TAMIL NEW YEAR (PARAAPAVA) SPECIAL POOJA– Tuesday, 14th April 2026 at Sri Durgai Amman Temple, Senawang Jaya, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

 

Dear Devotees,

To welcome the Tamil New Year (of Paraapava), special abishegam and pooja will be held at the Sri Durgai Amman Temple, Senawang Jaya, Seremban on Tuesday, 14th April 2026, starting at 9.30 a.m. The New Year Special Pooja will begin at 9.30 a.m., followed by New Year greetings by the Temple President and the distribution of Pirasaadham.

All devotees are welcome to participate in the ceremonies and obtain the grace of Sri Durgai Amman on this auspicious day.

ONCE HE HAS YOU

 

ONCE HE HAS YOU

God works in mysterious ways , Often fulfilling what you would wish , especially to catch your attention. But once He has it, you should focus on what He would like.

It has been said He would like you to share love and kindness for His other children.

~ From the book ' And life said ' by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

SHIVA WORSHIPS THE SHIVALINGA

 

This depiction of Shiva worshipping the Shivalinga , is a favourite Shaivic imagery. It full of spiritual meaning.
Why does Shivji sit behind His own Shivalinga in prayer?
Because, in the simplest words: He is committed to His own creation. He, is His own first votary.

If you compare this to a modern day analogy, where during an election, the contender for  'Head of state'  also goes to caste his vote, we note that he is up early, one of the first to caste his own ballot selection! But this comparison, i give only to make you understand that a good leader believes in what he stands for, he signs up for the teachings and vision he himself gives us.

The difference is that in Divinity, there is no election, no selection,and no contest. But a seeker must respect the Divine ideal he seeks, and this can only happen if the Divine itself upholds its foundations! So too, Shivji respects what His own Shaivism stands for, He is the first adherent, the first to vouch for the Shiva way,
and we understand that He is His own first votary. He believes in His own manifesto, and stands by His principles.He leads by example and from the front.
But of course, the analogy ends here, you cannot be " Voted" God !
And although i truly loved reading them, I do not personally subscribe to some stories theorising that Shiva was a man , raised to the level of God by his feats and followers. Rather, my work is based on the understanding that Shiva was always God, but endearingly Human, lovable like a good man in our midst!
And this understanding is based on the notings of the ancient Rishis; They said a surprising thing in the Vedanta and Upanishads:
You cannot Become God, You are always that!

What did they mean by this?
Their teaching was expanded for us by the Rishis of Kashmir in their Shaiv Darshan.They explained that sometimes, God makes Himself forget that He is God, just before he descends to earth. This paves the way for play- Lila.
So once God ( Shiva) comes to earth as another jiva, he undergoes the same world and stages as everyone else, the same joys and sorrows, and finally he begins to question if there is a creator to all this. God looks for God! The Nath Sampradaya states:
Shiva seems to play the lila of losing Himself, then looking for Himself , and finally finding Himself out. According to them, God finds His own true nature when He is in deep Dhyana, Samadhi ; and it is that great realisation which the great Adi shankara termed as Chidanand roopam shivoham. It is also called Satchitananda or Satyam Shivam Sundaram.
We note also, that ultimately we are all seekers of the same truth and helped by Gurus and saints who have journeyed before us.
When He comes on the same journey, In this lovely Lila, God is also helped by His own Rishis as Gurus.
The teacher becomes the taught! This is not difficult to understand, rather, this is the real beauty of God's Lila and love. That is why you have examples of Ramji being taught by Rishi Vashisht, Krishnji being taught by Guru Sandeepan: So that they may remain centered in their Godhood.

Incidentally, the term Yoga, means " To conjoin with the Divine" and Shivji is also called Yogeshwar, the God of the Yogis, which title further simplifies the point that Shivji is always centered in His Supreme God consciousness.Always meditating for the welfare of the Universe. And we note how beautifully the Shivalinga is meant to represent the whole manifest world.


Aum Shiv Shakti Namah.
~ Shail gulhati author of the books :

SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. The Yogi and the snake Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.

Lord Shiva

 

Who Is Shiva?

