It was a sheer coincidence that I was able to connect to one Holy Soul the day before our travel toRameswaram. The Soul had forwarded the Rameswaram experiences which I took a printout for reference. I would not have known the significance of some areas, had I not got these inputs. Calling this as sheer coincidence is the simplest way to describe the event...!
We reached Rameswaram right in the morning at around 4:15, while ETA was 5 AM. We got down and walked out to see the Dakshinamurthy just before the exit. We prayed Him and got His Blessings and moved on. He was not visible to us during the last visit, the Holy Soul had opened our eyes to Him...!
We got ready at the same Hotel Venkatesh and met our Purohit Shree Swaminatha Sastrigal who is in the adjacent road. We started travelling to Dhanushkodi at around 7 AM. The same jeep which had two sentences on the front glass. One referring to Murugan and another (yes you got it...!) to Annamalaiar...! Mayilam Murugan happens to be our Family Deity and Annamalaiar is our Ishta Deivam - both of them ready to pick us up to Dhanushkodi. The soul who was driving the jeep is an ardent follower of Ramana Maharishi...! What more do you want in a good Yatra...!
We started the rituals on reaching Dhanushkodi and had a dip in the sethu. There was something different we experienced this time, the waves were dashing which was not the case last time. We asked Shree Swaminatha Sastrigal about this and then he showed the two shores. One side the ocean was waveless and on the otherside with heavy waves and Dhanushkodi is the spot they merge...!
It is Bay of Bengal on one side and Arabian sea on another side. Our Purohit said that the current created in its sangamam is good for health...! It was definitely bit tough to stand in this area, which is the actual tip of the entire land...!
There was one old person whom we met last time, who came out of nowhere. This time, my eyes were roving to find any such possible person at Dhanushkodi, but did not find anyone...! Maybe, my expectation made me miss this one...! We travelled back to Rameswaram with the next sequence of activities starting from Agni Theertham. The Sun was kind with us, even though He was shining strong, He made our bare foot walk comfortable.
(To be continued...!)
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Through out my Rameshwaram trip I was remembering you a lot.
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