in memorian: 123rd jayanti today

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Sri Ramana, the second son of Sundaram Aiyar and

Alagammal, was born on 30 December 1879, a most

auspicious day, dedicated to Siva as Nataraja, the King

of Dance.

 

On it, early at dawn, the image of Nataraja in every Siva

temple is bathed ceremonially, decked with sandal-paste,

ornaments and flower-garlands, and taken out in procession,

so that all may see and receive the blessing.

The day marks the victory of Lord Siva over the demon

Andhaka, whose name means the 'dark', the 'blind', and

whose myth signifies the victory of light over darkness,

of goodness over evil. After subduing the demon, the

Lord dances the cosmic dance, which is the expression

of supreme joy and alone sustains the universe.

Through it Nataraja teaches that the universe is not separate

from him, and that everything that happens there is a form

of his divine sport.

 

Sri Ramana was born at about the time when the Nataraja

procession re-entered the temple of Tirucculi in 1879.

 

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T.M.P. Mahadevan: Ramana Maharshi

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