Magam Festival

Similarly I have not much explored and aware about the festival Masi Magam that come in Tamil month of Masi (February-March). This festival usually falls on full moon day following the Makram star on this month and is considered highly favorable across south Indian Temples, especially in Tamil Nadu. This year Masi Magam felled on Feb 21, the full moon day. The important aspect of this festival is taking idols from the temples to the seashore or nearby ponds to dip and is also related to holy bath ceremony. After doing pujas and other rituals at the shore, thousands of devotees are throng near the shore to witness the worship and bathing in the sea.

In this process the Lord Vishnu and Shiva Idols are the most brought to the shore and also Idols from the Shakti temples. The myths are numerous according to Masi Makam and each temple has a myth for celebrating this festival. According to legend this festival importantly relates to Lord Shiva, who appears as a child before King Vallala of Tiruvannamalai, who has contributed in spreading the benefits of Girivalam and Arunachala temple and a passionate devotee of Shiva get promised by lord to perform his last ritual as he have no son or heir. What relates to this festival is the king died on a day is known as Masi Magam and it is said that the Lord performed his last rites. So it is believed that every year the Lord visits the sea to perform the last rites of the King and whoever bathes in the sea during Masi Magam will merge with him and will get mukthi(salvation).

Once in every twelve years people celebrate it in grand, and was called Maha Maham which is celebrate with great importance at the Adi Kumbeswaran temple in Kumbakonam. This temple holds a huge tank and the water from cavery driven to this tank, which deemed to be special and holiness. In my experience I was able to cover one of the celebrations in late years at Mamallapuram which was our ancestors place. This is one place the festival celebrates with highly important of two days. The first day before Masi Magam is known as Theppothsavam (floating festival). On this day Sri Ulaguyya Nindra Piran (Sthalasayana Perumal) idol from the nearest temple brought to the tank and kept on the decorated barge to make it float along the tank, to sail around for nine rounds. The steps would be filled with people watching the float raft and those interested are allowed to pull the float.

Masi Magam is conducted on the continuing day with special ritual performance for Uthsava Perumal (festival god) idol that brought to sea. After the proceeding are over, the idol was keep few distance away from the sea for moments, so that the devotees can take dip (with more excitement along with family and friends) in sea what they believe as holiness bath and then to get received blessing from the Lord. They won’t allow anyone to bath in the sea before lord enters. These are some process I have witnessed from one of my experience at Masi Magan some years back and I hope there would be nothing have changed so far. This year my cousin’s family whet to take part in Mamallapuram Magam and for some reason I unaccepted there invite. When I am writing this, the festival has been over already with a day passing, but I thought to share something about this festival.

Photos from onerupee.net. Both pictures are taken from mamallapuram masi magma.

Uncovered

My season of favored begins early
sending sea breeze after late morn
with so many excite the mind felt
as it pushes the tender winds
across my stretched window frame

From the long lost greener, is back
in reflecting the cool breeze even sun shines;
the fallen tubes of wind chimes resist
striking the pleasant jingling sounds
hangs, lack hands, to replace with new chime

After weeks of visiting, nothing unchanged
on my eventide ride in wheels, sighting
from children in streets with out stress
seems like defeating digital world,
playing on wagons passing streets, and
bloomed yellow flowers, either sides
indicating the uncover spring.

Default dwell

Mind concern that it’s the pollute
from this long unreleased air condition
sends me the condition of least to say,
where the dusty breeze exist
still to realize then throat strikes
to swallow on breathe
dismissing the normal tone
in turn minimizes in minutes.

the nature exists the wind in space
still breathing the chillness within walls
in breeze not reaching the peaks,
flying similarly in evening winds
hiding somewhere inward rooms
and rocks in night when we sleeps.

indolence relaxes on wanders face
any lazy guy won’t despondence in killing
even much there isn’t decease for little flies,
we scattered webs to defense ourselves
the impurity environ and slumbering sanitary
in intimate solidarity is the dawn term.

Confide reveal in Q&A

Ghost Particle tagged me:

1. Name Three Most Valuable Assets?
Love (inestimable), People and Internet.

2. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?
Take care and I was very happy being with you.

