A sprinkling of turmeric water with neem leaves during Kadal Poojai at Dhanushkodi.Kodi Swamigal instructed us to sprinkle turmeric water using neem leaves on everyone who entered the temple premises at Dhanushkodi for the
20th-year Kadal Poojai which was held on March 11th, 2020. At the time, we didn’t fully grasp the significance of this act, but we followed his guidance with faith and ensured that every visitor was sprinkled with turmeric water using neem leaves as they entered the premises.
Two weeks later, the world was plunged into lockdown due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. India went into lockdown on 26th March 2020. As information flooded in on how to protect ourselves, Health experts were advising home remedy practices—cleansing with turmeric water and incorporating neem leaves for their healing properties.
Only then did we begin to realise the deeper meaning of Kodi Swamigal’s instruction given to us on why to do the same process during the Kadal Poojai at Dhanushkodi on 11th March 2020.