POONTHANAM, devotee of GURUVAYURAPPAN

🕉️SHUBHA SANDHYA 🕉️

A SHORT STORY ABOUT A GREAT DEVOTEE OF KRISHNA 😊

POONTHANAM was a great devotee of GURUVAYURAPPAN.

He led his life of 90 odd years reading the Bhagavatam, every single day, in simple Malayalam.

He used to walk about 100 kilometers to take darshan of Guruvaayurappan every month.

The route to the temple was through a very dense forest.

Once on his way, in the forest he was attacked by some robbers.

He gave them everything he had, the money and his ring, but held tightly, a small packet.

The robbers tried to snatch the packet he was clinging to.

It was his whole treasure the BHAGAVATAM book, which he did not want to part with.

When Poonthanam said it was only a book, the thieves were not convinced.

He closed his eyes and cried out for Lord’s help.

That lonely place was filled with the roars of the robbers and the loud Narayana chanting of Poonthanam.

Hearing the noise a man came on the horse and fought with those dacoits and got the money and the ring back for Poonthanam.

He introduced himself as the minister of the Zamorin Raja who happened to be passing by.

Poonthanam was very happy, and he thanked the young man. The young man said, that he deserves a gift for having fought the dacoits. POONTHANAM happily gave his ring to the young man.

The minister accepted the gift and guided him up to the temple and disappeared.

The same night, the head priest of the Guruvayur temple had a dream wherein he was told, “You will find a ring on the Deity. Give it to Poonthanam, who will come tomorrow.”

Quite miraculously, next morning when the head priest went to the temple to do the puja he saw a ring on Deity’s finger.

Poonthanam was promptly there at Guruvayur temple for darshan.

Head priest came out from the Deity’s room and gave Poonthanam the ring and told him what happened.

Poonthanam was flabbergasted to see that the ring was his own, which he had presented to minister, the day before.

He then realized that indeed it was his beloved Lord Guruvayurappan Himself, who came personally in the guise of a minister to rescue him.

WHEN FAITH IS ON KRISHNA, AND WHEN LIFE IS IN CRISIS, KRISHNA WILL SURELY COME TO OUR RESCUE 🙏