Velliangiri Yatra - His Call...! - Part 2

Namaskarams...!

 

We started climbing Velliangiri with His Blessings, at around 5:30 PM on Thursday. We offered our Prayers to Karuppasami at the start of steps and to all other Deities surrounding, praying for a good ascent and good Darshan and good descent with all of us Happily reaching our homes. Very Honestly, the climb was made very smooth, He was pushing me from the back and it was a thorough climbing. The first mountain which is said to have few thousand steps, in rock, was climbed in around two hours.

 

We reached Vella Vinayagar temple and offered our Prayers to Him. Senior Narayanan was amazed at the short time we took and I was just 'blinking', since I was in a state of trance and not sure what I was doing. As usual the mind started scaring me and I told Senior Narayanan 'Narayanan, can I stop here, so that you can all pick me up on return'. This had become the regular dialogue, for whcih Sr.Narayanan stared at me with 'chella' anger and told 'Did we make this three day plan for staying here'. My heart was yearning to move forward, and my mind was scaring me. My system was sounding bit week, but ready to move on.

 

We had our standard 'lime soda' which is opposite to Vella Vinayagar temple and stayed for around half hour, before we started moving. This was also in good pace, with His Blessings...! It was something sort of a 'Jura Vegam' that was moving me, His Hand was probably behind me. Next was 'Vazhukku Paarai', the second mountain. One person who carries material from 'adivaram' to mountains joined us. He scared us by telling 'We take two hours to climb and up one and half hours to climb down'.

 

For some reason, vazhukku paarai also turned out a comfortable climb, with His Blessings...! Then it all started in the third mountain. When we reached third mountain start, there was this 'Paambaati Sunai' which gives adequate water with great taste. I was feeling suddenly too tired and felt that I cannot move anymore. I requested the team to stay there and climb after a good sleep. For some reason I get the same feeling while I write these lines, bit of sleep, bit of tiredness, bit of fatigue and overall need to rest.

 

There was a shop in the third mountain and a boy in it was very helpful. He offered us the requisite resource to have a good sleep. It was around 9:30 PM when we went to sleep. Suddenly at around 11:30 PM I was forced to wake up, due to pull of muscles in my calf muscle of both legs. That's one of the most dangerous things that can ever happen to a person in the mountain. A heavy weight person like me, getting struck in third mountain not able to move is a nightmare. With all Prayers to Him, I immedately stood and shook my legs for them to pacify and loosen. Then we moved to another location to continue our sleep till 3 in the morning.

 

I did not know that there were bigger tests planned by Him for me...! The test was in the sixth mountain...! We were walking in the fourth mountain unaware of His Plans...!

 

(My experiences to be continued...!)

 

Pranams

Ram