The Shivaratri of 2012 was spent in Tiruvannamalai. Tiruvannamalai is a world renowned pilgrim centre located at the foot hills of Annamalai hills. It came to be built over a period of more than thousand years. Many kings particularly the Chola and Pandiya Kings, apart from the King Krishnadevaraya in the 15th century were involved in its making. Shiva and Parvathi are the two deities that are worshipped here at Arunachaleeswar temple. Shiva is prayed here in the form of Agni.
While going for the darshan, I requested for a miracle. There were two queues, separated by iron railing. We chose the inner one, aspiring to go closer to the deity. People were moving faster on the other line and as we came closer, saw that there was a common entry point from both the lines. Since a gate was obliquely placed in front of our line, when four persons from the other line got entry, only one person from our line could go in. The thought came to the mind that we must have chosen the wrong line.
When my turn came to enter inside, the person standing near the gate talked some thing loud in Tamil. I couldn’t understand what he said, but he gestured me to move back. I moved back, disappointed, not sure what was happening. Then the closed the gate that was obliquely placed till then and I could get in through the space that opened up, for a darshan standing just in front of the deity. My heart filled with gratitude and reverence, for the darshan as well as for the miracle.
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