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About thirty years back, Bairava Subramanya Aiyer was running a prasadam shop in Tiruttani hills. I was among the people who worked in that shop. Once I fell ill because of incessant work. As time passed, the fever shot up. Thinking that I could reach home by ten in the night,

started walking slowly down the steps in the mountain path, staggering, and repeatedly taking rest here and there, and finally reaching the last step. There was a mena (palanquin) parked on the banks of the Teppakkulam. A man came towards me from that direction. He asked me, have

you come down from the hill top? I said, yes. Then you come here. He took me to the mena. I peeped slightly inside the mena. From there Maha Periyava gave darshan to my darkened eyes as Shantha Swaroopi. I good joining my palms forgetting about myself. “You come from the hill top

Is the temple open?" Periyava asked me. The temple is locked Swami! I said with utter humility. "Will there be a prasadam shop there?" I said, I am an employee of the prasadam shop atop the hill. I can prepare venpongal for these people. Periyava said, "If that is the case, well

and good. I shall walk up the path of the mountain stairs, asking them to climb through the regular path. You go quickly and prepare (the food), Go!" As Periyava said the last word "Go", my fever went away without leaving any trace. Like a runner in a sports race event, I ran up

the hills by the singular footpath and reached the top. The prasadam shop owner was not present on that day. I broke the news to his wife. That noble woman said, "You climbed down the hill only to see the doctor! And why do you ask for my permission when the Vaidyanathan Himself

has cured you and given you orders? This incident has happened only for the welfare of us all! You go happily and prepare the Aharam!" Immediately I lit the wood furnace and prepared the venpongal. Then I woke up a man who was sleeping there for assistance, and carrying the food,

a wooden ladle, mandara leaves to serve food, and pulikaichal as side dish for the pongal, and arrived at Murugan's dwaja sthamba. Within a few minutes Periyava arrived at the hill temple. With the electric lamps in all the prakaras (courtyards) switched on throwing brightness

around, the organs trumpeting music and with the purna kumbham, as the temple official Krishna Reddiyar, the temple administrator Kulasekhara Naidu, many other employees, and the priests were waiting to receive Maha Periyava and take him inside, the Sage looked around. I stood

before him with folded palms. Periyava asked, "Is the Aharam ready?" I replied, Have prepared and brought it here. "Alright, you serve these people and then come", Periyava ordered me. Asking the palanquin bearers to sit down on the floor, giving them the leaf plates and serving

them the venpongal, I said, These have been prepared exclusively for you. The pulikaichal is there for side dish. Eat well to your satisfaction. I need to go to the temple and have darshan of Periyava. When they said, You proceed, we shall take care of ourselves I went inside the

temple. Maha Periyava was standing near the Moola Sthanam (sanctum sanctorum). As I had that darshan, I rubbed my eyes and looked keenly to distinguish as to who was TanigaiMalai Murugan and who was Paramacharyar. Tears rushed down my eyes with the darshan of Periyava as

DeivaGuru and JagadGuru. The darshan was over at last. Kanchi Maha Swamigal came out. As the temple employees were bowing to him giving way, I went and stood before him with folded palms. Periyava said, "They are all very happy. You prepared it tastily and fillingly! All of them

are very happy. Their stomachs are also full", and stood blessing me, I knelt down for a shastaanga namaskaram and then stood up. "When you go to sleep every night, chant the Rama Nama." When Periyava blessed me with these words, it was one o' clock at night.
Hara Hara Sankara

Jaya Jaya Sankara

Author: S.Balarama Rao
Source: Maha Periyaval - Darisana Anubhavangal Vol. 1
Compiled by Jagadguru Sri Maha Periyava - Kanchi Paramacharya/Fb