It was 6 years ago. I was living with my college friends in the city’s suburb. We never got the real seriousness until it’s the final exam time of the semester. It was such a joyful evening when my friend dropped by my place. Soon my roommates also joined for a chat with him. As we were discussing, rambling and laughing about college trivia, he suddenly started a new topic that jumped off the track of our conversation- it was about ghosts and spirits.
Then he added that the spirit of a killed or a prematurely dead human would lament, cry aloud and beg, on seeing its body being cremated in grave yard, longing to get back to its body. It sounded so irrational to my senses and I argued back. My roommates also started making fun of him for all that he had been saying hitherto. It definitely kindled his wrath and being unable to prove anything that he said, he quickly stood up, and snarled, “You guys may laugh at me now. But you will understand very soon!” He added, “I’m sure you guys won’t believe if I said, you can even know what your previous births were, and where your next birth will be! Naadi astrology tells you that. Go, see it for yourself!” He quickly disappeared from the spot. Even after a long time after he left, his last sentence was haunting me during the darkest times of that night. Rest is the main story.
The word ‘Naadi’ kept resonating in my mind even the following day. I’ve heard about such an astrological practice many times during the previous years. But I was never so interested in seeking it, and even at times when I thought of giving it a try, I was indifferent or I had more important things to do. However, this time, this overwhelming force made me become all the more keen on seeking it. But only for one simple reason- to prove to my friend that all that was just a humbug. The next moment, I was standing in front of this place where Naadi astrology is sought. I couldn’t help myself.
It was just a big house, with a board ("Agathiya Naadi center") hanging in the front. I entered the building with some reluctance as I’ve never been to an astrology place before in life. The place was buzzing with activities and packed with people who I could easily identify to be of different cultures, and some were from different countries too. I noticed a picture of a king who I later understood to be the Maratha king Serfoji, who had preserved the naadi palm leaves. The wall opposite to it was almost left with no space as a lot of paper cuttings of magazine articles had been stuck. It was obvious that each of the paper cuttings was from magazines in different languages such as German, Japanese, Chinese, English, Tamil, etc. I was attracted to an article titled, “Is there a next birth?”. As I was totally immersed into reading the article, I didn’t notice a hand coming towards my shoulder. “Tap!”
To be continued in my next post…
27 Comments
vry interesting and iam indeed waiting for the continued post.........ur writing skill is excellent i shd say that..... Keep up ur good work.
ReplyDeletehemanth anna leave marketing become a writer you could easily sell 100 copies with only preface in it
ReplyDeleteur blog is superb... ur way of writing is very natural.. any new reader can understand your style...
ReplyDeletegood keep it up.
wow!!! Hemanth u r multi-talented!!! great work.. waiting for ur next post:)
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work
DeleteHey Bro...! :-) Awesome naration...! Can't believe that you still remember my old haunted house & what i said back then, so vividly...! :-)
ReplyDeleteGood post Hemanth ! Personally i don't believe in Naadi joshiyam. Have never had the time to understand it.
ReplyDeleteThink your experience will help me understand that a bit.
Good narration !
I'm flattered!! My gratitude to each one of you!! Really so glad that you all liked it! Keep following the blog, I'd post the continuation very soon! :)
ReplyDeleteHemanth, Need the address of place you visited please
DeleteHemanth gud da.. Really ur writing is gud.. Good idea to say ivan's haunted house as an introduction..
ReplyDelete@ennakkul: thanks da! :))
ReplyDeleteEveryone said the narration is good, the way of expressing is natural ! But keeping them aside, one thing really attracted me. Those Two images in the midst of the post mesmerizes the readers and punches them into the storyline.
ReplyDelete@Ranjith: thank you!
ReplyDeletecan u pls give the name and address of the nadi astrologer..?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: Please click the 'follow' button at the left bottom (Google Friend Connect) / Click the 'like' button on "The Enlightened Niche on Facebook" at the right side. Then you will be able to post queries and discussions on Facebook too.
ReplyDeletedei, My School days, I cant write a single line in english with meaningful.
ReplyDeleteBut nee Romba talented, writing blog like a poet, you can able to express your thought as well
Hello Hemanth
ReplyDeleteI recently starting reading about nadi jothidam and came across your blog today. And I am glad I did. Interesting articles :)
Hi Hemanth!
ReplyDeleteNice blog! Even i have same kind of expirience with nadi aastrology.But, unfortunately the future prediction was not that right for me. But im curious to know about our(indian) history during vedic time. Thanks for the blog :)
"Then he added that the spirit of a killed or a prematurely dead human would lament, cry aloud and beg, on seeing its body being cremated in grave yard, longing to get back to its body."
ReplyDeleteEven I have read the same in some books related to spirit, life after death etc.
Do these people tell the reason of someone's sudden demise when he is young?
I need to find out the reason.
Hi Hemanth,
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty good I've read all your posts in this blog.It was really good.Personally I have known that there is an exact science that will tell everything about you depending on finger print and heart beat,but I feel instead of using this to make it a mythical astrology subject,that we could explore the real connection between all the items it would help us resolve many characteristic traits.
hemanth, this is shatodryu here from calcutta,india. i went to a naadi centre in mumbai some years back.they were able to say my mother's name and a few more things right, but charged quite an amount for further proceedings. somehow i didnt give in. now after reading your blog, i'm getting drawn to it again. can you give me the address and the contact number of the naadi centre you went to? how is your life following their predictions? did they fix anything for you which was not right in your horoscope?i wonder if they entertain long-distance clients. my email id is shatodru@in.com and facebook id is shatodru river. i'd be grateful to you if you could help. i need this, badly. thanks hemanth.
ReplyDeletethanks, கனகராசு, J, Nandita, Sastry KVS! Glad you liked the blog.
ReplyDelete@Priya: There is a chapter that talks about death and the next birth. But I don't think you could find the leaf of a deceased person. http://hemanththiru.blogspot.ca/2010/09/naadi-astrology-and-siddhar-agathiyars.html
@flyzone: I have some details about this place on "The Enlightened Niche"'s Facebook page. And also please note that they are not "astrologers" as such, but they just read out the palm leaf manuscripts to you (they are trained in reading the old Tamil Vatteluthu script).
hey hemant did any of your predictions come true...............................
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ReplyDeleteah jiju u didnt tell me u write things. i am so surprised of ur talents n abt the blog it beautifully described. i mean u correlate ur thoughts along with the happening really well. by the way is the incident true or ur imagination? u kept me so engrossed throughout the entire post. i am eagerly waiting now pls do update soon. u know i am really desperate when it comes to waiting for an awesome story so pls do continue soon.
ReplyDeletethank you dear s-i-l! I had published this post almost 3 years ago.. :D Here's the continuation to the post: http://hemanththiru.blogspot.ca/2010/10/naadi-astrology-true-or-fake-my.html Enjoy! :) BTW, this is my own story. True life events! :)
DeleteVery interesting blog Hemanth. Each and every man gets an opportunity like you ,those who don't believe in naadi astrology.There is a time for everything.You proved that!
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