The tilting Trishul

Tiruvannamalai is a world renowned temple town in TamilNadu which is synonym to deepam(fire). Here Shiva (Arunachaleswar) is worshipped in the form of fire.

In Hindu mythology, Parvati, wife of Shiva, once closed the eyes of her husband playfully in a flower garden at their abode atop Mount Kailash. Although only a moment for the gods, all light was taken from the universe, and the earth, in turn, was submerged in darkness for years. Parvati performed penance with other devotees of Shiva, and her husband appeared as a column of fire at the top of Annamalai hills, returning light to the world.

Ramana Ashram is situated in Tirvannamalai, where Ramana Maharishi, the 20th century saint lived here and taught simple  methods of meditation to his disciples from all over the world.

We have been visiting Tirvannamalai for starting New Year in meditation since three years. This time on January first, we went to the temple early morning and the first food that we took on New Year was Prasad. While coming back, I bought a beautiful Shiva’s idol with trishul.

On our drive back, there were many temples on the way. I noticed the idol in only one temple, and it was a bigger version of the idol that I had bought. After reaching home, I kept the idol in my puja room. 

Next day morning when I entered the puja room, I noticed that the Trishul that was stuck straight on the wall was tilting in the direction of Shivji’s idol. That Trishul I had received as Prasad from Kedarnath some years back and all this time it was always remaining straight on the wall.

Thank you Lord Shiva for showing me your presence in my puja room! And I uprighted the Trishul on the wall.