Miraculous Healing Power of Tiruchendur Vibhuti Date: Friday, 3 October 2003 Sir, I would like to share my personal experience

with Lord Murugan. I had wanted to offer my hair to the Lord . of Tiruchendur since my childhood and the opportunity came in March 2003 when I along with my parents went and I made the offering to the Lord. My father who is 70 years old had been suffering from severe psoriasis for the past three years. He was taking allopathic treatment and this was to no avail instead resulting in only monetary loss. My father never evinced interest in God and never used to go to temples. Both his hands right from his elbow to the wrist were covered with a thick layer of wound like skin formations and eruptions. He always used to wear a full sleeved shirt in order to avoid embarrassing looks from others. I am basically from Nagerkoil town (Kanya Kumari district, Tamilnadu state). After having visited my native town we went to Tiruchendur on 19th March 2003 and offered our prayers to the almighty. I made the hair offering on the 20th the next day. I tonsured my head early in the morning before 6 a.m. and took a bath in the sea. Later my parents and I went to the temple premises, which was heavily crowded as the previous day was Panguni Uttiram day of Lord Muruga. We went around the temple and finally entered the sannidhi of the lord. The priests gave us a hand full of vibhuti (holy ash) which we promptly smeared on our body. My mother and I advised father to smear it on the affected parts of the skin and my father obliged. We returned back to Hyderabad on the 26th of March. My father did not apply any medicine to the skin in the meantime. Believe me, I swear, on the 30th of March, lo and behold! I was surprised to see the hands of my father were smooth and without any infection. Even my mother could not believe her eyes when she saw this. My father's disease has vanished into thin air. The affected part now looks as normal as any other part of the skin. Since then my father started reciting mantras, especially the all powerful Skanda Shashti Kavacam and is now a devoted Murugan

bhakta. I would like every one to share my experience and also build credence in the all-powerful Murugan. Thanking you, Mani Plot-30, Anantha East Anand Hyderabad-500047, South India, India Saraswathy Bagh, Andhra Vikneswaran Nagar Malkajgiri Pradesh

E-mail: mvikneswaran@yahoo.com r Adi Sankaracharya's Subrahmanya Bhujanga An Introductory Note by Tiruppugazhmani, Rajyasevapravina T.M. Krishnaswami Ayyar

Adi Sankarchrya

Subrahmanya Bhujanga stotra of r Sankaracharya is a production of rare merit invaluable to the seeker of the grace of Lord Kumara. In the

concentrated meditation of His divine form the heart of the great Sankaracharya took flood and over the flood of his piety the Bhujanga Stotra floated forth in verse.

The very beginning connotes the psychology of its birth. Forgetful of the self and, hence of all acquired knowledge and mastery of learning and poesy stood the Great World Teacher before the altar of r Shanmukha at Tiruchendur. The Lor d entered His heart, verses flowed. The Acharya knew not. This stotra, the Bhujanga Stotra, is the outcome of the Acharya's ecstasy. It is the high road that connects the human mind with the divine ecstasy. An earnest recital of the stotra, repeated with zest and earnestness induces the ecstasy of which it is the product. This is the value of the great works of Atma Anubhava of the Great ones. The bhavas and the philosophy bear instructive analogy to theAnubhuti of r Arunagiri. God Subrahmanya is the one God for all, of all castes and creeds inclusive of the out-castes and un-touchables so called. Through His Grace man can effect the conquest of His senses and by attuning His will with the Supreme become the master of His fate and the rich recipient of Divine Bliss. This theme of the Skanda Purana is found replete in this Bhujanga Stotra. May the World profit by this publication. The Subrahmanya Ashtotra To this is added the Ashtotra 108 names of the Lord descriptive of His powers, Form, mercy and achievements. Even one recital every day is bound to produce a harmonious and equable mental atmosphere, which is the true sine quo non of a successful life. The Great Ones have blessed the World with these stotras that with their aid people may ascend to the heights of Ecstasy from which they sprang. Will they be disappointed in this or the succeeding generaions? Let humanity answer. Full text of r Adi Sankaracharya's Subrahmanya Bhujanga