Temple Memories

Kalyana Kandaswamy Kovil: There is a temple near the house we used to live earlier( Madipakkam) and it is called kalyana kandaswamy koil. When I was a kid, I was told the story of Andaal (the only female azhwar) and how she married Lord Vishnu. I was very much enthralled with the idea of marrying God that I used to go to Kalyana kandaswamy koil and pray for just that. I did not pray that I must do well in exams or sports. I did not pray for my loved ones. I just used to pray that I have to marry god. A very simple player from a small and simple girl!!! This Friday we passed the temple and I remembered my prayers when I was a kid.

Well my parents are looking for a guy for me and I am born under the star Visaka and stars like Thiruvonam (Lord vishnu's star), Krithigai (Lord Muruga's Star), Punarpoosam (Lord Rama's star) do not match. If I had known, would i have prayed for marrying god when I was a kid?? Well, I would have! You see, Rohini (Lord Krishna's star) does match and so I still would have prayed :-)

My dad used to go to the temple every morning. In the month of margazhi, they used to serve hot pongal and dad used to get it home. I hate pongal but I used to love the Kovil pongal. And there are lot of fond memories associated to that place. I still recall the first time we went to the Kalyana kandaswamy temple. It was in our III Standard and we were in a different house(rented one!!). We went there on our star birthday - me and my sis were wearing identical dress except for the colour - She in blue and me in green. The day was vaikasi visagam and that was the first time we came to know that it is a special day for Lord Muruga. We were so happy!!!

Ramar Koil

Well where can I start on this!! There are so many beautiful memories that I fear when I start writing, I might miss many of the memories out!! During one of the many summer vacations, my brother used to go the temple daily in his cycle and offer thulasi mala (tied by my mom) to god. One day, we as a family went to the temple and I was really curious to see how the god looked as my brother was going there every day! So I went and saw, the god looked very big to my eyes (moolavar). The utsava moorthy was in coppery golden colour and God was looking so very handsome. I was immediately struck by his beauty. This Friday when I went I was so happy to see him again . that slow smile in his face is so very sweet to look at and his wonderfully sculpted nose. For a moment, my heart was filled with so much love and joy that I sturggled to hold back my tears, I was remembering the time the deity of God used to be in our car park adorned only with the flower garland, me and my sis made with our own hands and what a beautiful sight it was!! I do not know whether it would be called a spiritual moment where my heart was so full with love but I would definitely say it was a joyous moment. The moment lasted for 3 to 5 minutes. After that, I did not experience any thing. Everything was back to Normal.