Sri Ahobilam

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NamO Narayana:

 

Dear Sri Vaishnavas:

 

It is AdiyEn's baghyam to share the blessed visit to Sri Ahobilam.

Smt. Praveena and AdiyEn left for Sri Ahobilam from Chennai on 15th

Of March and spent time till 17th of March. It was adiyongal's

Maiden trip.

 

HH Srimad Azhagia Singar was on sancharam there as Brahmotsavam was on.

 

Words aren't there to share the excitement, ecstasy and the

Sheer anubhavam of being there. Adiyongal had the baghyam of having

Darshan of Kalyana Utsavam of Ahobila Nrusimhan and Senchu Lakshmi

ThAyAr.

(AdiyEn has always been blessed with Kalyana Utsavams associated with

Srinivasa Perumal). This was on the evening of 15th March.

 

It was a new and exciting experience to have darshan

Of Lakshmi Narasimhan's Kalyana Utsavam that too in the presence of

HH Srimad Azhagia Singar. AdiyEn thought Lakshmi Narasimhan had an all

new

And fantastic smile - more than the usual that we experience - on this

day.

 

The Thiru Kalyana Utsavam happened near the Ahobila Narasimhan shrine in

The Upper Ahobilam. The festive crowd chanting "Narasimha Govinda" at

all

Times, adiyEn could feel being in a different world altogether.

 

The next day (16th March) Smt. Praveena & AdiyEn had early morning

darshan

Of the Thiru Aradhanam @ Sri Ahobila Mutt, enjoyed the prasadams and

left

For darshan at other temples in Upper Ahobilam. During our car journey

from

Lower Ahobilam to Upper Ahobilam we passed by Karanja Narasimhan temple

And while the guide (Sri Matam helper - Sri. Senthil) suggested that we

Have darshan now, we said "while coming back" we can do this.

 

We reached the spot until which cars can go at around 10 AM and started

our

Walk / trek. We had the darshan of blissful divine smile of Malola

Narasimhan

And the Archaka was kind enough to give us the sevai of ThAyAr

Thiruvadi,

Malolan Thiruvadi and the arms of Malolan holding our ThAyAr. While we

were

Climbing up to Malola Narasimhan we said "yes we will try Ugra

Stambham". Our

Guide said "it will take time and may be tough". Both Smt. Praveena and

AdiyEn

Said, we will do it.

 

So, after Malola Narasimhan, we started our walk towards Ugra Stambham.

It was

An amazing experience of trekking on a terrain totally different and

being the

First time that Smt. Praveena and AdiyEn are doing anything of this

kind, it was

Amazing. AdiyEn should admit a fact that Smt. Praveena has been

suffering from

Arthritis for over 4 years and it was due to the divine grace of Lakshmi

Narasimhan

And the kataksham of HH Srimad Azhagia Singar that she could put in such

kind of

Effort needed to do this trek.

 

The Lord Lakshmi Narasimhan is always with us - and if ever we wanted to

convince

Ourselves, it was this trek where he 'showed' that "yes, I am with you -

always".

The climb from Malola Narasimhan Sannidhi started around 11 AM towards

Ugra Sthambham

And the Lord ensured that it was not too hot by giving us clouds - that

were

Pleasant and not threatening of rains. After couple of areas, where we

got a bit

Anxious owing to the terrain, we were finally blessed with the darshan

of the

Ugra Sthambham. Narasimha! Narasimha!

 

This was at around 3:15 PM and then we started our climb down in a

different route

Towards Jwala Narasimhan. The Lord wanted us to have all experiences in

one and started

Giving us rains - in 3 short spells. Should admit the terrain became

difficult with

Skidding rocks and muddy steps. Moreover, the climb down was tougher

than we

Expected (with Smt. Praveena's health background it was a challenge!).

Both of us were

In Swaroopam and the rain made Smt. Praveena's saree heavier and there

were

Instances Smt. Praveena preferred to sit and crawl rather than climb

down walking.

