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Dear "bhAgavatOttamA-s" of the Bhakti-list,

 

My humble "praNAmam-s" to you all !

 

It's been 4 months since my return to Madras again! Having settled down

a bit I thought I'd catch up again with friends on the Net! So here are

a few notings/musings from home!

 

++ It's the beginning of the "dog-days" in Chennai now. Mercifully,

drinking water is not a problem in the city this year. I don't see

people running around yelling for "thaneer!thaneer!". This time around

most are running around gasping for "minsAram, minsAram"!!

 

++ Srimad Azhagiyasingar camped here for over three weeks. I paid my

"danda-samarpanams".

 

"I am happier than even your parents perhaps are that you have chosen to

return to India," he beamed and smiled at me as I prostrated at His

Holiness's feet, "It is very important, my dear Sudarshan, to uphold and

assert our way of life, our "dharma" in our own land!".

 

I nodded my head in agreement although I did not quite undertand what

made His Holiness want to deliver such a sharp and improptu homily to

me.

 

"AdiyEn am celebrating my 11 year old son's "upanayanam" in June," I

continued, "adiyEn craves Azhagiyasingar's blessings and directions in

this matter."

 

"Very good news. It is important to fulfill one's "samskAra-s" in life

at the appropriate time. Go ahead with your son's "upanayanam". Where is

your boy?".

 

I bade my son, Shreyas, come forward and prostrate before the Jiyar.

 

Swamy blessed the boy and then suddenly queried me,"Sudarshan, you

have'nt had your "samAsrayanam", have you?". I'm amazed how the aged

pontiff remembers even the minutest details of my personal life!

 

"I beg your pardon, your Holiness, but you have'nt instructed me at all

in the matter," I duck His question.

 

"What instruction?! What rot?!," the Holiness rasped,"You have to go

through your "samAsrayanam" immediately! How can you perform your son's

"upanayanam" without having been initiated?! No, No! The time has come.

You better come back here to me tomorrow morning. I will perform your

"samAsrayanam"!".

 

"adiyEn, Sire, as you wish," I said and retired meekly.

 

The following morning Srimad Azhagiyasingar performed the rites and

initiated me into the fold.

 

To me it all marked a "homecoming" in more than the mundane sense of the

word.

 

More of my musings in the next post.

 

adiyEn,

sudarshan