NAVARATHIRI THIRUVIZHA 14 OCTOBER 2023 TO 26 OCTOBER 2023 - SRI DURGAI AMMAN TEMPLE, SENAWANG JAYA. SEREMBAN, N.S., MALAYSIA

 

NAVARATHIRI THIRUVIZHA 14 OCTOBER 2023 TO 26 OCTOBER 2023 AT THE SRI DURGAI AMMAN TEMPLE, SENAWANG JAYA. SEREMBAN, N.S., MALAYSIA

- video above given by the Temple Chairman Mr. Vayapury

Azimala Shiva Temple on the shore of Trivandrum with the Arabian sea (VIDEO)

Azimala Shiva Temple on the shore of Trivandrum with the Arabian sea

 

Ganpati Bappa Morya, Agle Baras Tu Jaldi Aa.

 

It makes our hearts weep when it’s time to say goodbye to Ganesha after having him with us at home for ten days. However, this day leaves us with immense joy and devotion and invites a new hope of bringing lord Ganesha back home next year.

And just like that he bids us farewell, Ganesha Visarjan teaches us many things:

1. The atman is neither created nor destroyed, it leaves this body and gets back to brahman. We come alone and we go alone, do what you can make sure you nourish the atma for that's what truly helps us to ascend towards moksh.

2. We are merely grains of sands in the temporal dunes of time, perhaps through karma we can transcend and ascend. So we all must live our lives and performs our karma keeping in mind the higher dharma

3. No matter who it is, the wheel of time will go on and life will go on. Those who love us will miss us, those whose lives we touch will remember us. We are alive in memories and what those memories are, is solely based on our karma and dharma, make sure it's positive and leaves a mark.

4. Passing is only a veil, our loved ones, our ancestors, our pitrus will always look out for, but we must never forget it is because of them we are here today, we also have a duty towards them.

5. It's not a coincidence that the completion of visarjan commences pitru paksh (the fortnight of ancestors). Ganesh teaches us that just like the divine our ancestors too loving and looking out for us. They are there and they will meet us again.

6. We are here for cut our karmic debts and perform our dharma and shed our physical cloaks. May we all follow the path of dharma and rise to our zeniths and purposes.

I look forward to meeting my Ganesh again, I bow down to the message that just like we meet here every year in different forms, we will meet again in different lives until we attain moksha.

Once we are truly united with the brahman and the veil of duality is lifted, there is no distinction, no differences, no "I", "me" or "you". We are Satcitananda, we are tatvamasi and we are part of that eternal chidanand rupa of the brahman which is the ultimate manifestation. Therefore his father shiva rightfully ferries the atman towards moksha.

Thank you, Prabhu, for the lessons of mortality you have taught this year, the conscious me shall wait to learn more when you deem fit and will.

Ganpati Bappa Morya, Agle Baras Tu Jaldi Aa.

(All hail Ganesha, may he come early next year).

Shubh Prabhat ~ Jai Ganesha

FRIDAY MORNING ALANGARAM AT THE SRI RAJA RAJESWARY TEMPLE, AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA ON 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2023.

 The photos from this morning's prayers:-

- photos courtesy of Mr. Subhas Kannan

Symbolic essence of Ganesh Chaturthi festival.

 

The ritual of immersing (visarjan) the idols after few days of worship reinforces the understanding that God is not in the idol, He is inside us. So experiencing the Omnipresent in the form and deriving joy out of the form is the essence of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In a way, such organised festivity and worships lead to an upsurge in enthusiasm and devotion.

Ganesha is the lord of all the good qualities in us. So when we worship Him, all the good qualities blossom in us. He is also the Lord of knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge dawns only when we become aware of the Self. When there is inertia, there is no knowledge, no wisdom, nor is there any liveliness (Chaitanya) or progress in life. So the consciousness has to be awakened and the presiding deity of consciousness is Ganesha.

That’s why before every puja, the Lord Ganesha is worshipped to awaken the consciousness. Therefore, people install the idol, worship it with infinite love, meditate and experience Lord Ganesha from within. This is the symbolic essence of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, to awaken the Ganesh tattva which is masked inside us.

Jai Shri Ganeshaya Namah! Blessed Thursday Divine Souls!!