I am a temple freak... and also i am a shripadham at Sri sowmya Damodhara Perumal Koil in villivakkam... i have also been in a many of the bhrama utsavams that had happened in my temple, but this was the first time i saw the whole community or as the matter of fact almost more than half of the triplicane people participating...
By the time we started from here, it was 8.30 pm and we reached there by 9.00, the perumal had come out of the mandapam only then... so i started ma job. chanting slokas and clicking fotos.....
But i was surprised to see that the streets were filed with people on either side and lot of gals putting kolam and everybody there were very active.. it really wasnt like a night except for the darkness...
Adiyen was gifted with seeing all this yesterday.. just wanted to share some pics with u all.,,,.....
More important thing, yesterday we started from there to my home around 11.pm and on the way it started raining so heavily that we were not even able to drive back.. One stage when were driving we were pushed by the strong wind.. and the streets were flooded with water... All the streets in chennai were dark and deserted... It was totally scary... and in one stretch we were supposed to take a route which would be dark even if it is not raining and which would always be deserted.. without knowingly i took that route... i was only able to hear som oshhhhhhhh sound.. we were helpless, and the water was till the headlight....
Without any clue and not able to turn back we started chanting "Ugram Veeram MahaVishnum" and we were calling the ultimate Nrusimha for rescue.. i really was not able to see the road but some how we cleared that road and the worst thing was we had to cross a Cremation Ground, with great difficulties and the water in the road hitting our face and almost submerging in the water we crossed even that.. and soon we were to the safer place.. ma bike which was running slowed down and stopped... oh my god what a miracle.. i thought it should have stopped even before kilpauk, but stopped near ICF.....
soon we were pushing the bike and walking, we didnt have chappals which made the situation worse, where in we were not able to see whats there in the road as the streets were flooded,,,,, and the moment we crossed a transformer, it started emitting some sparks and we were literally about to cry for help.. suddenly from the darkness we saw a very small light.. an auto was coming.. the auto crossed us and we were just continuing to push the bike as it would take only 10 minutes for us to reach home.. The Auto man stopped and he asked if we want some help..... we said we have the bike and we asked if he can tow the bike and he said he cant as the roads were worse.. but then i told i can sit in the bike and hold the corssbar in auto. he said ok.....
Then the next journey began... i asked my brother to sit in the auto and i was holding the bar in the auto and we started nearing the place slowly and slowly like a streamer in the ocean.. to our surprise the auto stopped near our temple.. damodhara temple.... it was like saying u have to be here with me for some more time.... and finally afte few minutes the auto started.... and we were about to reach..... i slipped on the road but didnot fall as the auto took ma weight and i balanced on the auto...... but continued again,,,, and finally reached ma home..
after thanking the auto man and asking him how much he wants... he said i dont want anything... and he told me i was coming to this place only so no issues... finally before leaving i thanked him and asked him what his name was... He said with a small smile "Narasimhan", tears started rolling down my ears......
Hail Nrusimha always and you will be saved.....
Ugram Veeram Maha vishnum.........



