Our trip to Kerala - you are a very special person

April 9, 2008

HARI AUMSub: Your Message 9229 Yes, the description of the details of your pilgrimage tothe God's Own Country was very useful for other fellow devotees and let me toojoin others in thanking you for the same: may be excused for increasing the INBOX volume. You are a very special person, Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, and youcould do many more things, I believe so. Not only our fellow Group Members, butalso the whole of His Creations should be benefited by your visits andpresence. I came to know of your Guruvayur visit along with ShriRamanujam only on the day of your visit, through another Guruvayur Group memberand tried to contact you on your mobile with out success. I wanted to requestyou to visit Guruvayurappan's Punnathur Ana Kota. And my worst fears came true – you had notvisited. Also if I came to know that youwere visiting Tripunithura Palace I would have requested you to take a look atthat group of 50+ deers kept enclosed in a small open area with out proper foodand water (as I had seen it a couple of years back) – for whose sake ? God alone knows, if at all!Madam, in my layman's philosophy God had made this worldfull of unequal things in such a way that even the strongest and the mightiesthas to depend in some way or the other even on the smallest and the weakest ofHis creations. Hence it is the God-given responsibility of the stronger ones to take care of the weaker ones aswell.Among all His creations humans are at the highest level inmany ways. Also among humans there are very few blessed ones like you: thereputation that you enjoy in Guruvayur Group and the contributions that youmake to the same are sufficient to prove this point. We often do help at least those who could ask for it. What about those who deserve our help butcould not ask for it – the dumb animals? They are also our fellow creations of His. I would not have succeeded in putting this point veryclearly and effectively. I request yourattention to this aspect of Bhakti and you may kindly enlighten and exhort our ordinaryfellow Group Members like me, more on this aspect – kindness towards othercreations of His as well. With Great Regards to you and other fellow devotees ofGuruvayurappan,Yours affectionately,NB Nair. nbnair,nbnair – welcome to any ofthese ids pl.guruvayur , "sarojram18" <sarojram18 wrote:>> > Our tour to Kerala> > > > > > Kerala, God's own country!> > > > It is true because you can see more of God's creations in Kerala> than anywhere else. I other lands man has destroyed what God has> created. I mean the wealth of nature. The green forests and the coconut> trees and other natural scenes of beauty can be enjoyed only in Kerala> wherever you travel. Though our trip was a short one and we could not> have an extended tour all over Kerala due to our age (even this was> quite exhausting) we had a brief but memorable experience.> > > > We went to Palghat where a friend Dr.Jaikrishnamenon lived to proceed> to Palghat from there as he wished to take us in his car. We spent some> time with his family and went to the Guruvayur temple in Palghat> maintained by Chinmaya mission. It is just beautiful and Guruvayurappan> is charming . The murals along the wall of the sannidhi depicted scens> from dasavathara and there were some other paintings on the wall in the> meditation hall. I could not drag myself away from the place. It is very> well maintained and visitors to Palghat should not miss it.> > > > We went to a Hanuman temple in Palghat inside the fort of Tippusultan,> the Hanumanji there is supposed to be very powerful. It seems two Hindu> soldiers of Tippu who were stationed there carved a figure of hanuman on> the rock and later it was made into a proper temple.> > > > We left for Guruvayur in the evening in a taxi, since we would not allow> our friend to drive due to a sudden heavy downpour and we had to skip> our plan to visit Vadakkanatha temple in Trichur as a result. Next> morning we went to the temple of Guruvayurappan . There was a huge crowd> with a queue extending far beyond the entrance to the temple due to the> day being Good Friday a holiday and when we almost got reconciled to> see the Lord from outside Guruvayurappan willed otherwise and our> friend took us to the queue of senior citizens which was not too long> and we were able to have the darsan within an hour.> > > > The feeling I had on seeing the Lord was something I have never> experienced earlier even when the temple was not crowded. We were not> even allowed to go very near the sannidhi , may be due to excessive> crowd, but the moment I stood in front of the Lord I could feel the> vibrations of divine joy coursing through me and this feeling I could> experience again only in Trivandrum in the temple Padmanabha and in> Thirukurungudi temple , Thirunelveli, though I visited many temples> during our tour. These were the three places where I could feel the> divine presence> > > > > > We could not do the thulabharam as planned due to the place being> overcrowded and we left for Ernakulam thinking that perhaps the Lord> wants us to come again for tulabhatram.> > > > When we reached Ernakulam our Indukumar of Guruvayur group came to meet> us at the station. It was the initiative of Chandrasekhara menon of our> group to inform her of our arrival and she communicated with me before> our departure and booked our stay in Bharat hotel and also arranged for> a taxi to take us around. She and her husband helped us with the luggage> and left us in the hotel.> > > > The next day we went to Thirupanithura to the temple Poornathraya sayee,> of which Indu has written about, and to the Hill palace, Thirupanithura,> which houses several art pieces and jewels etc. It was really fantastic.> We climbed the steps more than 60 I am sure, realizing only when we went> half way up that there is a road around for car to travel. Nether our> driver knew it nor the man who sold the tickets told us!. We managed to> call the car for climbing down though, which was just as well as it> started raining. But it was worthwhile though. In the confusion of> calling the car etc we forgot to buy the postcards showing the art> pieces of the museum.> > > > Then we went to cochin and visited the Mattancheri palace and saw the> mythological murals, depicting the whole of Ramayana there. To climb the> stairs for the museum was a task and a fellow tourist a Frenchman helped> me by offering his arm. Inside I ventured to go down to the Queens> bedroom to see the murals there through narrow and steep steps and I had> a tough time climbing up that nearly gave my husband a heart attack!.> > > > Aferwards we rode round the port of cochin and saw the Chinese nets and> walked along the spice street in Jewish town but the synagogue was> closed due to some festival season. In the evening we went to the Siva> temple of Ernakulam which was right opposite our hotel and a Hanuman> temple adjacent to it which contained a beautiful hanumanji and several> statues inside. It was really worth seeing.> > > > The next day Indu took us to chotanikara temple in her car and the> day being auspicious there was a huge crowd and when we gave up the hope> of getting in Indu talked to some temple authorities and we were taken> inside through a special entrance and were able to have the darsan in> few minutes> > > > The rest of the morning was spent in the house of Indu with her husband> and daughter. Mr Kumar is very knowledgeable and he and my husband> became friends at once. Surya the daughter of Indu was quite charming > too and we had delightful time with all of them Their house is itself a> museum of art pieces and they also have a lovely garden, a rarity in> Chennai. Our visit to their hous is the best part of our trip to> Ernakulam.> > > > Indu also saw us off to Trivandrum where we were met by another friend> from orkut R.Suresh. We went to the Hotel Aryanivas where Suresh made> the bookings earlier.> > > > Next day we took a taxi and went to Padmanabha temple. We had a good> darsan of Padmanabha and Narasimha, Rama and Hanuman inside the temple.> The face of Padmanabha was not very clearly visible but in spite of that> I fell in love with Him the moment I saw Him. He was simply gorgeous!.> If there is one place in Kerala I would like to return apart from> Guruvayur it is the temple of Padmanabha as I wished that I could stay> in front of the Lord forever.> > > > As we could not see the palace, art gallery etc . the day being Monday> when they are all closed and we went to varkala Krishna temple in the> afternoon.. The Krishna there is beautiful reminding us of> Guruvayurappan> > > > We went to the kudhirmaligai , which got the name due to the wooden> image of horses sculpted on the roof of the outer wall of the palace.> It was the place where Maharaja SwathithirunaaL used to stay and he> built it especially to be near the temple of Padamanabha which is> adjacent to the palace. It contains paintings and art pieces whach are> very beautiful but the splendour of the place was mainly due to the aura> of n music and learning that is reverberated through the chambers.> Maheraja SwatithitunaaL used to sit in one of his chambers from where he> could see the temple tower of Padmanabha and compose his songs. It was> thrilling to visualize the musicians and scholars who used to throng the> palace chambers in his days. The whole palace is of wooden structure> and an bounds in beautiful carvings on the ceilings and around.> > > > We went to t chithra art gallery which houses the paintings of ravivarma> and others and went back and rested for a while and started for> Thirunelveli.> > > > We stayed in Hotel Janakiram in Thirunelveli and visited the Vaishnava> divya desams around Thirunelveli. We returned to Chennai happy but> exhausted after a ten day travel .>

