OHM SHRI GURUBHYO NAMAHA

GNANANANDA GNANANANDA SADGURU GNANANANDA

BHAVAROGA VAIDHYAN III

This incident was told to me in person by the devotee himself who still comes to Thapovanam to seek the blessings of Gurunathar.

He was young and no one including his parents have heard about  Gurunathar or anything about him. This incident is described to show how Gurunathar treated anyone who came to him whether they are old devotees, new devotee or a person who don’t know about Gurunathar.

The devotee at his young age had a medical problem. His right leg below waist had suddenly became numb and he could neither move them nor feel anything. After taking treatment with local doctors for some time, he was taken to Vellore for treatment. There the doctors tried to treat him but to no avail. Finally they decided that the ailment could not be cured and discharged him from the hospital. Crestfallen, his parents were preparing to leave Vellore. Then some one who came to the hospital enquired the devotee’s parents about the ailment. He was told what happened. Then the person told the devotee’s parents as you are going to your home town via Gnanananda Thapovanam why don’t you drop and have a Dharshan of Gurunathar and to the best of my knowledge he is the only person who can cure this ailment. Encouraged by his words all of them came to Thapovanam. When they entered thapovanam Gurunathar was giving dharshan to the assembled devotees. The devotee and his parents had dharshan and waited for an audience with Gurunathar to plead with him for curing the boy. Gurunathar , who was giving dharshan till then suddenly stood up and entered into his room. Day one passed Gurunathar did not turn up for giving dharshan.Day two the same story. Day three the parents got fed up and started talking that “ Gurunathar will give audience only to rich people or people who are close to him. There is no use in waiting for him and let us go.”. The devotee was mesmerised by the appearance of Gurunathar and told his parents “ Either i will walk from Thapovanam or my dead body will leave here”. Remember his right leg was sort of paralysed and he could not move. Immediately on uttering these words there was commotion in the hall and Gurunathar appeared in front of the devotee and told him “ Naama intha uruthiyoda iruppom” (let us be firm on this conviction) and given him vibhoothi. A place was allotted to him in the mahapradhakshinam (Deepa Jyothi) route and daily Gurunathar used to give him Vibhoothi and Dheertham which he will consume. Time went on. He slowly started feeling in his legs and was able to move his leg. After some time he started walking with the aid of a stick.  While recovering he used to spend his time by preparing pockets of Vibhuthi and Kunkumam.

One Evening, Gurunathar was giving Dharshan in Annai Mandapam.The devotee was entering into Annai Mandapam walking with the aid of a stick. Whenever he enters Annai Mandapam he used to put the stick in a corner and will walk with the holding the parapet wall and move towards Gurunathar. 

On nearing him Gurunathar asked the devotee to bring that stick and hand it over to him. The devotee obliged. Gurunathar simply thrown away the stick and told the devotee “ Naama ithu illama nadakka muyarchi pannuvom” (let us try to walk without the help of the stick). To cut a long story short the devotee and his wife used to have any number of pradhakshinams whenever they visit Thapovanam which is quite often. The Devotee is now enjoying life with his grand children. You can see him, his wife and his father doing rounds non stop in thapovanam if you happen to be there when these people are there.

SADGURUNATH MAHARAJ KI JAI