My Personal Experiences(1) - Nalini Pippara
Episode 80
Many a time people have asked me ‘You are writing experiences of so many devotees. Do you personally experience any blessings?’
Yes! I do have number of experiences some of which are even before Achyuthan started and some of them after Achyuthan.
First of all, I feel so blessed to have been chosen to start Achyuthan and write the experiences of so many devotees which is an added benediction.
As I said even before Achyuthan started I have had so many experiences, when I think of them now and join the dots, may be Devi Maa had something planned for me long back.
As I said in one of earlier episodes, my Ista Deivams are Santoshi Maa and Shirdi Sai Baba.
A number of times I have performed Santoshi Maa vratam for 17 weeks. I took a vow not to eat anything sour on Fridays and would perform Her KumKum Puja every Friday.
Many a time people have asked me ‘You are writing experiences of so many devotees. Do you personally experience any blessings?’
Yes! I do have number of experiences some of which are even before Achyuthan started and some of them after Achyuthan.
First of all, I feel so blessed to have been chosen to start Achyuthan and write the experiences of so many devotees which is an added benediction.
As I said even before Achyuthan started I have had so many experiences, when I think of them now and join the dots, may be Devi Maa had something planned for me long back.
As I said in one of earlier episodes, my Ista Deivams are Santoshi Maa and Shirdi Sai Baba.
A number of times I have performed Santoshi Maa vratam for 17 weeks. I took a vow not to eat anything sour on Fridays and would perform Her KumKum Puja every Friday.
Santoshi Maa fulfilled so many of my requests. One of which was the birth of my daughter. As we did not have child for 8 years of our marriage I prayed to her saying ‘if I get a girl child, I would name her Devi’.
As per our tradition the child is named based on the Nakshatra she or he is born under.
And surprisingly her naskshtra name itself turned out to be Devi. What more could I ask for.
As per our tradition the child is named based on the Nakshatra she or he is born under.
And surprisingly her naskshtra name itself turned out to be Devi. What more could I ask for.
She is a blessed Devi Maa’s child. When she was 3 years we went to Basara temple – One of the very famous Saraswati temple in Telangana.
After our prayers, I came out of the sanctum sanctorum and my daughter followed me after a few minutes. My husband came out a little while later.
To my surprise, my daughter was carrying a small cover and coconut. I asked her who gave her the packet.
All of us were shocked to hear her response: ‘An old lady with a big red bindi gave me this.
She was standing leaning on the hundi’.
After our prayers, I came out of the sanctum sanctorum and my daughter followed me after a few minutes. My husband came out a little while later.
To my surprise, my daughter was carrying a small cover and coconut. I asked her who gave her the packet.
All of us were shocked to hear her response: ‘An old lady with a big red bindi gave me this.
She was standing leaning on the hundi’.
Why we were surprised???
Neither I nor my husband or our relatives who accompanied us saw any lady in the sanctum sanctorum leave alone an old lady.
The temple had very little crowd on the day of our visit. And if anyone with that description was there we would not have missed seeing her --- the sanctum sanctorum is small.
Also I have visited the temple 3 to 4 times and I have never seen any lady inside sanctum sanctorum.
When I opened the cover I was astounded and also very happy. For..
There was a violet coloured blouse piece. It was the same colour as the saree that was worn by Saraswathi Devi on that day.
Neither I nor my husband or our relatives who accompanied us saw any lady in the sanctum sanctorum leave alone an old lady.
The temple had very little crowd on the day of our visit. And if anyone with that description was there we would not have missed seeing her --- the sanctum sanctorum is small.
Also I have visited the temple 3 to 4 times and I have never seen any lady inside sanctum sanctorum.
When I opened the cover I was astounded and also very happy. For..
There was a violet coloured blouse piece. It was the same colour as the saree that was worn by Saraswathi Devi on that day.
I also had a similar experience in 2015. This was just before my divine journey to start Achyuthan. There were a number of people in the temple and I was about to step into the sanctum sanctorum. On the right side door of inner sanctum sanctorum I saw a lady’s forehead with a big kumkum bindi. When I stepped inside and looked at the place where I saw the the lady’s face I could only see the hundi and nothing else.
