four month slumber

She sleeps: her breathings are not heard
In palace chambers far apart

the fragrant tresses are not stirred
that lie upon her charmed heart

She sleeps; on either hand upswells, 
the gold fringed pillow lightly prest

She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells 
A perfect form in perfect rest.

Sleeping Beauty,     
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Walluwar Jayanti

Rosary and manuscripts symbolize skills and knowing.

Shiwa as polar, south-facing Dakshinamurti and Dewi as Saraswati, hold these.

Manuscripts symbolize knowing.

Presently, it looks like being skilled and being in the know, are mutually exclusive.

In past, all skills were means, to dissolve ego and lead one to the Supreme.

Therefore the saying, 'Widyaa winaya sampanney' - skill development embedded in humility.

Thiru-Walluwar asks, 'Of what value is any skill, if it disables one to bow down, to the Divine?'

Catradanaal aaya payan en koll, Waalarivan nar-taal tozhaa-ar enin?

-  Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati,   Kanchi.