Thai Poosham
Feb 3 2015 Thai Poosham A festival of Lord Murugan, celebrated with much joy by Tamil
people all over India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa the world over..
Morning started, as most mornings do, with whatsapp greetings This day it was pictures of Lord
Muruga And a verse from Tiruppugazh The timeless treatise of the great sage of Arunachala
Tiru Arunagirinathar. This verse is a well known one, where Arunagirinathar prays to Lord
Muruga to come in the form a Guru and bless him
uruvAi aruvAi uLathAi ilathAi
maruvAi malarAi maNiyAi oLiyAi
karuvAi uyirAi gadhiyAi vidhiyAi
guruvAi varuvAi aruLvAi guhanE
As formless, as with form,
As That which is, As That which is not,
As Fragrance, as Flowers,
As Chime of bells, as Light,
As Embryo, as Life,
As Divine Destiny, as Fruits of Karma
As Guru,
Please come and bless me,
O one in the cave (of the heart)!
Lovely verse, with beautiful sounds. These then formed as a picture in ones mind A picture of
Lord Muruga of Pazhani, clad in a loin cloth And his manifestation as a Guru, in the form of the
sage of Arunachala, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi