When i first saw this picture the first thing I noticed was me. Yes... for those of you who know me I am pretty self obsessed, however that was not the reason that drew my attention to the picture. When i looked at it it was almost like I could not recognize myself. I was actually seeing ME. It was so REAL. The joy... the happiness and of course the walk up to the temple did allot for the dormant adrenalin from not working out for a week.
Rockfort was wonderful. I have had heard so much about the temple but was still mezmerized by the night before, hence i guess I wasn't really blown away. I enjoyed the solitary walk up to the temple carriying the camera and snapping picture eager to please Darshana and show her that I was not such a retard when it came to photography
What grabbed my attention at this temple was not the Uchi Pillayar but the Shiva Sannidhi (Thayumanavar). The temple tells a beautiful story of how Shiva in order to save and protect and nurture his devotee came in the form of her mother to help her during the time of delivery and confinement. People go there in order to beget children and also to thank him for a safe delivery. He was beautiful ... I could have just stared at him and again ... the temples were empty.
I sat down to once again seep in the energy of the temple but only one image remained in my minds eye ... " He who lies on the serpent in the ocean of Milk... Again i was transported into that moments of bliss where it was me and him alone. The walk down was a slow ... quiet and contemplative one... He was still on my mind and he has yet to leave.
It is very interesting how this whole craze to see Narayana was reignited by this song . When i first watched it I cried. I mean this kind of devotion is not unheard of and i never understood this love towards Swamis physical form to the extent that you cant just say "Om Namah Shivaya" and be over and done with it. After all they were one and the same. Why do u need to be so obsessed by the form of god when he is in every living particle. But now i do... I understand that when you are that much in Love the form matters.I dont know if i have taken a step back or a step forward but at this point it does not matter. It feels right ..Im comfortable with the pendulum. I am happy where I am :) As happy as i was in this picture... Happy with the real me .
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