Thianam Class (Spiritual Class)

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Thianam Class Sir  (a short introduction)

Mr. Nanthidevan is our Thianam (spiritual) class sir. He is running this class for free.  He is a very simple and humble person. He respect everyone, young and old. He treats every member the same way. Very soft spoken. Sometimes jokes in between. (Even in my young age, i knew him. His brother, Sittrasu used to teach at Hospital Qrts, Murugan Temple way back in 1970s.) During annual thevaram competition, Nanthidevan sir (Thavaneri Mandaram chairman-if i not mistaken) will be around.


Thianam Class

 Our Thianam Class only started this year which is conducted in our Kaliamman Temple small hall every Saturday morning at 6am every week.  Currently we are having 20 to 30 members who will join us every Saturday morning. There are young and older members.  Majority is ladies. Sir will start the class with Vinayagar Vanakam,  mild exercise, breathing exercise to fresh us all up.  Next he will teach us Sivapuranam. He will read every sentence by sentence and teach us the meaning. He even will tell us short stories about the 'sittargal' holy person, and their deep love towards god. How they devoted their whole life towards the High Superim. Very interesting to listen.

Next he will teach us Thirukural (The best book of Hindu). Since i am not the tamil medium (went to english school), sometimes difficult to understand. So he will explain in english too. He will also give away free CD's mainly on devotional songs.


Meditation

During meditation, he wants us to close our eyes and sit up straight. He will switch off the lights. He will guide us, until we reach our destination in meditation. We will conduct the poojas by ourselves in meditation. Normally it will not take more than 15 minutes. Once we open the eye, we need to rub our hands and wipe our face then greet the person next to us.

Classes will continue till 7.30am. (1 1/2hr)  We will have light refreshment towards the end.  Each member will contribute some meal prepared by them and shared among us.