Rajadhani means capitol, Washington means, Lord cleanses sins committed in the past, present and future. Raja is king. Here Lord sits in the temple, representing the heart, calm and green surroundings, North Indian style construction with marble idols mesmerizing and motivating for meditation. Devotion expressed here is calm and serene communication through thoughts, no commotion no emotion, but guaranteed position. Here heart speaks to heart with surrender as the cart running to the ultimate resort without being caught by unnecessary thought. In north it is Bhakthipradhana where Lord is prayed with mesmerizing music, meditation, merging with the Mahaswami.
An hour’s drive - you are in Maryland. Here there is nothing but absolute bliss. Like a man getting a gold bar instead of a gold piece. God is the ever shining gold glittering in the heart of the good, mine to be dug material extracted. Remove pronoun Mine and replace by noun mine is yours. Gold purified through contact with the fire will be trimmed to be an ornament. Likewise evil qualities burnt, brings noble qualities out and the bride called knowledge weds the bridegroom – a matured man resulting in the birth of a wine called divine knowledge. The gold is converted into a beautiful ornament called Lords bliss, which he can adorn and show to his kin who will first look with scorn, then purchase, wear, become proud, propagate, preach, play with gaiety, proceeding towards the lotus feet of the Paramathma, singing the song of salvation, forgetting the pang of separation, abandoning the garb of limitation, abandoning the pang of birth by rotation, immersed in meditation, invoking the Lord with concentration as the ultimate solution. The demon Bhasmasura got a boon from Lord shiva that anyone on whose head his hand is placed will be burnt. When he tried this on Lord Shiva he approached Lord Narayana who in the guise of a beautiful dancer called Mohini forced the demon to place his hand on his head by which he crushed and perished; A good example is modern day lending by a banker. To annihilate Mahishi, the tejas of Vishnu and Siva merged and Lord Aiyappa appeared. Strict bachelor as he is, sitting in Sabarimalai, he is inviting devotees to his fold under strict surveillance, strict adherence to celibacy, prayer, single- pointed devotion, live like a monk for a mandala, find a guru, have irumudi, carry on the head, carry on the journey, first darshan at erumeli, bath in pampa, climb the steps chanting his name, reach the sanctum sanctorum, see the Lord, surrender, offer irumudi, pray for purification, frequent darshan and ultimate salvation.
The background is for the Shiva Vishnu temple as Shiva’s heart is Vishnu and Vishnu’s heart is Shiva. A temple built on the southern style with white background brimming around; the temple is an amalgam of different form of deities. The deity starting with Lord Vigneswara, followed by the consorts of the trinities Dakshinamurthy, the king of meditation, then the Lord of the seven hills, standing majestically, to bless those who salute his lotus feet, Sri Rama with his consort and devoted servant hanuman offering bliss, a round around Navagraha to seek all-round welfare, then the Lord Sri Subramanya standing wih his consorts, staring at those ,who salute him, smiling ,offering security prosperity, serenity, longevity, moving to meet Lord shiva keen to protect his devotees. A right turn still further, Lord aiyappa is sitting with his brethrens Lord vinayaka and shanmukha assuring sharanam papa naashanam and dukha “nivaranam to his devotees and assuring to his devotees’’ if you cannot climb the hill and undergo the rigorous drill even ignoring the chill, I will appreciate the will and surely kill evil forces to bring in your life everlasting thrill called anugraha. “
It is said, in the south it is achara that is important. The priest should be a perfectionist in the profession, purity epitomized, plain hearted, sacrificing pomp, with thrikala sandhyavandana, chanting of the holy scriptures, manthras reproduced reverberating in the minds of the audience, abhishekam a pleasure, archana an experience, arathi a gaiety, vandanam or salutation a satisfaction, holywater accepted as a sign of humility, prasadam representing anandam, the finale pradakshina a dakshina to the Lord in charge of samrakshana, mind refusing to depart, chain of kinship willing to stay to gain, forgetting the strain, a composed brain, the anandam pouring like heavy rain, the heart sitting in the train happily, for a journey to the ultimate domain to drink the tasteful wine of divine, with the slogan nothing is mine, all is thine that will shine for ever in the divine dominated mine. Those who forget have to pay fine, those who enjoy will say fine, with the expressions exhibited numbering nine asking everyone to follow the line. Thus a visit to Sri Shiva Vishnu temple is an unforgettable experience. Thus the Lord who emerged in India traveled all the way to America, crossing the ocean, to bless those who live here and are willing to cross the ocean of samsara and proceed to his land Maryland called Vaikunta.
All words when combined will make a sentence
All flowers when combined will make a garland
All tunes when merged will become music
All nations when merged becomes the world
All knowledge when merged becomes spirituality
All types of meditation when merged becomes prayer
All rivers when merged becomes ocean
All hills when merged become mountain
All yogas when merged becomes shiva
All numbers when merged becomes vishnu All knowledge when merged becomes his knowledge
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