Tag Religion and Spirituality

Temple Where ‘Children are Given Away’ Viralimalai

There is a practice of Giving away one's Son or Daughter to the Lord as a vow when some faces acute problems and the child is being taken back as by Foster parents, normally Grandparents or Uncles.

It is a Belief that problems are resolved.
The practice of Yoga bestows on one some special powers as an offshoot of the spiritual Discipline..

Those who want to advance in the Spiritual quest ignores them for they are an impediment to Spiritual Progress.

Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa admonished a a man who boasted to Ramakrishna that he had spent 12 years of sadhana,Spiritual Practice and acquired the ability to walk on Water by demonstrating it,

-You have wasted 12 years of your Life for a thing which can be achieved by paying Half anna (roughly 3paise)-in Dollar Terms, it is near Zero"

Those who discard them become great.

Arunagirinathar was a saint of recent Prigin and he was a Devotee of Lord Muruga.

He excelled in Bhakti Yoga(I shall write on him later).

Lord Subrahmanya bestowed on him The Eight Special Powers At Viralimalai,near Tiruchirapalli.

Predictably, though Arunagirinathar accepted these Siddhis with all humility he was not enamoured of them.

Viralimalai is located near Tiruchi, about an hour and a Half drive.

The temple is closed between 12 and 4 pm.

Lord Shiva, Parvati and Lord Subramanya are Deities here. with Lord Subramanya being the presiding Deity.

The temple can be reached easily from Tiruchi and lies on the Perambalur Road and Transport is no problem.

Faith Is What Faith Does Traveler’s Memoirs

The experience was still better.

This time I had thought of visiting Tirukkadayur(Thirukkakkdavur is the correct pronunciation) and a vow I had to complete for the natural delivery for my Daughter in law(she delivered a baby girl seven months back) at Thayumanavar temple at Tiruchi.

Excepting these two I had absolutely no plans.

I ended up with visiting 20 temples in five days with no Private transport, traveling by only by Public transport.

And the Temples were chosen for me by the others!

At Mayiladuthurai, This job was handled by my friend's(friend since college days since 1967) wife and at Tiruchirapalli by my friend's daughter who is Computer Professional aged 25!

Believe me not only the visits were better, smoother and the Darshan, the best in my life.

For these people who had done this without any anticipation, six letters of the word Thanks is not enough.

Thank you Ms. Abhayamba Sekaran and Sindhu.

May Goddess Abhirami Bless you.

This trip also reinforced my belief, which I have expressed often , that the present generation of youngsters, obsessed with worldly things and Gadgets are more informed , more helpful and more Religious without pretenses.

To conclude I can only say that Faith is what Faith does.

Note. I will be posting some articles on the Temples I visited with some unique information and Photos.