...and back!

Note: Not anything like my other posts...

Its been over 41 days of penance, introspection, fasting and single minded devotion.. days spent hungry, spent as a hermit, as you cleanse yourself and dream of the day that you will get darshan of the Lord at the place where he took Samaadhi - Sabarimala. Negotiating the steep climb, as stones prick your bare feet, climbing 3 hours chanting His praises, and then the long wait for that elusive darshan.. Its just a couple of seconds you get in front of the sanctum sanctorum.. but that suffices.. 41 days for a few seconds, and yet it is sooooo worth it.

I started my journey with a lot of things on my mind, things that bothered me, things that i wished i hadn't done. Lord Ayappan is said to a Kalyug Vardan, which translates into "Boon for the Kalyug" (A period of time where moral values take a backseat and everyone is in pursuit of material happiness) He welcomes those who have sinned and are repenting it with His arms wide open, and gives them the strength to not tread that line again. He has been kind to me, and as an immediate token of forgiveness has granted me something I prayed for every day during my Vrath. A very wonderful person I know, whose marriage was long delayed got married on 27th, the same day that I climed Sabarimala.

Its nice to be back... and its nice to know that wedding bells are ringing for a person I really love a lot.