Oct 4, 2010

Upanayanam for Venkatanaatha

In Madurai, V sits in front of Kali temple and prays to Her to allow him to talk to his father TB. After much begging, Goddess Kali delivers TB to V. TB speaks to V and informs him not to ask for him as he is on his way to Heaven and it is not right to bring back the dead. He also tells V to study properly and achieve stardom. Finally V lets go of him.

Meanwhile, Gururaja is told by Sudheendra Theertha pontiff to perform Upanayanam to V in order to bring some cheer to Family. Since its been more than a year since TB died, its fine to do Upanayanam to V. Everyone in the family is happy about this decision.

Upanayanam goes fine. V asks some questions about Upanayanam like Gopichandan, Mudras, etc which his broter-in-law (Lakshmi Narasimhachar) answers. V is happy to perform the Upanayanam.

After Upanayanam is complete, V does not want to go back to Madurai because he does not want to leave his mother. However, his mom insists him that he should go to Madurai, complete his studies and once he achieves stardom, her responsibilities come to closure and she can attain the life of her husband’s. With great difficulty, he leaves Ramachandrapura and his mom and goes to Madurai, where he now learns to do pooja full-fledged.

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