Visit to shrine of Pampatti Siddhar

Dr. D. Rajaram,

3 February 2005

 

Dear Dr. Loganathan, kaviyogi Dr. Pandian, and my scholar friends,

 

I had participated in the First National Conference on Skanda Muruga held from 7 to 9 January '05 at

Arulmigu Sangameswarar koyil at Bhavani. I was very glad to learn that there is a presentation by you

( Dr. Pandian) on 'Perception of the Impercetible'. . The abstract mentioned that you would be justifying the subjective

visions experienced by the Siddhars. I was eagerly waiting to meet you and listen to your presentation.

I was dissappointed when I heard you are not coming. I hope and pray you are well and fine.

When I had gone to Coimbatore in March 2004, I had a great desire to go to Marudumalai Murugan Koyil

and visit the shrine of Pampatti Siddhar. Unfortunately, I sustained a disc injury and could not make it.

After the Murugan Conference I went to Coimbatore and spent some days there. I expressed my desire to

visit Marudumalai. Every one disuaded me that the shrine of Pampatti Siddhar is down below in the hill.

My people are aware of my cardiac disability. They doubted whether I would be physically able to climb down

and climb back uphill from the cave shrine. I said I would try. If the Lord wills I may succeed and do it.

I placed my confidence on God and went to Marudumalai on 17 January.

It was a great day for me, for it is an event in my life which I had waited for!

When I went up and asked a kurukkal how to go to Samadhi of Pampatti Siddhar. He corrected my statement.

One great message and lesson I received from the kurukkal. He said

" A SIDDHAR DOES NOT ATTAIN SAMADHI, HE MERGES AND BECOMES ONE WITH DIVINITY "

Another lesson I learned was that Pamapatti Siddhar exists in the cave shrine in a deep meditation in

cosmic energy configuration of a very large reptile. The offering at this shrine is a pushpanjali, a bowl of milk

and two eggs. There is a Siva Lingam and behind there is a screen. The bowl of milk and the offering of the eggs

are placed behind the Siva Lingam and in front of the screen on a Pournami day.

Kurukkal narrated his bewildering experience. He said that the yolk in the egg is sapped out by a large serpent

leaving behind only empty shells and the milk is just touched and blessed. This is given as prasadam to devotees.

There is a large hood shaped rock on the right side inside the sanctum. Pampatti Siddhar is in meditation under the hood.

But, Pampatti Siddhar lived about 800 years ago! His writings and teachings are presented by Dr. Loganathan under thetitle

The Verses of the Snake Charmer. In part  23 he narrates The Philosophical Arguments and The Sadhanas of the Siddhas.

"These three verses are connected to each other and describe the technology for bringing into service the eight different kinds of snakes described above and where we have to add the Atiseedan, the huge snake with a thousand heads and on which BEING-as-VishNu reposes and which forms the bed floating in the Milk of Ocean. This form of KuNdalini, the shape of Maha KuNdalini is in fact the Woman, the Sakti, the In-anna or Nin-in-sina of the Sumerians and perhaps also the Nubians and Egyptians. This Atiseedan may be a later rendering of the Sumerian Usumgal, the huge Dragon that was associated with An (Siva) and Enlil (VishNu)"

The impressions I gathered after visiting shrine of Pampatti Siddhar and after reading the mails is that, once a subject who lived a lifetime attains Samadhi and later by meditation and perseverence generates the grace of divinity and merges with the oneness of OMNIPRESENCE he continues to exist in 'timelessness' where the process of aging and the parameter 'TIME' has no relevence to him now in an energy form. In that state he is amenable to COSMIC COMMUNICATION with a selected few human beings.

This is one of the aspects I had presented and discussed in my paper Arumperal Marabin Perum Peyar Muruganat the 

National Conference on Skanda Muruga held at Bhavani.  

Respected Dr. Pandian, I was waiting to learn more from you and incorporate your views also in my presentation.
I shall start uploading my papers from tomorrow. I would like to upload my power point presentations. Could some one help me?

With warm regards and best wishes,

Sincerely,

Rajaram Doraswamy.

Om Namah Shivaya. 

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