We lost our mother in 1980 when I, the eldest was only 19 and the last child, my sister Raji was only 11. Besides that there are two more younger siblings, my brother and the last, another sister. I was 25 and my next younger sibling, Bhuvana was 24. This time the trip to Kanchi was with my father only. Otherwise let them rest with me forever!!! Each time He performed a miracle that became a landmark turning point in my personal life!! If you like this episode, I will come out with all of them. I called on His Holiness 4 or 5 times before his Maha Samadhi in Jan 1994. Secondly, I could sense that he could see our thoughts just like we watch TV!! He is Conciousness embodiment and goes thro our body and mind in the astral form!!! This was only the beginning. The Acharya would have met thousands of people in these 27 years, traveled all over the country and there were million incidents.
He could seamslessly recollect at 92, the name of my great grandfather who had passed away 27 years back. Paramacharal sharply asked “Is it Umamahesweran ”? and looked at me piercingly (he did not look at my father) and waved his right hand at me as if to say "I know both Umamaheswerans too well, both great grandfather and the great grandson”! The Brahmin replied, "Yes, Kattummannar koil grahaangyya Picchu Sastrigal Peranaam”. Paramacharyal asked the Brahmin sitting next to Him: Just then this miracle happened which was one of the first spiritual things that became a cause for my complete transformation from an agnostic, a non-confirmist to a right wing Paramacharyal devotee and a champion (may be you may call me self-proclaimed, I don’t care)) of Sanathan Dharma.
I also looked surprised because until that day I never knew that my great grandfather had another name Picchu Sastrigal. We had better things to do in a day than getting introduced thro a person dead 27 years back!!!. He introduced himself as the grandson of "Kattumannar Koil Grahaangyya Picchu Sastrigal." I glanced angrily at my father just I was angry with others. I passed first paying just a salute (namasthe) to him. Since I was the first the grandson born after his death, I was christened after him. My great grandfather passed away on July 11, 1959. I do not know the meaning of this word but certainly it is a honorific title. Periaval had conferred the title “Grahaangyya” on my great grandfather. My great grandfather used to write back to him. Paramacharyal used to send post cards to my great grandfather at Kattuumannarkoil regarding any grammar doubt (Vyakarana). My great grandfather Umamaheswara Sastrigal was a great Sanskrit scholar and was older than Paramacharyal by 2 years. This was my thinking while I was standing in the queue and I was also mentally cursing the people who were delaying the movement.īefore I proceed further, I must inform my friends about my ancestors’ connections with the Mutt. “ How this old man is going to remember the Neelakanda sastris and Mani Sastrigal who would have passed away from this world decades back?” I can’t even remember or recollect my schoolmates’ names”. Paramacharyal was 92 years old at that time. “ I am Neelakanda sastri’s grandson, I am Thiruvaiyaru Mani Sastrigal’s great grandson” and so on. The people who were before us in the queue were introducing themselves with the names of their great grand fathers and grand fathers and were delaying the others in the queue. There was a brahmin sitting near Him and explaining to Him about the visitors’ names and antecedents as and when Paramacharyal asked him. Swamigal was seated with a rope separating the crowd from him. My father, brother and I reached the mutt and stood in the line. My opinion frankly was he was just another sadhu but a good one and certainly not a charlatan. I did not have the reverence too for Periaval. At that time I was more of an agnostic and performed rituals or poojas only under my father’s duress. Later in the day we decided to go to Kanchi Muttt and get the blessings of Maha Periaval. We climbed up the Vimana and poured water on the new construction. My father, my brother and I did Kar Seva in the new Adambakkam Shivan Sanndhi at Raj Vinayaka temple.
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