April 9, 2008

Dear NBNair, I got your message but I thought that you wanted me to visit the elephant sanctuary which I have done on my earlier visit and I didnot have time during this visit because I stayed in guruvayur only for half a day. I totally was unaware of the deer sanctury in Thiruppanitthura as well.But you have already written about these and it would have created an awareness to all especially keralites and all can only pray to Guruvayurappan to save these poor creatures. I appreciate your working for the noble cause and would it perhaps help to appaeal to the organisations working for animal welfare? saroja Ramanujam Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit. www.freewebs.com/asrama3

April 9, 2008

HARI AUM

Dear Dr Saroja Ramanujam,

Thank you very much for your kind words. It gives me great

satisfaction and encouragement. I am re-assurd that I am not in any

wrong path.

I am sure the opinion of Guruvayur Group members will be taken

seriouly by the concerned people if we express it firmly and in

unison, without fear or favour.

Regards to all.

Yours sincerely,

NB Nair.

guruvayur , Saroja Ramanujam <sarojram18

wrote:

>

> Dear NBNair,

> I got your message but I thought that you wanted me to visit the

elephant sanctuary which I have done on my earlier visit and I

didnot have time during this visit because I stayed in guruvayur

only for half a day. I totally was unaware of the deer sanctury in

Thiruppanitthura as well.But you have already written about these

and it would have created an awareness to all especially keralites

and all can only pray to Guruvayurappan to save these poor

creatures. I appreciate your working for the noble cause and would

it perhaps help to appaeal to the organisations working for animal

welfare?

> saroja Ramanujam

>

> Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in

sanskrit.

>

> www.freewebs.com/asrama3

>

April 10, 2008

"OM NAMO NARAYANA" have a very good day and enjoy life with "GODS BLESSINGS". Regards, deejan s.NB Nair <nbnair2000 wrote: HARI AUMDear Dr Saroja Ramanujam,Thank you very much for your kind words. It gives me great satisfaction and encouragement. I am re-assurd that I am not in any wrong path. I am sure the opinion of Guruvayur Group members will be taken seriouly by the concerned people if we express it firmly and in unison, without fear

or favour. Regards to all.Yours sincerely,NB Nair.guruvayur , Saroja Ramanujam <sarojram18 wrote:>> Dear NBNair,> I got your message but I thought that you wanted me to visit the elephant sanctuary which I have done on my earlier visit and I didnot have time during this visit because I stayed in guruvayur only for half a day. I totally was unaware of the deer sanctury in Thiruppanitthura as well.But you have already written about these and it would have created an awareness to all especially keralites and all can only pray to Guruvayurappan to save these poor creatures. I appreciate your working for the noble cause and would it perhaps help to appaeal to the organisations working for animal welfare?> saroja Ramanujam> > > > > Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A.,

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