 

The guide was getting worried that we are missing out on time and he

said,

once it is dark it becomes tougher to do the climb down. But, we being

us

things were slower as we saw many others casually climbing down and

moving faster.

 

At 6:15 PM we were blessed with the darshan of Jwala Narasimhan. Again

the Lord

"showed" himself up. The darshan @ Jwala could have not been better

because it was

"andhiyam podhu". It was an esctacic feeling - to have the darshan of

"andhiyam podhil ariuruvaagi ariyai azhithavan" precisely at that time.

 

Naïve as we were, we thought "oh we are home before it was dark". The

guide,

adiyEn should share here, was a person of real composure and of help of

great

magnitude. He did not say a word to us about the amount of trek we

needed to do,

But just kept encouraging us. Hats off to him.

>From Jwala Narasimhan Sannidhi we continued our climb down and within 15

- 20 minutes

We saw a different scenario. There was one soft light and generally

quiet all over.

We then realised that we are already in the cover of darkness. Again,

our ever loving

Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan gave us uninterrupted light through the soft

moon -

Right through from thereon till we reached Lower Ahobilam. It was an

outstanding

Experience to be in that terrain which is both a mountain & a jungle and

at that

Point of time with moon glowing with just 5 of us walking. (Besides the

three of us,

The Archaka and his assistant from Jwala Narasimhan Sannidhi walked with

us to

Kroda Narasimhan Sannidhi).

 

The trek between Jwala Narasimhan Sannidhi and Kroda Narasimhan Sannidhi

was tougher

Than we thought. We were told it is relatively plain and doesn't slope

down. But,

With the huge rocks, uneven stones and with general darkness it was

"different".

 

The Lord gave his Darshan @ Kroda Narasimhan Sannidhi at 9 PM and we

were back at

Lower Ahobilam at 10 PM. Oh! What a day it has been! It was truly a

divine experience

The whole day and with Smt. Praveena's health doesn't make it

comfortable walking even

for half an hour - she was actually walking / climbing on a tougher

surface for

11 and half hours. This is nothing but the sheer blessings of our Lord

Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan and the Kataksham of HH Srimad Azhagia Singar.

 

The morning of 17th, Monday, started with a wonderful darshan of the

Moolavar of

Prahalada Varadhan in the sattupadi as Kalinga Nardana Krishnan at Sri

Ahobila Matam.

Of course, being there to see HH Srimad Azhagia Singar performing

cherished Aradhanam to

Malolan and for the Kalinga Nardana Krishnan (both "mun sevai" and "pin

sevai")

In itself a great Bagyam. After yet another blessed "breakfast" in the

Matam,

We ventured into the temples in the Lower Ahobilam starting from Sri

Prahalada Varadhan.

We were blessed with the darshan of the Lord adorning the new Kireetam

and also

Blessed with the new Sri Satari. From there we went to the temples of

Chatravata Narasimhan, Yogananda Narasimhan and Karanja Narasimhan.

AdiyEn's feeling

On having the darshan of Chatravata Narasimhan is quiet different. With

the Lord's

Smiling face and the close look of his nails, adiyEn felt it was totally

different

Experience.

 

We returned to Sri Ahobila Matam and were blessed with private times

with

HH Srimad Azhagia Singar. HH Srimad Azhagia Singar, ever loving as

always,

Enquired about our health, work, experience on being in Sri Ahobilam et

al.

 

At around 2:30 in the afternoon after being blessed with Sri Matam

lunch,

lowkeekam pulled us back and we left for Chennai.

 

It was such a divine experience that AdiyEn wanted to share with all Sri

Vaishnavas.

The Lord has delayed his darshan to us as "Pavana" & "Bhargava"

Narasimhan and

We do hope the Lord will give us these darshans soon.

 

AdiyEn is sure that Sri Vaishnavas who had been to Sri Ahobilam earlier

would

Have similar or better experiences and those Sri Vaishnavas who are

earning to

Visit Sri Ahobilam, am sure the Lord will bless you with his darshan and

Experience soon.

 

dAsan

Anand

31st March 2003

 

Srimad Azhagia Singar Thiruvadigale Saranam

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