21stJun

Rayaru cleanses a Brahmin

After the visit to Rameswaram, Sri Raghavendra Thirtharu reaches the Banks of River Thamraparani. There in a Hamlet Kallidaikurichi he comes across a Brahmin very aggrieved, being outcasted and rejected by a group of Brahmins. He was rejected, it is said, as he had become impure for having deviated from traditional Brahmin practices, customs and rituals. This kind of a hard decision by some Brahmins is, in fact, a tough thing to handle as the practices are deep rooted in their customs and traditions. The disturbed Brahmin submits his grievance to Rayaru and pleads his intervention. Also, he expresses that he would end his life, not able to bear the humiliation.

Rayaru makes him participate in the Lord Moola Rama Pooja amidst the outraged Brahmins. Post the Pooja, Rayaru takes the Holy conch filled with water and sprinkles on the Brahmin. He then declared that the impurities have been removed. The Brahmins ridiculed Rayaru at his declaration, for which, he immediately sprinkles the same conch water on a dark stained white cloth, and transform it to a pure white cloth.

The Brahmins were amazed and wholeheartedly welcomed him to their group. The Brahmin, who was initially rejected, gets relieved at this acceptance. Rayaru demonstrated the care and concern he had for the disturbed ones, thus, making the rejected Brahmin get accepted into the mainstream of the society.