Vyasa Puja and Navarathri(1926)
Swamigal celebrated Vyasa puja that year in Kattumannar koil, situated near Chidambaram. After completing the chaturmasya vratha, he started his yatra staying for a few days at Manjakuppam, Kadalur, Pudupalayam and other places and reached Thirupadhiripuliyur where he stayed, and grandly celebrated the Navarathri festival, at the Kadiapatti Dharmabhushanam D.N.Nachiappa Chettiar Chattiram. Since it was the first time Swamigal had come to that town, the locals gathered in thousands to witness the Navarathi puja on each of the nine days. Kadiapatti Dharmabhushanam Chettiar stayed with Swamigal during camp and made all the arrangements for a comfortable stay and celebration of Navarathri. Chettiar and other prominent citizens of the town made arrangements for Swamigal to be taken around in a grand procession on Vijayadasami day.
During Swamigal’s stay in Thirupadhiripuliyur, a learned scholar as well as a patriot who served Gandhiji’s freedom struggle, Pandit Achalambika Ammaiyar came to visit Swamigal. She composed five sonnets (Cheyyul) on Swamigal and read them in his holy presence. The learned lady who had also written Gandhiji’s biography in the form of cheyyul had been a student under Swamigal’s purva-ashrama father. She had met Swamigal when he was a young kid and had praised him. Even though she was of ill health, she came eagerly to see Swamigal, now in the form of her Guru, had darshan and cried with devotion. Swamigal was observing silence that day, but blessed her devotion with his compassionate eyes.
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