Indian Dance Festival - Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram, this place is always my never ending love.

Reading the novel Sivagamiyin sabadam, of Amarar Kalki Krishnamoorthy I always have a unquenching  thirst for this place. I still remember waiting in front of my home by 7 in the morning for the delivery boy who comes in cycle on Wednesdays with the weekly magazine, KALKI.  Never before  did I know that seeing someone, who is nowhere related to you will make you happy. Yes I still remember the face of the delivery boy;). Its all the love for the Novel...

Never had I dreamt that someday I will sing on the same seashore. Though it is after so many centuries of Mahendra pallava finishing his masterpiece, I felt happy setting foot on the seashore where those great Kings who knew ART is long & LIFE is short, lived.They have left behind their signature in this world.. The thought that the great Kings once lived there &  made me feel proud. Understanding our History is a must for everyone. Knowing our people, our ancestors is a must for the current generation. It will make us take pride on ourselves & also gives us the responsibility to safeguard the same.

 It was really a wonderful opportunity for me to sing on this seashore yesterday. Yes. yesterday's evening is one of the best moment for me.

Indian dance festival is conducted every year in Mahabalipuram by the Tamilnadu tourism board & I was lucky to sing for a Bharathanatyam recital of Sri Annai Natiyalaya, Madipakkam. Below are the pics of the event on & stage and the happy moments on the seashore..

With the Guru & students

Back stage

The Girls on the seashore

A special thanks to the dance school & the kids who performed. Mahabalipuram makes me wonder & think of ways & inspire me to find out that one thing by which I can leave my signature behind. people who have read the novel will understand how I feel..:)

Nerur

Nerur!

This place had been in my to do list for a long time. Nerur, place where the Sidhhar, Swami Sadhasiva Brammendral 's Aadheenam is, is a must visit place to quench your thirst for the positive vibes. On the banks of river cauvery is this holy place surrounded by agricultural lands in all sides.
Peaceful place with a vilwa tree below which the siddhar is said to have breathed his last from his Human form.

I made it on 23rd of December 2018. I along with my cousins visited this temple around 12:45 PM.

Who is swami Sadhasiva Brammendral?

Sadhasiva Brahmendral swas born in Thiruvisanallur. He was a profound scholar. the worldy desires and family life had no attaraction for him and this made him go in quest of a guru. He found in Parmasivendra swamigal the proper guru who could guide him and he received training under him. He was so smart that he put to shame those who came to his guru by defeating them in argument and discussion. his guru remarked this attitude of his shisya and thereafter he felt ashamed & took the vow of silence. After getting the pardon from his guru he started to Uncavruthi tour in Coimbatore district.

Once when he was in deep Meditation, seated on river bed of auveri, the flood in the river swept all over the place & buried him. After the flood, months had passed but he was still intact in the sand. The king of Pudukkottai, Vijaya ragunatha thondaiman had great admiration for thei saint & followed him for 8 years and finally received his blessings.

Bramendra owing to his silence vow, wrote his instructions and mantras on sand and thus taught the tondaiman during his discipleship. Even now in  Pudukkottai, the sand on which brammendral wrote is kept guarded.

Finally he reached nerur near Karur towards his last days. He knew the hour of his death and informed his disciples around him. As predicted, he attained samadhi in state of Mauna.


His Works & Compositions:
He has written many advaita works and hymns in praise of advaitha philosophy. Some of them are
Brahma sutra vruthi, Yoga surta vrutti, Advaitha rasa manjari.

Besides these, he is a musically important personality as he has composed some very moving kirtanas in praise of Krishna and other Gods. the songs are all in Sanskrit, clothes in attaractive music, simple and exalted diction.His signature is "Paramahamsa" Some of his popular compositions are

Manasa sanchara re
Bruhi mukundedi
Pibare rama rasam
Bhajare yadunatham
sarvam brammamayam
Chinta Nasthikila


Where is Nerur & How to reach the place?

This place is 30 minutes drive from Karur district of Tamilnadu. Google Map directs you cleanly to this place. It did direct us;)

How is this place?

Simple and calm. The entrance has a temple of Kasi Viswanathar and Visalakshi ambal behind which is the holy Vilwa tree and the Mahasamadhi of the swamigal. This place is calm and open till noon 1 or 1 30 PM. The temple is well maintained with all rare trees within it. There are also separate sannidhis for Vinayagar, Murugan in the temple premises.

Please visit this place sometime and get blessed by the Guru.

"Acharya devo Bhava!"- Let us worship TEACHER as GOD!!!

Stay away

Stay away from those..

who have problem for every solution.
who make you feel you are hard to love.

who cant take responsibility of their actions.

who make you feel bad for being angry at them

when they do you wrong

Stay away from those..

who can never be fulfilled.

who want more and more.

who want to use you but not love you.
whose  action doesn't meet the words they say.


Stay away from those..

who are toxic for your mental health
who make you feel yourself low and believe.
who cant understand your silence.
who create their own storm and cry when it rains.

Kamakya Temple

Kamakya Temple

Our trip to Assam begin early in the morning from Chennai & as soon as we reached Guwahati airport, we took a tempo travellor & started ahead to the famous Kamakya temple, marking a wonderful beginning for the trip. It was Friday and there was a huge crowd waiting to have the darshan of the Devi.

It is said that the temple is Sakthi Peetam, one among the places where the parts of Goddess Parvathi fell and is being worshipped with great devotion. As per the myth, Sathi (Parvathi) who went to the Yaga of King Daksha his father, to which God Shiva, her husband was not invited got insulted by her Father & got herself in to the fire of the Yaga, Shiva,with rage started performing the cosmic dance taking the body of Sati & in order to pacify his anger, God Vishnu used his Chakra/ disc and the body of the goddess was cut in to pieces. It is believed that the YONI, or the female genital part has landed in Kamakya temple. For more details on the temple and its history are reference links below

One thing that caught my attention is that I found goats with Garlands and the entire temple was flooding with sparrows.  People pray to leave them  in temple once their wishers are fulfilled..

For more details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple

Staying Positive needs control of MIND

Day in- day out, we come across different kinds of people. Staying positive is very tough and challenging thing to do. Needs a lot of control over our Mind as I read in a book, "Mind Management is the essence of Life Management".

Self analysis 

To be not affected by external factors is greatest challenge and now I understand that is what the great Indian saints achieved by "Tapas".The calmness in their faces tells it all. Non- materialistic life, detachment, these words.. may 

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4 Types of Negative People You Need To Avoid

1. THE USER

2. THE GOSSIPER

3. THE BLAMER

4. THE COMPLAINER

Below is the link to this article:
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/negative-people-need-to-avoid/