RANDOM THOUGHTS

Ever Wondered why our place                                    Got  the name AMBASAMUDRAM  - ? Over the years , we have all been associated with a place which got its name by being associated with a Personality , Event , Place of Worhip or Locale . I have now been at Ambasamudram for close to half a century now . The question of how this place got this name has always been at the back of my mind . Yesterday's visit to Kasinathaswamy or Eritharkondan Temple and our Learned friend Ramalinga Battar who overseas all the rituals at this Temple and who is known to us from our Mill Colony Vinayakar Kovil days explaining the details of this Temple finally gave me the answer.  MARAGATHAMBAL is the consort of the Presiding Deity Kasinathaswamy at this Temple . SHE is positioned in the Temple right in front of the Perennial River Tambarabarani . The word for a huge Waterbody in Sanskrit is SAMUDRAM . AMBAL AND SAMUDRAM COMBINE AND THIS PLACE HAS GOT ITS NAME AS                               

   Drive through  the Southern Tip of India  To be fair , I must confess that our plans to visit the Mutharamman Deity at Kulasekarapatnam had always  been a 30 year  long pending affair. Our earlier visits in and around this area had always been via the National Highway to Kanyakumari and Kulasekarapatnam was always the missing link here . For those not in the Knowhow , this place draws people in their Lakhs each year during the Navaratri or Dusssehra Festival and even otherwise , a  lot of people visit this Amman Temple on normal days . Our visit to this place yesterday was via the Cheranmahadevi - Kalakkad - Thisayanvilai - Udangudi Route . We left our place at 7 .00 am .  After our prayers at the feet of Mutharamman Deity , we had our breakfast at Mani Vilas which consisted of of the crisp Kal Dosai with equally delicious Sambar and Chutney . This small eatery may not boast of the many luxuries of its more affluent cousins , but the Food on offer was really superb .  The owner of t