Transcendent God: Shiva is the timeless God of the universe.Before even the creation of our world, He alone exists; as existence itself,and can be understood as the ultimate transcendence,the supreme being..Personal God

This supreme being,wants to become something,So, He manifests the world as we know it,with himself the projector,but alongside all that he creates,he enters the project as an embodiment,much like the director taking a role in his own play!He now involves himself in meditating and re-connecting with his transcendent Godness,Such connecting is termed as “yoga”,and so, shiva the yogi, is replete with divine knowledge and power.Shiva constantly deploys his powers and wisdom, his godhood,to uplift all his children , In this,he is goodness personified,and many who have faith in his immanence, worship him as their personal god.

Why then is Shiva known as the destroyer? Hinduism believes that the processes of God are principally threefold: creation,preservation,and destruction. It further believes,that God optimizes his attributes in a particular manifestation to enable the execution of a specific process with the greatest efficacy,Thus Brahma is the creator of the world, Vishnu incarnates time and again , for he is it’s preserver.Which , in some thinking leaves Shiva as the destroyer at the end of a world cycle.However, this is one view. Those who know Shiva better (the shaivites), see His role in a different way.In a world full of changes, something must mark the parameter of permanence, and that permanent principle is Shiva. Shaivites prefer to understand Him as the”Re-absorber”. Their view is :

The Shaivite Belief :Shiva is one of four main Gods of Hinduism, the other three being Brahma, Vishnu andDevi, Shiva’s consort Herself.In the beginning, only Shiva is. He is endowed with immense power,Shakti,which is none other thanDevi,the eternal consort. The two are inseparable, like any one thing and its inherent nature: God, and Mother Nature “In-here” in each other as one. They create Brahma and Vishnu. Brahma creates the world,and enters it, so does Vishnu,and,yes, So do shiva and devi. Most of us know Shiva from here,in his popular depiction as Shiva, the yogi. He is dhyanastha,meditative,mindful,beneficent, always immersed in transmitting spiritual guidance,sharing many methods of attainment. Ultimately, all is absorbed back to him,but,those are lucky, who get absorbed in godheadin their current birth, whilst retaining their body,that is, before dying .This is attainment. So,to one who wants to learn of shiva’s mysticism, destruction does not mean ‘finishing of the world’, It rather connotes the ending of ignorance and falsehood,the ending of identifying too much with the finites. Shiva guides us to higher wisdom by the ‘taking away’ of junk messages that haveaccumulated in our minds through ages,and have resulted not only in personal misery,but also creating chaos and disharmony when we come together in collective soceities.Foremost amongst our errant conditionings, is:We think we are distant from god.Shiva ends the delusion that we are only body and mind,distant from god.Ending of delusion,ends limitation. So if there is something shiva does destroy,its your limitation.‘Verily’,teaches Shiva, ‘god is nearer to you than your very breath’for simply understood,is not god the breath in you?And thus, Shiva begins to remind us of where it all began….Shiva teaches that we, in fact, are made of the same shivashakti principle that began the world.All creation is from one source and that there are no two different origins.This makes him the teacher divine, Shiva dakshinamurti. He who taught without taking a fee.

~ Shail Gulhati is the author of

SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.

MAHADEVA- LORD OF TANTRA

 

Shiva was the Lord of Tantra, a unique system of weaving together God’s science of manifestation. He often taught His ganas the tantra, saying, “ from the very beginning of the world, there was an interplay of Shiva and Shakti. I , a Poet, and She, an Artist. Whatever I sang in divine verse, She painted on the canvas of the world. And life began. Whatever you see around you, has been given by your mother.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

HOME SWEET HOME

 

HOME SWEET HOME

Good morning Shiv bhakts

We say Home, sweet Home, whenever we come back from a long journey. Just like that, when our soul returns to God , it is the sweetest homecoming.

~ From the book 'And life said ' by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

SHIVA PARVATI VIVAH - THE GREATEST WELCOME TO GOD, ON EARTH!

 

SHIVA PARVATI VIVAH - THE GREATEST WELCOME TO GOD, ON EARTH!

The wedding venue was simply beautiful. The finest designers had been called to make everything from the big platform upon which Shiva and Parvati would sit to be married, down to the littlest of details.

All eyes looked for Parvati. As was the custom, the bride was brought in, last of all. Shiva hungered for this play of Shakti to unfold; He could barely manage His incomplete self without Her.

And then, as if to make God know how one feels when prayers are answered, She appeared.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.