3. If you were to be stranded on a desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?
I don’t want to make others feel unimportant except those three, so I leave it on there wish to join hands. (Safe answer ;) )

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Oh, how many times I have answered to this question. This time I find new place that fills with green breeze and wind energy, The Nagercoil.

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
Earn to live on my own.

6. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
My health, that troubles every moment for my parents.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
Any negative thoughts about my dearest ones, I could never ever not even in dreams to miss them.

8. What would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
I don’t know in which situation that briefcase may land here, so would hand it to police to make it possible reaching its owner.

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Should I wish for which won’t happen, apart from friends, family and well known.

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you...
About Siva: He is a wonderful and extraordinary fiction writer;
very intelligent and desired to project towards his dream, I wish the world understand and encourage my friend for a new dawn;
I like his honest more and I was trying to follow him! Siva, I am very proud to be your brother :)

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
I can hide anything from anyone, but not at him… I want him always at my side whenever broke down and doing silly things. Please stop me from lacking physical ability; even I could be a dust, to move side from the way I don’t want a sweeper, but with the natures wind.

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?
Who see money, valuation before love and peoples blessing; who talks about religion, cast and superstition with me; talking against bribe and comes under that circle when he need a thing to be finished. In for some situation I was being muted seeing those doing that near to me, that times I hate myself lost to express my sense.

13. What is your ambition?
It’s not an ambition but a desire to save the agriculture from destruction and visible for a fertility country and a place without lack of living. I have nothing ambition in particular, do some thing useful for world and happily leaving life for the peace on earth.

14. What is the thing that will make you think someone is a bad person?
Before that I have to think am I deserve to comment on one is bad. But I think about those people who dare to tear others property including life of ones who is absolutely unrelated to what was happening.

15. Christmas is coming, who do you like to celebrate with?
My girlfriend! but where is she……..

16. If you could do one thing different in life, what would it be?
Education alone would not lift one to rise… reading different life and creating interest is important.

17. Are you a shopaholic or no?
For past few more years there is nothing like that and not even visited any malls and dislike more times on shopping.

18. What is your stress buster?
Physical stresses have become a usual one so apart from that is Travelling, but I love a lot doing that. If I taking anything to finish successfully would increase the stress and puzzle of could I able or not.

19. In 50 years time, what will family relations become?
Money and expecting of respect and ego will try to cut families into pieces and many children could miss the true excitement of there childhood, who lack for parents and grandparents care. This is what something I see and hear in today’s relation, but we have to hope and make interest this will not going to grew more and dry forever.

20. You think is there kindness in today’s machinery life except from ones family and friends?
There is not much, but it lives in everyone depends on freeness and peace of mind. Kindness is not paid my money, but mind deserves by smiles.

(GP’s question: )
20. Is there God?
Did I said yes?.... there is no powerful than human mind and nature, we are only behind every action and its reaction. (It’s an individual upon ones decision to hope or not).

The rules are simple, do this tag by just removing one question from it and make it your own and tag 8 people in your list. I tag buddies not exactly 8: Jo, Kalyan, krystyna, Lalitha, Priya and Vinesh.

Sharp less (Mokkai post)

View a negative experience in your life like how you look at a photo negative. A single negative can create an unlimited number of positive prints!

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Teacher: "I killed a person"
convert this sentence into future tense.
Student: The future tense is "u will go to jail".
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TTR fined Ticketless girls:
Churidar girl fined Rs.100
Half skirt girl Rs.50
Mini Skirt girl Rs.25
Next girl was fined Rs.0 (nothing) why?...

It’s very simple, because she had the ticket! Thirunthungapa ;) (be corrective)
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Batman fights with enemies
Superman protects the world
Spiderman drives away the criminals
He-man fight with evils
But...
Doberman is reading this sms.
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How the word mokkai did come into existence?

Once a pone time when an Englishman was covering all the blades in a blade factory, unfortunately one such blade cut through his finger. Every one around him was tensed and they came to help him, but as the blade was not sharp he wasn’t injured. He told the blade is not sharp, I am okay, I am okay, I am okay’…

Others mistook it as ‘I mokai, I mokai and later by translation it became mokkai. So how is this Mokkai?
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Happy Weekend to you all :)

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