The abrupt plan for Ujjain sprouted with Swami Anand planting the seeds, and the entire squad of templeers rolled up their socks for the trip to the Mahakaal – one of the Jotir Linga. The mission was to attend the Bhasm(Ash) Aarti at 3.00 am (ya ‘am’ :)re ). With Swami Anand being firm and resolute in his sankalpa, we just followed…
Landed at 10.00 pm at the local teacher Lata ji’s house and her hospitality was commendable. By mid-night we had wrapped up the food, polished off the desert, revered in the ancient Mahakal stories and dived into deep slumber with her narrative of Guruji’s trip to Ujjain.
We were late and reached the temple by 4.45 am and allowed grace to work its entry for us. The pooja was delayed for no reasons and we romped in. Dressed compulsorily in angavastram veshti (though the style of dhoti is Kashtha) we entered the sanctum sanctorum and amidst all the chaos the peace was predominantly powerful.
Then we took our positions in the temple, the rudra pooja getting underway. The serenity reverberating to every corner of the temple, the chanting echoing in every cell, the tranquility resonating in the consciousness. Peace Prevailed. Love Flowed. Life Floated.
The pinnacle of the entire pooja happened when the lights were darkened and the spirits got brightened. It gave a feeling of oneness while the shiva linga was bathed in the ashes. The mind completely switched off with the lights and the senses extinguished, I simply closed my eyes into oblivion.
Thanks to Swami Anand to make this trip a reality for all of us. He is a temple addict, we intoxicated ourselves with doses of Kaal Bhairav, HarSiddhi, GokulDham Ashram. While they spent hours in other temples I took my sleep potion in the car. The resplendent MahaKaal is a trip into timelessness. A trip into nothingness. Satyam Shivam Sundaram!!
Buckle up and come to Ujjain.
bhaiya i hv a shocking /wonderful ppt that i want to send u please give me ur email-id….
Wonderful is all I can say about this. Wish we were there and yes,would surely want to go to Ujjain and attend the ARTI.
Since the course has started, now, I can finally do some blog reading. You have posted quite a few articles.:-)
yaa i hv got ur id/////////n i hv sent u a shocking ppt please check it……
wow…
just want to be there.
4 pm in one of the ancient temples , rudra puja, shiva lingam,ashes…
brings so much peace just reading about it.
I felt the bliss of shiva reading this…….well detailed bhaiya….very true (satyam shivam sundaram)
Rajesh dear…
gr8 to read u r posts ….at least much more improvement in English 🙂
If swami anand is there …give a nice hug from me 🙂
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Ujjain is a nice place…we have a jyotirlinga as well as a shakti peeth there….i think now its time to leave the banana peel and hold on to the banana…i mean let us open a new doorway to spirituality there….how about havin an art of living ashram in ujjain? Hmmmm…..