SABARIMALAI

THE PILGRIMAGE

The Sadhakas visiting the shrine after the rigorous austerities gain several merits. The 41 days Vrata naturally cleanses the systems;, continence turns the mind upwards and loosens the grip of attachment to the Momentary thrills. When god-mindedness is enkindled, the Sadhaka's spiritual world gets illumined, resulting in the development of adorable virtues, like mutual regard, love, dedication etc. So he becomes physically, mentally and spiritually pure. 

Its symbolic significance too has much to elevate and enliven the Sadhaka. The pilgrimage is a kind to soul's journey to meet the Highest for Sayujya mukti-merging of the jivatma with the Paramatma. Carrying on Irumudi holding eatables in one compartment and the ghee filled coconut in the other has yet a connotation of supreme significance. 

While on the journey, the Sadhaka subsist on and empties the enables contained in the rear compartment, which amounts to exhausting of prarabdha Karma before merging, and the abhisekam of ghee containing in the coconut signifies merging of the soul with the supreme. 

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