they found strange happenings. They found local Afghans passing by spitting on the mound or urinating and they even found a couple Burka clad women beating the mound with a slipper.

The Journalists were wondering at what they saw and on return to the Hotel asked the Reception about what they had just witnessed. The Receptionist explained that the mound was the Samadhi of a Hindu king and the local Islamic population was taking out their anger on the final resting place of the Hindu King.

The Hindu King was none other than the Great Prithiviraj Chouhan .  Prithviraj Chouhan ascended the throne at the tender age of 11 and since everyone used to say he was beautiful, He slashed his face with a sword,saying a warrior should not be looking beautiful. 

Prithviraj's uncle Jaichandran  was ruling the neighboring country, and he hated Prithiviraj due to his popularity. For the Swayamvar of his daughter Samyuktha , he refused to invite Prithviraj though he knew pretty well that they both loved each other. Everyone knows that the valiant Prithviraj rode alone into the palace of his uncle and rode back with his sweet heart Samyuktha, the future queen of his Kingdom. This incidence irked His uncle and he was seething with vengeance. It was at this juncture Muhammad Gori invaded India and was defeated twice by the valiant Prithvi Raj Chauhan and had to retreat hastily.

Now you will find the tragedy of Indian  lack of unity repeating itself.  Jayachandran ,the uncle of Prithviraj helped Mohammad Ghori and when PrithviRaj was sleeping in tiredness after a hunt , Jayachandran helped Mohammad Gori capture Prithvi Raj.  Mohammad Gori the cowardly invader in his insecurity blinded immediately Prithviraj and started taking him to his country. 

It was on the way they rested in Kandhahar in Afganisthan. It was then the poet friend of Prithviraj hatched a plan and told Gori that Prithviraj was such a good archer he could shoot arrows on target blindfolded.  Gori needing some entertainment wanted to test it out. There was no need to blindfold Prithviraj as he was already blinded. The targets were set and Gori's soldiers made noise near the target and Prithviraj shot the target correctly. Mohammad gori was impressed and shouted, "Sabash!".

This was just the moment Prithviraj was waiting for and he shot an arrow at Mohammad Ghori and he succumbed to it on the spot.  The infuriated Muslim army killed Prithviraj and his friend on the spot. This mound was the very spot this happened and the local Afghans were venting their anger on the valiant Hindu King by spitting on the mound.

The then Vajpai Government named the first Atomic misiile Rocket as Prithvi to commemorate the Valiant Hindu King who fought against the invaders of His Motherland.

The previous Governments will not Disclose such valiant Heroes but would glorify Mohammad Gori as a persistent soul like King Bruce who repeated His Invasion time and again to plunder Barath. Until such boot licking mentality exists India will keep facing Foreign onslaughts.

Jain Hind!!

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Know your Week!

It is funny how the whole world believes that the 7 day week is a western concept! 7 day week is not a concept borrowed from Romans as it is generally believed. The 7 day week is not really based on western calendar. Firstly, lets look at how classic predictions (Jyothisha Shastra ) of the Vedas for answers to these questions: Why do we have only 7 days in a week? Why can't we have 8 or 9? � What is an hour? � Why do we have only 24 hours in a day? Why can't we have 30 or 40 units & call it an hour?

 Ancient Indians were so well versed that they often used 4 to 5 different units of time. If you ask your Indian grand mother, she might have told you that during her days, people measured time in a weird unit called ghati/ghadiya (1 ghati = 24 minutes). 1 day is the time lapsed between two sunrises. Sandhi in sanskrit means knot or junction & hence the junction points are named as pratah sandhya(Early morning) & saayam sandhya (Evening) which divide the standard day into two halves i.e from sunrise to sunset & sunset to the next sunrise. Since there are 12 zodiac constellations, each constellation is assigned a part of the half a day unit and hence 12 parts in half a day each, together 12+12 = 24 units. This is the concept of hora or HOUR. (Yes, hora is the standard hour. English unit of time & Sanskrit unit of time named similarly. Strange coincidence, don't you think so?)

