ILAYANKUDI MARAN NAYANAR இளையான்றன் குடிமாறன் அடியார்க்கும் அடியேன் ….7.039.1 The fourth Nayanmar of Saiva hagiology is Ilayankudi Maran Nayanar. Saint Sundarar hailed Ilayankudi Maran in his Thiruthondar thogai next to Iyarpagai Nayanar and stated that he was the servitor of the servitors of Ilayankudi Maran. இயலா விடைச்சென்ற மாதவற் கின்னமு தாவிதைத்த வயலார் முளைவித்து வாரி மனைஅலக் கால்வறுத்துச் செயலார் […]
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IYARPAGAI NAYANAR Iyarpagai is the sobriquet of the Nayanar because he did things contrary to nature. Let us see the life of Iyarpagai Nayanar as described in the Periyapuram and as depicted in the panel of Airavatheswara temple. Iyarpagai was born in a wealthy merchant family in the famous city of Pumpuhar and was the […]
THIRUNEELAKANTA NAYANAR Thiruneelakantar was born in the Vetkovar clan (potters) at Thillai and was a man of great virtues; he shunned falsity and stood poised in piety. He was an ardent devout of Lord Siva and his desire was to serve the true devotees of the Lord. He made his living by making earthen vessels […]
‘MATHARPIRAIKANNIYANAI…’ Saint Sekkizhar in about fifteen quatrains hymned Saint Appar’s surfacing at the Thiruvaiyaru pond; beholding God and Goddess; the grand scene of Mount Kailash and Saint’s state of ecstasy. In that the grand and magnificent milieu of Mount Kailash is described in six quatrains. The silver lined Mount Kailash filled with the divine atmosphere, […]