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Swami Saranam,

 

Dear Gopal swami,

 

I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot.

 

since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group.

 

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Swami Saranam

Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM

Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....rajakp0303Dear all,At the outset, I convey my best wishes to all the members in our

group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with

all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti /Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple

inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on

19thNov.Now, coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on 25th Nov and after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my

house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had

joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby somepeople that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on

duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over there at Erumeli and after

pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have

taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at " Kalakatti " and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached " Azutha " around 3

o'clockin the afternoon. At the end of " Azutha medu " there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing

ourleft side and said, " Nere pokko Swami " (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't know where thatpersonhad disappeared!!! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this

personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the " Karimala " . We then started climbing the " Karimala " . We had seen

boards atsome places that " Beware of Tiger " (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – " Swamiye –Ayyappo " . When we reached the top of " Karimala " we found one person

there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was

around 5p.m. and we had no option but to start climbing down the " Karimala " to reach " Pampa " . With great difficulty, with non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the " Karimala " with my 10-year old son and other 4

kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of " Karimala " . It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see

anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was notsufficient. Wewere not sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two " Minna minungu " (firefly)

wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these " Minna minungu " are protecting us and we should

followtheir route. We also noticed when there is depth in our right sidethese " Mminna minungu " moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking &

walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat " Pampa " .Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these " Minna minungu " also have disappeared.

Theytook us till " Pampa " !!! We did non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at " Pampa " and next early morning we took

bath at " Pampa " and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached " Sannidhanam " around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a very good darshanof " Lord Ayyappa " . There was absolutely no crowd on that day and

hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam!!! It was really a wonderful experience

inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof " LordAyyappa " !!! At last, it was a pleasure!

Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218)

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Swami ye saranam ayyappa Raja Swamy, u did a great job. thanks Gopal swamy i want to touch y'r foot and i want to take blessings. u met ayyappa and he followed u till u reach to sannidhanam. i too have experience but iam not getting how to write it. but he helped me many [places. iam kanne swamy. i missed from my team. i dont have company. but our "appa" helped me many times in the vana yatra(forest route)Raja KP <rajakp0303 wrote: Swami

Saranam, Dear Gopal swami, I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot. since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group. I request you all to ensure that the CC list contains sriayyappan while sending mails. Swami Saranam Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....rajakp0303 Dear all,At the outset, I convey my best

wishes to all the members in our group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti /Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on 19thNov.Now, coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on 25th Nov and

after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby somepeople that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over there at Erumeli and after pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from

there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at "Kalakatti" and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached "Azutha" around 3 o'clockin the afternoon. At the end of "Azutha medu" there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing ourleft side and said, "Nere pokko Swami" (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't know where thatpersonhad disappeared!!! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this

personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the"Karimala". We then started climbing the "Karimala". We had seen boards atsome places that "Beware of Tiger" (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – "Swamiye –Ayyappo". When we reached the top of "Karimala" we found one person there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was around 5p.m. and we had no option but to start climbing down the "Karimala"to reach"Pampa". With great difficulty, with

non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the "Karimala" with my 10-year old son and other 4 kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of "Karimala". It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was notsufficient. Wewere not sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two "Minna minungu" (firefly) wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these "Minna minungu" are protecting us and we should followtheir route. We also noticed when

there is depth in our right sidethese"Mminna minungu" moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking & walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat "Pampa".Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these "Minna minungu" also have disappeared. Theytook us till "Pampa"!!! We did non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at "Pampa" and next early morning we took bath at"Pampa" and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached"Sannidhanam" around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a very good darshanof"Lord Ayyappa". There was absolutely no crowd on that day and

hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam!!! It was really a wonderful experience inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof "LordAyyappa"!!! At last, it was a pleasure! Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218)

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Swami Saranam, Thanks a lot Gopal Swami to Share your experience.We (Pune Group) are also planning for such experience.i will share your exp with my group. Swami Saranam AnilRaja KP <rajakp0303 wrote:

Swami Saranam, Dear Gopal swami, I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot. since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group. I request you all to ensure that the CC list contains sriayyappan while sending mails. Swami Saranam Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....rajakp0303 Dear all,At the outset, I

convey my best wishes to all the members in our group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti /Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on 19thNov.Now, coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on

