Hi there guys..
This blog
is meant for people out there who wants to know about real religion practiced
by the ancient Tamils who lived on this planet ever since the birth of Indus
Valley approximately 6000 years ago. Yeah.. I heard u.. That’s a very long
time. This blog is also meant to reveal answers to the questions been running
through back of your minds. Are you a born Indian? Are you practicing
‘Hinduism’?
CONGRATULATIONS TO BE ON BOARD WITH
ME.
We are no strangers to these
common bedtime stories that our folks used tell us. Our Gods live as a family
in a place called Kailayam, just like in the ‘Thiruvilaiyaadal’ old Tamil movie
introduction. Kailayam is a place surrounded by mountain covered with ice, and
in the middle there would be a ice bench where Lord shiva sitting on it, Lord
Umaiyal/Sakthi starts her dialog with ‘Swaami..!’. Not forgetting their two
kids, Lord Ganesha/ Vinayagar the eldest son with elephant head and Lord Murugan
with his peacock, the second and their never-ending fights exactly as kids at
our houses. When I was a kid, my grandma
never fails to describe the Kailayam in detail. I loved the part when she says
about the ‘Bootha Kananggal’ who are the fat human figures with vampy teeth,
wearing Hawaiian skirts. Their duty is to dance, usher and entertain Lord
Shiva.
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Growing up hearing these Puranas
and Stories I always wondered how many Gods are there in our religion? Then one
day I asked my dad about it and he said I could find answer for this from our
ancient scriptures Siddhaanda Saivam. Thirumoolar a saint who is also the
author of the thirumanthiram scripture quotes, “ondre kulam, oruvane Thevan” which
means ‘People are one and the God is only one’. Hmm.. Then why are these many
Gods story are being very popular among people? Well the stories and puranas
did not really impress me in this modern world too.
Thus, These motivated me to
discover new things and made me to do more research. Siddhaandha Saivam says
the omnipotent or the Supreme Being on its primitive stage was said as ‘sivam’.
This ‘sivam’ is not a name of god. ‘si’ and ‘va’ letters in Tamil are the short
forms of the characters of God such as ‘Sirappu’ and ‘Vanappu’. So, Lord Shiva
is not just the name of the god with tigers skin wardrobe but the word
expresses the supreme beings character. This is as exactly as how we
acknowledge ‘Prime Minister’ as ‘PM’. I will later on explain the term
‘Sirappu’ and ‘Vanappu’ in my future articles. A Saint Manivasagar also states
‘oruruvam ornaamam endru ondrum ilaarku’. This elaborates that the Supreme
Being does not have figure or form neither name. This proofs as I mentioned earlier Lord Shiva
does not point at any specific lord alone.
The Supreme Being in its
primitive stage had no form or name. With mercy upon the souls to understand
the existence of God, the Supreme Being portrayed itself trough three levels of
form such as ‘uruvam’ (figure),
‘aruvuruvam’ (semi-figure), ‘aruvam’ (figureless). In between this process, the
Supreme Being showcases itself as Lord shiva, Lord Umaiyal/Shakti, Lord Ganesha/
Vinayagar or Lord Murugan. All other forms apart from these are also included
in these categories too. That’s all for this episode.. In the coming episodes
lets know more about each and every form in detail..
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Agalya Darma
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