Today is an auspicious day.
It is the Guru Puja Day of Saint Tiruvalluvar, one of the most venerated of the saints of Saivism. A few of us have just returned from the Guru Puja where a black granite statue of Saint Tiruvalluvar was given abhishekam and deepam in the traditional Hindu form of worship. Saint Tirumular's statue was also there. These great sages of Saivism both lived over two thousand years ago. It seemed appropriate to us today that Saint Tiruvalluvar is seated, composing his scripture on the archaic ola leaves with a sharpened stylus.