December 31, 2007

Last night, I dreamt that I was in the Thiruchendur Murugan temple and there was a festival in progress. I recall seeing a lot of devotees whom were gathered. I recall the loud rhythmic melodies played on the mridangam and pipi. I saw a priest or devotee (I couldn’t tell) carrying a kumbam on his head with his eyes closed in meditation. There was another devotee holding an umbrella over the kumbam that was on the other devotee’s head. They then circumbulated around the main shrine. It was at that time that I saw the big tall black vigraham of Lord Murugan before me. I remember seeing a golden light emanating from inside the mulasthaanam lighting up the beautiful form of Lord Murugan. The devotee/priest then took the kumbam inside the shrine and began to pour the water onto the big statue.

I was very happy to see Murugan’s beautiful form in front of my eyes. I closed my eyes and contemplated on Him further (especially His divine lotus feet). When I opened my eyes, I saw the priest continue pouring the energized kumbam water on the big Murugan statue. It was at that time that I recall seeing a small black statue of Murugan in front of me.

I immediately picked it up and went inside the mulasthaanam because I wanted this statue to also receive the abishekam from that mantra-energized kumbam. However, I could only see the small miniature gold-plated Murugan statue with His hands in the abayahara mudra standing in front of me. I didn’t know where to place the statue in my hand since the big statue was standing on the pedestal.

I then closed my eyes and uttered, “Murugaa!” and immediately the big statue in the mulasthaanam disappeared and remaining only was the black granite pedestal upon which Murugan was standing on.

I then placed the small black statue on the main pedestal, so that now only that statue remained in the mulasthaanam.

This small black statue was identical to the one that I received in a previous dream entitled, “Darshan – Temple: Marching with Murugan and His devotees.”