25th Nov and after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby somepeople that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over there at Erumeli and after pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from

there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at "Kalakatti" and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached "Azutha" around 3 o'clockin the afternoon. At the end of "Azutha medu" there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing ourleft side and said, "Nere pokko Swami" (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't know where thatpersonhad disappeared!!! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this

personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the"Karimala". We then started climbing the "Karimala". We had seen boards atsome places that "Beware of Tiger" (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – "Swamiye –Ayyappo". When we reached the top of "Karimala" we found one person there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was around 5p.m. and we had no option but to start climbing down the "Karimala"to reach"Pampa". With great difficulty, with

non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the "Karimala" with my 10-year old son and other 4 kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of "Karimala". It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was notsufficient. Wewere not sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two "Minna minungu" (firefly) wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these "Minna minungu" are protecting us and we should followtheir route. We also noticed when

there is depth in our right sidethese"Mminna minungu" moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking & walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat "Pampa".Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these "Minna minungu" also have disappeared. Theytook us till "Pampa"!!! We did non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at "Pampa" and next early morning we took bath at"Pampa" and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached"Sannidhanam" around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a very good darshanof"Lord Ayyappa". There was absolutely no crowd on that day and

hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam!!! It was really a wonderful experience inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof "LordAyyappa"!!! At last, it was a pleasure! Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218)

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Swami Saranam,

 

Thanks a lot for sharing such a wonderful experience.

 

Requesting all devotees to keep posting such experiences if they have any and keep the group active.

 

Rgds,

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Raja KP <rajakp0303gopaltkm58Cc: sriayyappan Sent: Tuesday, 20 March, 2007 4:29:41 PM Fwd: Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....

 

 

Swami Saranam,

 

Dear Gopal swami,

 

I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot.

 

since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group.

 

I request you all to ensure that the CC list contains sriayyappan while sending mails.

 

Swami Saranam

Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra... .rajakp0303 (AT) gmail (DOT) comDear all,At the outset, I convey my best wishes to all the members in our group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti

/Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on 19thNov.Now, coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on 25th Nov and after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby

somepeople that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over there at Erumeli and after pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at "Kalakatti" and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached "Azutha" around 3 o'clockin the

afternoon. At the end of "Azutha medu" there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing ourleft side and said, "Nere pokko Swami" (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't know where thatpersonhad disappeared! !! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the"Karimala". We then started climbing the "Karimala". We had seen boards atsome places that "Beware of Tiger" (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – "Swamiye

–Ayyappo". When we reached the top of "Karimala" we found one person there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was around 5p.m. and we had no option but to start climbing down the "Karimala"to reach"Pampa". With great difficulty, with non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the "Karimala" with my 10-year old son and other 4 kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of "Karimala". It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was

notsufficient. Wewere not sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two "Minna minungu" (firefly) wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these "Minna minungu" are protecting us and we should followtheir route. We also noticed when there is depth in our right sidethese"Mminna minungu" moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking & walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat "Pampa".Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these "Minna minungu" also have disappeared.

Theytook us till "Pampa"!!! We did non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at "Pampa" and next early morning we took bath at"Pampa" and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached"Sannidhanam" around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a very good darshanof"Lord Ayyappa". There was absolutely no crowd on that day and hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam! !! It was really a wonderful experience inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof

"LordAyyappa"!!! At last, it was a pleasure! Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218)

 

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Swamy Saranam, I am Lalita from Malaysia,i have been waiting for hear such stories from devotees who went to Sabarimala to have Ayyapa Swamy's darshan last year..I know,about our Ayyapa swamy until a friend of mine decided to put the Malai last year and it was a sudden plan.There is when I personally started to go Ayyapa temple where we conduct pooja and bhajan evryday,since then i have been feeling so much love for Our Ayyapa swamy@ "Appa",a point of time,while watching Our Ayyapa swamy in the temple, I felt very different in sense i could feel the love that Ayyapa swamy shower,i could feel Ayyapa Swamy's presence..sometimes.I always tell this to Our Ayyapa swamy"All I do,it is under YOUR blessings and i have surrender my life to YOU,as my APPA please direct,protect and bless me and everyone for each and every step i/we take." and i am so happy no matter how sad,or angry i am,i always think

about my APPA whose up there to guide me,i also have strong believe in Muruga swamy,Shivan swamy and few of my favorite swamy,I know THEY are around me always.. Thank you so much Gopal swamy for sharing your beautiful experience,at first when i read, frankly speaking,the first incident of after Pettathulal,as you saw some Ayyapa's walking,i felt it was a co-incedence but i really had the goosebumps in the 2nd incident:- when some one actually told you to go straight and 3rd incident the firefly,its extremely beautiful,to have Ayyapa swamy HIMSELF to be there and direct you....thats beautiful beyond words to describe....thank you. Hope to hear more of this beautiful stories "Presence of Our Ayyapa Swamy" Swamy Saranam Regards, Lalita Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Swami ye saranam ayyappa Raja Swamy, u did a great job. thanks Gopal swamy i want to touch y'r foot and i want to take blessings. u met ayyappa and he followed u till u reach to sannidhanam. i too have experience but iam not getting how to write it. but he helped me many [places. iam kanne swamy. i missed from my team. i dont have company. but our "appa" helped me many times in the vana yatra(forest route)Raja KP <rajakp0303 > wrote: Swami Saranam, Dear Gopal swami, I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot. since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group. I request you all to ensure that the CC list contains sriayyappan while sending mails. Swami Saranam Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....rajakp0303 Dear all,At the outset, I convey my best wishes to all the members in our group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti /Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on 19thNov.Now,

coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on 25th Nov and after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby somepeople that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over

there at Erumeli and after pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at "Kalakatti" and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached "Azutha" around 3 o'clockin the afternoon. At the end of "Azutha medu" there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing ourleft side and said, "Nere pokko Swami" (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't

know where thatpersonhad disappeared!!! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the"Karimala". We then started climbing the "Karimala". We had seen boards atsome places that "Beware of Tiger" (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – "Swamiye –Ayyappo". When we reached the top of "Karimala" we found one person there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was around 5p.m. and we had no option but to

start climbing down the "Karimala"to reach"Pampa". With great difficulty, with non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the "Karimala" with my 10-year old son and other 4 kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of "Karimala". It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was notsufficient. Wewere not sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two "Minna minungu" (firefly) wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these "Minna

minungu" are protecting us and we should followtheir route. We also noticed when there is depth in our right sidethese"Mminna minungu" moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking & walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat "Pampa".Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these "Minna minungu" also have disappeared. Theytook us till "Pampa"!!! We did non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at "Pampa" and next early morning we took bath at"Pampa" and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached"Sannidhanam" around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a

very good darshanof"Lord Ayyappa". There was absolutely no crowd on that day and hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam!!! It was really a wonderful experience inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof "LordAyyappa"!!! At last, it was a pleasure! Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218) It's here! Your new message!Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar.

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Lalita <leeta_fiveraam murali <geeaar5; Raja KP <rajakp0303; gopaltkm58; sriayyappan Sent: Wednesday, 21 March, 2007 9:07:26 PMRe: Fwd: Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra....

 

 

Swamy Saranam,

 

I am Lalita from Malaysia,i have been waiting for hear such stories from devotees who went to Sabarimala to have Ayyapa Swamy's darshan last year..I know,about our Ayyapa swamy until a friend of mine decided to put the Malai last year and it was a sudden plan.There is when I personally started to go Ayyapa temple where we conduct pooja and bhajan evryday,since then i have been feeling so much love for Our Ayyapa swamy@ "Appa",a point of time,while watching Our Ayyapa swamy in the temple, I felt very different in sense i could feel the love that Ayyapa swamy shower,i could feel Ayyapa Swamy's presence..sometimes .I always tell this to Our Ayyapa swamy"All I do,it is under YOUR blessings and i have surrender my life to YOU,as my APPA please direct,protect and bless me and everyone for each and every step i/we take."

and i am so happy no matter how sad,or angry i am,i always think about my APPA whose up there to guide me,i also have strong believe in Muruga swamy,Shivan swamy and few of my favorite swamy,I know THEY are around me always..

 

Thank you so much Gopal swamy for sharing your beautiful experience,at first when i read, frankly speaking,the first incident of after Pettathulal, as you saw some Ayyapa's walking,i felt it was a co-incedence but i really had the goosebumps in the 2nd incident:- when some one actually told you to go straight and 3rd incident the firefly,its extremely beautiful,to have Ayyapa swamy HIMSELF to be there and direct you....thats beautiful beyond words to describe.... thank you.

 

Hope to hear more of this beautiful stories "Presence of Our Ayyapa Swamy"

 

Swamy Saranam

 

Regards,

Lalita

Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

 

 

 

Swami ye saranam ayyappa

Raja Swamy, u did a great job. thanks

Gopal swamy i want to touch y'r foot and i want to take blessings. u met ayyappa and he followed u till u reach to sannidhanam.

i too have experience but iam not getting how to write it. but he helped me many [places. iam kanne swamy. i missed from my team. i dont have company. but our "appa" helped me many times in the vana yatra(forest route)Raja KP <rajakp0303 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 

 

 

Swami Saranam,

 

Dear Gopal swami,

 

I feel very much blessed to hear such hair raising experience. Thanks a lot.

 

since you had sent only to my personal ID, i m forwarding this to our group.

 

I request you all to ensure that the CC list contains sriayyappan while sending mails.

