thiruvannamalai(abode of siddhars)

thiruvannamalai(abode of siddhars)

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

SABAI ENADHULLAM -VALLALAR

vadalur sabai have two important concepts 1) food for the stomach 2) food for thought. the food for stomach is served in dharmasalai which still successfully going on mainly by the villagers surroundings and few noble souls cntributions. during the season time the sadhus in sabai will in bullack carts to collect firewoods, so far as i observed people atleast put few firewoods into the cart. and the cart never went empty. thats why vallalar calls the contributors as the "salai sambanthi" means equal to exchange of bridegrooms. he gives such a intimacy to the contributors of dharmasalai. without any grandness villagers just put sacks of rice into the "thombai" (grain storage made of woods) they get sacred ash from the accountant and they leave the place with prayers. once kamal hassan told in villages there are many enlightened souls roaming but we are not noticing them. they is absolutely true in terms of sabai. just a man in 50's with a simple white dhoti sung a song "oh my god that was not only soul strring but very dept in meanins". thats why this is my favourite place in earth.



u can find the corridor here. it has got important place in my prayer. during my stay in home state every monthly poosam i used to attend. very painful period i underwent so my prayer towards vallalar was" ayya i dont believe in my parents neither my relatives and i cant take refugee anywhere as a failed boy, so if anything goes wrong as shame i will simply come with polydol(pesticide) drink here and i will sleep in your corridor":) that was my true prayer.











no mathras , no coconut, no offerings. prayers are mainly through telepathy.












one amma used to sing before opening the door ... vallalae kadavai thira







































here when they open we could sense the smell of holy ash.
































here sandal smel










when periyar( E.V Ramasamy nayakar) came to sabai, he never entered into the sabai, he stood out and gazed at the doors. when he was asked to come in , he pointed the above phrase which says" those who left killing even in eating(non-veg) can enter" he told " i eat non veg."

























this oven was lit by vallalar himself it cntinues withut any putoff. everyday after finishing cooking they put few firewoods into the oven and it maintains the fire, next day they start cook with the same fire.





the flag for sanmarga community . yellow and white














vallalar never passed out from any world class intitutions :) the whole temple planning was done by vallalar himself. it is an octognal structre and it resembles the head part. the two sabai (silver colour and golden colour) resembles two eyes and the holy light is in puruva mathi(centre of the forehead).
NO EATBLE SHOPS ,NO AMUSEMENT PARKS NEARBY BUT STILL WE CAN FEEL SOMETHING WHEN WE ROAM AROUND THE CAMPUS.


arutperum jothi


taniperum karunai.





































2 comments:

  1. Please read this.
    http://www.vallalyaar.com/?p=1187

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  2. Hi Balu good article and photos of Vandalur sabai. I felt I'm in that place. Blessed feeling. From my understanding, two sabai porchchabai (gold) represents uyir and chirchabai i(white)aanma and gnana sabai represents arutperunjothi (head centre). This is what it means ADI,Nadu,mudi

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