 Just as there are constellations associated with each hora, each graha is assigned rulership of individial hora. The order of the planetary rulership of horas is as follows. 1) Surya (Sun/SUN-DAY) followed by 2) Shukra (Venus/FRI-DAY) followed by 3) Budha (Mercury/WEDNES-DAY) followed by 4) Soma (Moon/MON-DAY) followed by 5) Shani (Saturn/SATUR-DAY) followed by 6) Guru (Jupiter/THURS-DAY) followed by 7) Mangala (Mars/TUES-DAY). In Indian Prediction science (jyothish shastra), the rising sign at the time of sunrise is noted down & is considered very important to make any astronomical / astrological calculations regarding a chart, esp. to find out the janma lagna (Birth time), it is is very essential. So, the rising sign is very important. Likewise, the planetary rulership of the hora during the time of sunrise is noted down.

The planet that rules the hora at the time of sun rise is assigned the rulership of the whole day. And hence, The day Ravi-vara (or Sun-day) is named after Ravi/Sun who is assigned lordship of the day because he rules the hora at the time of sunrise of that day. Now, following Sun, the next hour after sunrise is ruled by Shukra followed by the rest. In the above mentioned order of rulership of horas, calculate the next ruling planet that comes after 24 horas, i.e 1st hour by Ravi, 2nd hour by Shukra, 3rd hour by Budha, 4th hour by Soma, 5th hour by Shani, 6th hour by Guru, 7th hour by Mangala, 8th hour by Ravi, 9th hour by Shukra, 10th hour by Budha, 11th hour by Soma, 12th hour by Shani, 13th hour by Guru, 14thth hour by Mangala, 15th hour by Ravi, 16th hour by Shukra, 17th hour by Budh, 18th hour by Soma, 19th hour by Shani, 20th hour by Guru, 21st hour by Mangala, 22nd hour by Ravi, 23rd hour by Shukra, 24th hour by Budha ****End of a day****** 25th hour by Soma(moon/Monday) As you see it turns out that Soma is the ruler of the next day's sun rise. And hence, the next day Soma-vara (or Mon-day) is named after Chandra/Moon who is assigned lordship of the day because he rules the hora at the time of that day's sunrise. In the same order, Mangala-vara (Tuesday) for Mangala/Mars being the hora ruler at sunrise, Budha-vara (Wednesday) for Budha/Mercury being the hora ruler at sunrise, Guru-vara (Thursday) for Deva Guru Brihaspathi/Jupiter being the hora ruler at sunrise, Shukra-vara (Friday) for Shukra/Venus being the hora ruler at sunrise, Shani-var (Satur-day) for Shani/Saturn being the hora ruler at sunrise, Now after Saturday, the cycle reverts to 1) with Surya being the ruler of the hora at the time of next day's sunrise. This is the reason why there are only 7 days in a week based on these calculations of hora and their planetary rulership as mentioned in the vedic texts.

 One may be a Christian, Muslim, Sikh or Jew, knowingly or unknowingly they follow the methods of the ancient Indian Rishis. This is the reason why Hindu dharma is called Ancient Indian Civilisation Principles-ie called as Sanatana dharma (i.e eternal & expansive in its very nature). It is funny how the whole world believes that the 7 day week is a western concept!

Atari Border Post

Atari - Indian Side of the Border Name
Wagah - Pakistan side  name.
The Flag lowering ceremony is held at the Atari border?

How often have you heard the word ATARI?
Hardly ever. The Media with its extra national loyalties, has always called it the Wagah border. Our politicians of the yore also took pride in calling it 'The Wagah border' Well! They had their own reasons.
But today we don't have to toe the lies.

The place where the border check post is built was called Atari in honour of the great

*Sardar Shyam Singh Atari*,

who was a chief in the great Sikh Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The history is filled with the stories of bravery of these brave and fearless Sardars who had defeated the coward Army of the marauders attacking India in the name of their religion from the west.

All offices of the Govt, like the immigration, customs etc are are located in Atari.
The Pakistani administration, however, had named their side of the border as Wagah. Our appeasing politicians, (and you see them parroting similar lines even today), chose to refer to this place as the Wagah border there by denying the honour to the great Sardar Shyam Singh.

Next time, when we wish to visit, or wish to refer to that Great place, let's talk about it correctly and honour the name of our brave legend "ATARI".

Jai Hind