 

Swami Saranam

Raja ---------- Forwarded message ----------gopaltkm58 <gopaltkm58 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Mar 20, 2007 2:44 PM Khedamekum deerkha yatra... Bheetiyerum vanayatra... .rajakp0303 (AT) gmail (DOT) comDear all,At the outset, I convey my best wishes to all the members in our group.I am a very new member of this group but, I really appreciate itsactivities.I am a devotee of Lord Dharmasastha and I had an unforgettableexperience inmy Sabarimalai trip this year. I thought, I would share this with all ofyou.Although I had been to Sabarimalai for 7 – 8 times in the past, Idid not gothere for last about 14 years. However, I conduct Sasthapreeti

/Bhajan inmy flat at Dombivli and also Annadaanam at my family Ayyappa-temple inKerala (Arookutty) every year. I have been doing this for last somanyyears and my wife & children also join me in conducting the Poojawith fulldevotion. This year, we had Sasthapreeti at our flat in Dombivli on 19thNov.Now, coming to the point, we (my 10 year-old son, 14 year-old son,my nephew & myself) went to Kerala on 25th Nov and after having Darshan at ourfamilytemple on 26th, we proceeded to Sabarimalai on 27th Nov from my house inKerala. (We wanted to go through the old long route i.e. Azhutha –Karimala– Neelimala since I had prayed like that when my elder son washospitalizedwhen he was 6 months old). 2 Kanni Ayyappas from Kerala also had joined us.We reached Erumeli in the evening on 27th. We had been informedby somepeople

that since the mandalam season has just started, nobody hasstartedgoing through that long route. We enquired with a Police man on duty atErumeli as to whether we can start walking towards Azhutha. Hesaid, it isnot advisable to walk in the night through that route and therecould besnakes etc. We then camped over there at Erumeli and after pettathullal, weall took bath and started walking at 4.30 a.m. from there. At thebeginning, we saw some Ayyappas also walking along our route butafter about2 hours journey, we never knew where they went. They must have taken restsomewhere.We got some kanji etc. at "Kalakatti" and thereafter there wasnothingavailable through out the route since the mandala season had onlyjuststarted. We continued to walk and somehow reached "Azutha" around 3 o'clockin the afternoon. At the

end of "Azutha medu" there were two routesi.e.one straight route and the other one towards our left side. We wereallalone and wondering where to go. Suddenly, we saw a person standing ourleft side and said, "Nere pokko Swami" (you can go straight)!!! Weall 6people had seen him and after few seconds, we didn't know where thatpersonhad disappeared! !! In such a big forest, we were wondering how this personcame all of a sudden to guide us the route and we realized that hewasnobody else but, the Lord Ayyappa himself!!!The route ahead of us was again risky as we were to go through the"Karimala". We then started climbing the "Karimala". We had seen boards atsome places that "Beware of Tiger" (with picture of Tiger). We wereveryafraid and continued walking with non-stop saranam vili – "Swamiye –Ayyappo". When we

reached the top of "Karimala" we found one person there,who was a forest official. He gave us some water and some pineapplepiecesand then advised us not to camp over there. He said, Elephants areroaminghere and there and it is very risky if we camp over there. It was around 5p.m. and we had no option but to start climbing down the "Karimala"to reach"Pampa". With great difficulty, with non-stop saranam vili, Istartedclimbing down the "Karimala" with my 10-year old son and other 4 kanniayyappas!!We somehow managed to reach at the end of "Karimala". It was around6 p.m.and there was no light at all. There was no proper path to moveahead andeven if there is some way it was too dark and we couldn't see anything. Wewere carrying only one torch but the light of which was notsufficient. Wewere not

sure, whether we were going through the right path. Whilewalkingtowards the darkness, we noticed that two "Minna minungu" (firefly) wereflying ahead of us. We saw them flying ahead of us for quite sometime andthen it somehow struck me that they have come to protect us. I toldmy teamthat I think, these "Minna minungu" are protecting us and we should followtheir route. We also noticed when there is depth in our right sidethese"Mminna minungu" moved to the left side and it is the other wayround whenthere is depth in our left side. We were simply walking… walking & walking.. and at last we started hearing the fire works and mike soundat "Pampa".Then, we realized that we are now close to Pampa and felt very happyandwhen we reached Pampa, these "Minna minungu" also have disappeared. Theytook us till "Pampa"!!! We did

non-stop walking of nearly 16 hours(from4.30 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.) from Erumeli to Pampa, holding the irumudiandwithout wearing chappals.We then camped over there at "Pampa" and next early morning we took bath at"Pampa" and started towards Neelimala (Wed, 29th). We reached"Sannidhanam" around 9.00 a.m. and all of us had a very good darshanof"Lord Ayyappa". There was absolutely no crowd on that day and hardly fewpeople were there on 18-steps other than us and we could climb thestepsconveniently. There was also no block towards Sannidhanam. Therewas evenno queue for Neyyabhishekam! !! It was really a wonderful experience inlife!!!I had heard people saying how difficult it was in olden days to gotoSabarimala but, I could personally experience it with the blessingsof "LordAyyappa"!!! At last, it was a

pleasure! Swamiye … Saranam Ayyappa!!!May Lord Ayyappa continue to shower his blessings on all of us!!!!Gopal K M(Mob: 9324978218)

 

 

 

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