It was almost like the face described by my daughter more than 10 to 12 years back.
May be I was destined to start my spiritual journey in Basara. Every event related to Achyuthan took place only after this visit.
It was almost like the face described by my daughter more than 10 to 12 years back.
May be I was destined to start my spiritual journey in Basara. Every event related to Achyuthan took place only after this visit.
To be frank, I never imagined that I would be writing the divine experiences of devotees and it would be read by so many people.
But Jaganmatha has chosen me for this divine cause. She has also brought together a very devoted team who do their best in maintaining the website and doing their best for Achyuthan. All of us are members of the Divine Kanna family.
Thanks to them we are able to bring the stories of all these devotees who live far from each other but are connected by the thread of divinity.
But Jaganmatha has chosen me for this divine cause. She has also brought together a very devoted team who do their best in maintaining the website and doing their best for Achyuthan. All of us are members of the Divine Kanna family.
Thanks to them we are able to bring the stories of all these devotees who live far from each other but are connected by the thread of divinity.
Another instance where I realized that Devi was guiding me but was ignorant to take the cues from Her..
Around 10 years back, we planned to take risk in terms of a career move to another country.
However from the day we took the decision Devi Maa was indicating in some form or other that the decision was not right.
Whatever we started would fall or get started on a Tuesday that too during Rahu kalam (considered as inauspicious for starting anything new).
There was a lot of struggle to get the visa and some or the other obstacle used to come while making the transition.
I was very apprehensive but also very naïve. I was not reading the indications from Devi Maa.
So we went ahead with our planned travel as we made a commitment to someone else.
Finally we did make the shift to the new path but things were not moving as planned.
One particular incident proved to be the deciding factor for retrieving our steps to the place of origin, i.e UAE.
On one Friday while I was cooking suddenly my chunni caught fire from the diya near the puja area.
That was the first time anything so drastic happened and I was shocked and scared.
It suddenly dawned that Devi Maa has been benevolent and has been telling me in different ways. But this was the ultimate indication and hence we need to go back to Dubai.
Around 10 years back, we planned to take risk in terms of a career move to another country.
However from the day we took the decision Devi Maa was indicating in some form or other that the decision was not right.
Whatever we started would fall or get started on a Tuesday that too during Rahu kalam (considered as inauspicious for starting anything new).
There was a lot of struggle to get the visa and some or the other obstacle used to come while making the transition.
I was very apprehensive but also very naïve. I was not reading the indications from Devi Maa.
So we went ahead with our planned travel as we made a commitment to someone else.
Finally we did make the shift to the new path but things were not moving as planned.
One particular incident proved to be the deciding factor for retrieving our steps to the place of origin, i.e UAE.
On one Friday while I was cooking suddenly my chunni caught fire from the diya near the puja area.
That was the first time anything so drastic happened and I was shocked and scared.
It suddenly dawned that Devi Maa has been benevolent and has been telling me in different ways. But this was the ultimate indication and hence we need to go back to Dubai.
Immediately we took a call to come back. Although we have hurt some people with this decision it was but inevitable.
I now realise that my path has been set and hence She made sure we would come back to what She planned for me.
Around 2 years back, Geeta gave me a Sri Chakram which I keep on a brass plate. Everyday I put kumkum on it thrice chanting
Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namostute
I clean the same once in a week. Around 3 to 4 months back when I removed the Sri Chakra I was surprised to see the faces of so many Gods on the brass plate.
I now realise that my path has been set and hence She made sure we would come back to what She planned for me.
Around 2 years back, Geeta gave me a Sri Chakram which I keep on a brass plate. Everyday I put kumkum on it thrice chanting
Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namostute
I clean the same once in a week. Around 3 to 4 months back when I removed the Sri Chakra I was surprised to see the faces of so many Gods on the brass plate.
It was enlightening to me that all Gods reside in the Sri Chakra. Praying to Devi on it is equivalent to praying to all Gods and Goddesses in the whole universe.
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