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Monday, May 01, 2006

Bharatha Puzha

Bharatha Puzha

The evening Sun starts setting slowly by the banks of Bharathapuzha, the great river of Kerala, near Shoranur.It is 5.30 P.M. We suryayogis walk towards the river from Keraleeyam Ayurveda Hospital. We pray in the Ganesha temple as we pass by. The temple is peaceful and silent, with lots of lamps lit allover. As we walk through the narrow path, to the steps of the river, we see Swamy as saffron clad figure in the sands of the river, meditating, with his back erect and facing West towards the setting Sun. We admire silently, the dedication of the young Swamy and his many sacrifices for us. We walk down the steps, leave our footware on the edge of the river, and sit with Swamy on our mats facing West. Swamy asks us to start Pranayama with Nadisodhana. For the next half an hour, we do pranayama.
The only sound we hear, is our breathing, along with devotional Malayalam songs of Jesudoss and Leela floating in the air in waves from distant temples on the banks. There is Peace everywhere. The cuckoo bird calls fill the air.
We start Sun gazing at 6.15 P.M., on Bobji’s prompting. The sun sinks slowly like a red rubber ball. Birds pass in big groups, against the Sun light, going back to their nests. You could hear the calls of birds becoming lower in pitch as Sun dips in the horizon. We can hear the sound of silence, as Sun sinks slowly. All nature is in awe, as they wait silently saluting the Great Surya. The red rubber ball, disappears suddenly towards the end. There is silence. The silence is broken by the screeching of a solitary owl.
The Ganesha temple bells peal in sweet harmony to announce the sunset. The call of the muzzine “ Allah Hu Akbar “ floats from the near by Mosque, calling the faithful.

We close our eyes and meditate for the next 15 minutes. We offer our pranams to Surya and get up with grateful thanks for the wonderful experience.


K.Jayaraman( Jay)

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