Let his grace be on us

[Guest guest]

Namami Sankaraachaaryam, sarvalokaika Poojitham

 

With permission blessings and grace from HH Swamy Vijeyendra

Saraswathi garu of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Paramacharya and

miracles

 

Let his grace be on us

Sr. A.R. Venkataraman

My father (late) Sri Ramakrishna Iyer was a native of Anaipatti

village in Dindigul taluk in Tamil Nadu. He lost his parents in a

very early age and went on pilgrimage to places like Benares. On his

return he got married and settled at Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) and

started a business of his own.

At that time there were only ten families of Tamils at Nellore

employed in business. There was a Sankara Mutt in Nellore.

We learnt about His Holiness returning to Madras from the North and

passing through our village. We greeted Him with poornakumbham on the

Trunk Road. Offering our pranams we requested Him to speak a few

words of grace in the local Sri Anjaneya Temple. WE imagined that

there were only very few of us. His Holiness gave a short discourse.

People who were passing through the road just outside the temple

stopped out of curiosity and listened to His Holiness. They were so

charmed that every one of them came into the Temple and heard Him

with rapt attention.

Then the unexpected happened. His Holiness who was expected to stay

at Nellore for a couple of days stayed there for about six months,

hundreds having His Darsan, attending the Puja and receiving His

blessings. Imagine our joy at the unexpected boon.

Similarly, when he was returning on the Trunk Road, after the bath in

the North Pennar, His Holiness got down from the Pallakku and walked

into our house. What a grace!

After some years my father would up his business at Nellore and

returned to our place, Periyakulam, Madurai district. After some

time, may father passed away. I wanted to have the darsan of His

Holiness and went to the Kanchipuram. His Holiness was then observing

silence.

I offered my pranams and introduced myself as the son of late

Ramakrishna Iyer of Nellore. His Holiness nodded His head and

indicated by drawing a circle to show that we belong to periyakulam

( " BIG TANK " ) and not Nellore.

We were enthralled by His grace because there were thousands of

devotees visiting Him day in and day out. He remembered us.