Yethapur – Unforgettable reminiscences

I was out of my blog for 3 days, not because of I was out of topic but because I have got some other higher priority things to be completed (he he he…i m not completely vetti )…this is one post which has been in the queue since I started blogging…a post everyone would love to share with others…a topic which makes me feel light whenever I discuss about it…I am gonna write about my native place…

I born in a small village called Yethapur in Salem district, Tamilnadu…I did my schooling till my SSLC there and then moved to Madurai…but even today I ruminate over the reminiscences of that beautiful village…

In last week of January, I happened to go to Salem to attend my cousin’s marriage…so, I had a well etched plan of going to my village to see whether there had been any changes…its been more than 4 years since I visited…there was hardly any changes except I could see a conspicuous reduction in the population…younger generations have compelled and made their family move to bigger towns just like how we did 10 years back…

I should dilate more about the village…it is 36 kms from Salem…the Village is on the banks of a small river called ‘Vashishta nadhi’…though its a small village with less than 10K population, it is self contained…it has schools upto 12th standard, it has a govt hospital and a police station…above all, it has a very nice ‘agraharam’ where I lived…the ‘agraharam’ has a Siva temple on one end and a Vishnu temple on other end…there is a Bajan Matt amidst of them…so, just try to imagine how beautiful it wud be…though the temples are relatively smaller than what we have in cities, they are very special and have unparalleled reasons to be unique…the Siva temple is one of the rarest of its kind in Taminadu…during the Tamil month ‘margazhi’ (between December-January), during early morning, the Sun light directly falls on the Lingam…there is no window…there is no holes on the wall…the ray of light enters the temple straight, goes between the antlers of Nandhi and falls on Siva to form an aura…only very few temples in India have this unique architecture…

Siva Temple

Vishnu Temple – on the other end of the road

I spent a whole day there visiting my old neighbors’ families and of course the temples…it was disheartening to see the house where I stayed in a wrecked condition due to natural calamities and lack of overhaul…

The house where I born and lived for 16 years

I had been a very naughty boy in my childhood…my mom use to say I always teased others and thrown stones at them…i use to pull the necklaces of maamis (aunties) who lifted me…now they all raised their eye brows wondering how fast the time has past…when I turn back and see my childhood, now it looks like a dream…all the juvenile activities that I have done, fishing in the river, taking bath in pump sets, playing gully cricket on the shores of the river, throwing stones at the tamarind tree, climbing up guava trees, etc…i miss all those…

Vashishta Nadhi

though I cannot get back those days, the most cherished moments will never be forgotten…