ABHIRAMI ANDADI-ABHIRAMI PATTAR

[ABHIRAMI PHARMA- INDIA]

ABHIRAMI ANDADI-ABHIRAMI PATTAR

Every year during the Tamil month of Thai (January) on New Moon Day (Amavasai) “Abirami Pattar” festival is celebrated in Temples in Sri Lanka and also at Thirukadaiyur in South India.

In fact, many years ago in South India there was one devotee of Goddess Abirami called Subramanian in Thirukadaiyur, Tamil Nadu. He had deep devotion towards the mother Goddess Abirami, indulging in performing poojas, showering of flavours at the feet of Goddess Abirami.

One day king Saraboji visited this temple when the devotee Subramanian was in deep meditation.

The king was provoked seeing Subramanian's indifferent attitude and disrespect he showed towards the King's arrival at the Temple.

The king asked the devotees who were in the temple who that man was. One of the devotees told the king that he was a mad man who always think that other women as Goddess “Amman” and shower flowers on them.

But, the Chief Priest of this temple told the king that he was a devout devotee of Goddess Abirami. The king wanted to test who he was. So, king Saroboji looked at Subramanian who was in deep meditation and asked him whether today is “New Moon Day” (Amavasai) or “Full Moon Day”. At that time Subramanian was in eternal bliss of Goddess Abirami. So Subramanian answered the king that the day was “Full Moon Day” which was actually “New Moon Day” (Amavasai).

The King Saroboji got angry and ordered to push Subramanian into the burning fire in the evening if the moon did not appear. Thereafter, the kings Army awakened Subramanian and called him to come with them to undergo the punishment. Returning to his consciousness, Subramanian realized that “Goddess Abirami” alone made him to say, it was “Full Moon Day”, when it was really a “New Moon Day” (Amavasai)

Burning fire, with rays beneath him and Subramanian was on top, inch by inch, he was moved down by the kings’ army. Realizing that “Goddess Abirami” alone could save him, he started singing hundred songs at Abirami (Abirami Anthathi) and prayed Her to come to his rescue.

While singing the 79th song stating that Her merciful eyes have got super power and she is the ocean of Blessings with no limits, immediately Annai Abirami appeared before him and threw her ear ring in the sky which appeared as moon for “Full Moon Night.”

Seeing this, “King Saroboji” was immensely pleased about Subramanian's devotion and honoured him by conferring the Title “Abirami Pattar” and king Saroboji himself became a disciple of “Abirami Pattar.”

Thereafter, the king not only gave the name “Abirami Pattar”, but also, donated lands, gold and also called him as “Bharathi” for Abirami Pattar's generation.

With the Blessings of Goddess Abirami, he wrote several books namely “Abirami Anthathi”, “Kallavaranar Pathigam”, Amirtha Kadeswarar Pathigam”, “Kala Samhara Moorthy Pathigam, Murugu Venba and Abirami Ammai Pathigam.

Indeed, what we come to honour from Abirami Pattar's life is that God alone is all providing, pervading super power and immortal. All the worldly creatures are not perennial. If you are really interested to see God, you are supposed to do meditation and prayers to receive His Divine Blessings.