Aksharabyasam !!

Akshara - Abyasam in my opinion should be done by a teacher who loves his/her student. rather than doing it in the presence of priests, i made sure that it is done by a person who wishes the student sincerely all the very best things in the academic career. keeping this in mind, i decided to do Aksharabyasam for Abirami with my teacher Mr.Soman, M.Sc.,( mathematics ) M.Ed., , tiruppur, who is a wonderfull teacher. a teacher with vision and great passion for teaching. we informed him in advance and when i went there along with my daughter abirami, my wife and my brother he was ready for Giving Aksharabyasam and blessings for his grand daughter... seeing me and my daughter, with great generosity, decided to give first to my daughter and then to his grand daughter... i was moved by his love and affection towards me and he blessed me and my child with his usual affectionate smile... unlike many, he started with numbers which he justified, saying even Thiruvalluvar has said, எண் என்ப, ஏனை எழுத்தென்ப, ........ அதனால, முதன்மையானது எண் ....... i still remember his face which brightened when he said this Kural ..... this passion , towards his mathematics and towards teaching justified my drive to take abirami to him for Aksharabyasam...He is a legend in mathematics and teaching and a wonderfull teacher on whom i have great respects and regards.

as we moved to chennai, and as ananya is completing 3 years by this october, my wife said, please take a leave and come to tiruppur for aksharabyasam.... but due to some changes and as i can not take leave, i told her to go ahead with my second daughter's aksharabyasam with my father in law as my wife and kid are in coimbatore for quarterly holidays... she said, they are planning to take her to Lord Saraswathi's temple on 28th for aksharabyasam .... i suggested to her suddenly, to do it with my father in law... he is a B.A.Lit in English and has a great passion for his language skills and i told my wife that there is no other better person in coimbatore who can do Aksharabyasam for Ananya than him ... i added, the only problem is he will start with A rather than " அ “ or the numbers like Soman sir.... i am sure, akshrabyasam done on grand father's lap ( had they been in tiruppur i would have asked them to take it with my father/mother as it is difficult to go to teacher without me), is a great feeling for the grand father as well as the grand daughter as it will be remembered for ever...

when it is done through the Guru, the student may forget Him/Her as the days go by, but when the Guru is a Grandfather, it becomes very special.... in that way, both my daughters are very lucky... one who was blessed by her father's Guru and the other blessed by an affectionate Appuchi....

as abirami is in tiruppur, in my parents house, interestingly one was not available on the other's akshrabyasam !!! i surely miss the occassion as i can imagine how ananya might behave on this day.... but Both Aksharabyasams were done on VijayaDasami and both by Wonderfull persons who have a great passion in their subject .....