Indignation at sholingur: Sharing other good experiences

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As has been pointed out, there are always unpleasant

experiences in life and it is all the more so when one

is on a spiritual quest. I have a suggestion - could

members post their good experiences on this board so

that we could enjoy those also.

 

I will give 2 wonderful experiences that I had last

year.

 

1. Thiruvidavendhai - quiet peaceful shrine of Varaha

swamy (nityakalyanaswamy) on the road to mamallapuram.

Hoary shrine but kept neat and clean. No solicitations

and the priests were respectful and answered all my

questions without asking for any donations. This does

not mean that they did not have a pressing need for

money to survive - they did not ask for it from me

although it was quite obvious that I had come from

abroad.

 

2. Thirumazhisai - one of my favorite shrines and one

I had the pleasure of taking my mother to, the 2nd

time in her life (the first time as a child with her

father). Quiet,peaceful and the priest was solicitous

and interested in telling us about the shrine. The

shrine was clean and there were no crowds. There is

no chakkratazhwar shrine in the temple as the azhwar

himself was an amsam of sri sudarshana and the azhwar

vigraham is framed in the back by the 6 pointed star

of the discus.

 

3. Thiruvellore - beautiful shrine - yes there were

crowds but the experience was peaceful and the priests

were not soliciting funds in a crass manner.

 

In the various occasions that I have visited temples

back in India, I have come across the good and the bad

and I find myself dwelling more often on the pleasant

experiences rather than the unpleasant (quite the

opposite of the way news is conveyed).

 

Happy darshans to all

mukund srinivasan