சில வாரங்களுக்கு முன்னர் நான் சேலம் சென்றிருந்த போது இறையடியார் திரு.பிரகாஷ் அவர்களின் இல்லத்தில் இருநாட்கள் விருந்தினனாகத் தங்கி இருந்தேன்.முதல் நாளன்று அவருடன் நிறைய சிவன் கோவில்களைத் தரிசித்தேன். இரண்டாம் நாள் அன்று அவர் என்னை சேலத்தில் இருந்து கோவை செல்லும் சாலையில் அமைந்திருக்கும் ஸ்வயம்பாலயா என்னும் திருத்தலத்துக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றார். காலை ஒன்பது மணியில் இருந்து மாலை ஐந்தரை மணிவரை ஸ்வயம்பாலயாவில் இருந்தோம் அந்த பவுர்ணமி நாளான அன்று அங்கே நாங்கள் பெற்ற இறை அனுபவம் எங்களால் என்றென்றும் மறக்கவே இயலாதது.
திரு பிரகாஷ் தனது அனுபவங்களை இங்கே நேரடியாக பகிர்ந்து கொள்ள விழைகிறார். அவர் எழுதி அனுப்பியவற்றை மொழி மாற்றம் செய்யாமல் ஆங்கிலத்திலேயே இங்கே வெளியிடுகிறேன்.
முருகா முருகா முருகா
வருவாய் மயில் மீதினிலே.
ஸ்வயம்பாலயா
பகுதி ஒன்று...
SRI RAJA BALA MURUGAN THUNAI
On transfer to Salem from Chennai in April’2010,
Shri R.Venkateswaran, a colleague- cum-friend of mine with high religious bent
of mind suggested me to visit a temple of Lord Muruga at Rakkipatty near Salem
and said that the serene temple has Lord Muruga as a small boy, a Swaamiji is
there who gives solace to devotees by his grace. I enquired about the place to
many people but not able to trace it. Almost 18 months elapsed and one
fine morning, a Salem friend invited me to a temple at Rakkipatty and we went
to the place 21 km.s from Salem. The temple was a serene place with Lord Muruga
with his consorts and a old poosaari giving his predictions with a walking
stick like ‘Dhandaayudham’ in his hand. His slang was not easy to follow
and the place did not conform to the description my Chennai friend gave. When I recounted this to him, he
said that I have not gone to the right place. Crest fallen, I consoled myself
that the time has not ripened to me to have the darshan of the Lord.
Just four months ago, when I went to a Super
Market for shopping, the Manager of the Shop, Shri Vijayakumar was speaking to
few of his Staff saying in a hushed tone about Lord Balamurugan, Swamiji and
his recent experience of blessing of the Duo. Taking it as the divine
invitation, I enquired with him and disclosed my inability to trace the
temple. He recounted his pleasant experiences of the
benign benevolence of the Deity and Swamiji. We ventured again on pursuit of
the temple which was slipping from our radar for the past twenty
months. Touch Wood, the temple was a km. nearer than the
temple I went two months back on the opposite side of the Chennai – Coimbatore
NH 47 – 20 kms. off Salem. This reminded me of the famous
saying of Shirdi Sai Baba “Nobody can visit this place(Shirdi) without the
explicit permission of this Fakir”.
When we saw the temple from outside, it does not
looked like temple at all and was just like a house belonging to an Upper
Middle Class Family. But when we went inside, we could feel the divine
positive vibe everywhere in every form – light, air, aura, aroma and all. The Lord’s Idol was in the form
of charming, cute boy of 5 years of age. The decoration – alankaaram of
the Lord Muruga with his face being put up with “Vibhuthi” (Vibhuthi
Kaappu), Lips with maroon colour and a “Dhrishti Pottu” in
black colour in cheek bowled us all over. The God with his left leg
slightly bent with his left hand in his hip made us think “Oh God! How great
would that be if we were to hold this child with our hand!”. In fact, I was very hesitant to
have the Darshan of the Swamiji as Mr. Vijayakumar said Swamiji had once asked
a person to go out, who was learnt to be a convicted criminal vouching to
commit more heinous crimes. With self- doubts as to whether we are a soul of
reasonable virtues, I was not willing to appear before the Swamiji. However when I mustered courage
and when we met Swaamiji, we were swept aside with his unique body language of
kind eyes, graceful hand movemnets and ‘Mandhahaasa’ smile. We started going to the temple
at every available opportunity resulting in we getting the benign grace of the
Swaamiji. The name of the temple is “SWAYAMBAALAYA”
and the name of the deity is Raaja Bala Murugan. The evolution of the temple
itself is very interesting and is a “Thiruvilayaadal” of sorts in this Kali
Yuga.
(பகுதி இரண்டில் தொடரும்)
நன்றி: திரு.கே.பிரகாஷ், சேலம்.
