VELUDHARAN TEMPLES VISIT : Arulmigu Shri Mouna Guruswamigal, His Disciple Balau alias Selvaranga Mudaliar, V D. Selvapillai Mudaliar and Sivaprakasha Swamigal Samadhi Temple, அருள்மிகு ஶ்ரீ மௌன குருசாமிகள் சமாதி அதிர்ஷ்டானம், Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Saturday, 26 November 2022

Arulmigu Shri Mouna Guruswamigal, His Disciple Balau alias Selvaranga Mudaliar, V D. Selvapillai Mudaliar and Sivaprakasha Swamigal Samadhi Temple, அருள்மிகு ஶ்ரீ மௌன குருசாமிகள் சமாதி அதிர்ஷ்டானம், Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Sri Mouna Guruswamigal Samadhi Temple in Appar Nagar near Appar Swamy Temple in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, Tiru Chinna Kuppam, Tiruvottiyur was a part of “Hero Stones and Siddhars of Tiruvottiyur Visit”, on 11^th September 2022.

This visit was mainly focused on the Siddhar Jeeva Samadhi Temples of Tiruvottiyur. Most of the Siddhar Jeeva samadhis in Chennai belong to Siddhars who migrated from various parts of Tamil Nadu and other States, like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, etc,. The Siddhar Samadhis in and around Thiruvottiyur are closely linked with the 11^th Century Pattinathar and 19^th Century Vallalar alias Ramalinga Adigalar, considering them as their Gurus. Even though the Siddhars attained mukti, away from Tiruvottiyur, they were brought to Tiruvottiyur and laid in Samadhi, considering this place as a holy place.

Siddh is described as … சித் என்பது ஒர் இயக்கம். அவ்வியக்கம் எங்கிருந்து தோன்றியதோ அந்த தோன்றிய இடத்திலேயே சென்று ஒடுங்குமாம். அப்படி தோன்றிய இடத்திலேயே ஒடுங்கினால் அது பிரம்மம். பிரம்மம் என்றால் மௌனம். அல்லது அசையா நிலை. அசைவற்ற நிலையில் இருந்து அசைந்து இயக்க நிலைக்கு வந்து மீண்டும் அசைவற்ற நிலைக்கே திரும்பினால் / ஒடுங்கினால் அது அசையாது. மௌனமாக பிரம்ம நிலை எய்தும். இதையே மோன நிலை என்றும் சும்மா இரு என்றும் ஞானிகள் கூறுவர். பிரம்மத்தில் இருந்து தோன்றி பிரமத்திலேயே ஒடுங்குவதே ஞானமாகும். இதையே பரபிரம்மம் என்பர்.

Siddhars : Sri Mouna Guru Swamigal,

Balu alias P Selvaranga Mudaliar and

His Devotee V D Selva Pillai Mudaliar

MOUNA GURUSWAMIGAL

The Details of this Mouna Guruswamigal are not known. A book on Kavi Yogi Suddhananda Bharathi was written by him and also he composed a song called Ongara Thodilile. He used hum in Kannada as “opparu illae.. nee onthey.. ithayathaalli .. om Sivam”.. this meaning in Tamil is “ஓம் சிவ மயம்..நீயின்றி யாரும் இல்லை.. நீயே உறுதுணை.. இதயத்தில் இருக்கும் சிவனே ஓம் சிவ” மயம்”.. From this, it was understood that

Mouna Guruswamigal belongs to Karnataka.

During the initial days, Mouna GuruSwamigal stayed at Choolai, Pattalam, Kutty Andavar Temple. He used to cook and eat in an earthen pot. Daily morning he used to walk up to the Chennai Harbour area through the Arunachaleswarar temple on Palliappan Street. The rice merchants will wait for Swamigal’s arrival. Swamigal will stand in front of a shop and the shop owner will put rice and moong dal in his pot. After receiving the rice, Swamigal blesses all the merchants and returns back to Choolai. Kutty Andavar Temple. That day the merchants will earn good profit. On the way to Kutty Andavar Temple, Swamigal used to go inside Sri Arunachaleswarar temple and pray to Shri Shiva. After returning he will cook the food eat a portion and the balance will be fed to the Dogs. Swamigal sat on a Thinnai of a house, opposite to the temple.

Kutty Andavar Temple at Pattalam, Choolai

After some days Swamigal didn’t go to the harbor area to get rice, since most of the time he sat in meditation. Lord Shiva came in the dream of a Devotee Thooya Pathini of Vyasarpadi and asked her to feed Mouna Guruswamigal. Thooya Pathini gave food every day and worshiped him with flowers. The next day, Thooya Pathini happened to see a silver coin in her rice pot, due to the siddhu of Mouna Guruswamigal. During that time he treated a drunkard man and Painter's leprosy through his siddhu. He used to practice Navakanda Yoga also, ie, separating his body into 9 parts and joining them together later after the yoga. In the Nava kanda yoga his head will face Thiruvannamalai and the rest of the parts will be eight directions. Initially, the people are afraid of seeing Swami’s Navakandam, but later they understand.

Mouna Guruswamigal didn’t allow anybody to come nearer to him and waited for his 1^st disciple Balu alias P Selvaranga Mudaliar to arrive. Swamiji accepted Balu as his disciple and taught him everything, which includes Thirukural, Gnanavasiththam, Thirumanthiram, Kaivaliyam etc,. With the Gnanathiristi, Swamigal knows his samadhi day, stops eating, and informs Balu. Swamigal attained Samadhi on 7^th February 1902, Friday evening at 07.00 pm. His body was brought to this place and kept in this adhistanam. Later a small temple was built by his disciples and devotees.

This Mounaswamigal jeeva samadhi temple also has the samadhis of his first disciple Balu and a Devotee V D Selvapillai Mudaliar. The details are….

BALU ALIAS SELVARANGA MUDALIAR

He was the 1^st disciple of Mouna Guru Swamigal and more details are not known. He was born on 08^th September 1917 and attained mukti ie Samadhi on 21^st November 1995.

VD SELVAPILLAI MUDALIAR

He was also one of the Devotees of Mouna Guruswamigal, who lived in Vannarapettai / Washermanpet. He was a freedom fighter. He was born on 17^th July 1917 and attained Mukti on 24^th October 1991.

SIVAPRAKASA SWAMIGAL

Sivaprakasa Swamigal jeeva Samadhi is inside the shop about 25 feet from Mouna Guruswamigal jeeva Samadhi. The Sivaprakasa Swamigal’s details are not known.