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As has been pointed out, there are always unpleasant
experiences in life and it is all the more so when one
is on a spiritual quest. I have a suggestion - could
members post their good experiences on this board so
that we could enjoy those also.

I will give 2 wonderful experiences that I had last
year.

1. Thiruvidavendhai - quiet peaceful shrine of Varaha
swamy (nityakalyanaswamy) on the road to mamallapuram.
Hoary shrine but kept neat and clean. No solicitations
and the priests were respectful and answered all my
questions without asking for any donations. This does
not mean that they did not have a pressing need for
money to survive - they did not ask for it from me
although it was quite obvious that I had come from
abroad.

2. Thirumazhisai - one of my favorite shrines and one
I had the pleasure of taking my mother to, the 2nd
time in her life (the first time as a child with her
father). Quiet,peaceful and the priest was solicitous
and interested in telling us about the shrine. The
shrine was clean and there were no crowds. There is
no chakkratazhwar shrine in the temple as the azhwar
himself was an amsam of sri sudarshana and the azhwar
vigraham is framed in the back by the 6 pointed star
of the discus.

3. Thiruvellore - beautiful shrine - yes there were
crowds but the experience was peaceful and the priests
were not soliciting funds in a crass manner.

In the various occasions that I have visited temples
back in India, I have come across the good and the bad
and I find myself dwelling more often on the pleasant
experiences rather than the unpleasant (quite the
opposite of the way news is conveyed).

Happy darshans to all
mukund srinivasan




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