One of the aphorisms was the famous “Anbe Sivam”. The mandapam also had some of his aphorisms written on the wall apart from his story depicted in paintings. Finally, we arrived at Thirumoolar’s Mandapam. So naturally an interest arose which resulted in my uncle and other elders answering a lot of questions on whether his aphorisms related only to the field of medicines. Infact one of my mother’s friend - a learned vedic scholar had once told my mother that he was about to start deciphering Thirumoolar’s aphorisms most of which have deep esoteric meanings. My mother had told me and my brother a lot of stories about him – how he lived for 3000 years composing an aphorism every year. This was when my uncle told that this is also the home to the great Siddha – Thirumoolar. The sanctum-sanctorum was however closed because it was around 1 pm and we did our pradakshina. So, post meeting the Aadhinam, we went to the temple and saw the huge Nandi carved out of a single big rock. Naturally, we were interested in seeing it. While going there, my uncle said that the Thiruvaduthurai Siva Temple was home to the largest Nandi. Post the function, we planned a visit to Thiruvaduthurai, more so to meet the Aadhinam & seek his blessings. We were attending my maternal uncle’s Sastiapthapurthi in Mayiladuthurai.
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