Devotional

INTRODUCTION : Anaya Nayanar, is a Shaivite Saint, and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. He used to play Lord Shiva’s names and his mantra on his flute, and he appears similar to Lord Krishna. LIFE Anaya belonged to Yadava Community. Anaya was born and brought up in Trichy. Trichy contains several holy temples like Malaikottai Vinayaka Temple. And also contains Samavedeshvarar Temple, a famous Shiva temple. He used to take care of his cows and with the cow’s milk, he earned for his livelihood and he gave some milk for Lord Shiva’s abhishekham in the Samavardesh..

INTRODUCTION :Sky God called as Dyaus Pitr in Sanskrit is the vedic deity of Hinduism. He is considered as one among the eight vasus, the divine attendants of Lord Indra. He is also called as “AKASH RAJ”. His vehicle is cow. He is the god of heaven and the god of sky. He controls the clouds in the sky and welcomes the saintly people to the heaven, and will also show their place and position in the heaven. He is a close friend of Lord Indra, and both of them work together in discharging their duties. His importance is mentioned in Rig Veda, and several hymns are dedicated to him. He i..

NTRODUCTION :Machamuni Siddhar is an ancient siddhar and is famous for his popular works. He was born with the blessings of Lord Shiva and contains great bhakti and fully devoted on Lord Shiva. He was brought up by Sri Pinnakeesar and learned various subjects from him. He took the guidance of the great sage Kakapujandar, and attained yogic powers through him. Similar to other siddhas, he awakened his kundalini energy in order to understand the inner self and to attain great powers. After several years of meditation, he got great spiritual energy and rendered his works in the field of ..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Vedanta Desikan (1268–1369) was a great Vaishnava saint and philosopher who cultivated the Vishnu bhakti among the people, by performing various miracles and conducting spiritual teachings. He was the disciple of Sri Kidambi Appullar. Swami Vedanta Desika is considered as the incarnation of the divine bell of Lord Venkateswara. He had done various Pujas for Lord Vishnu with pure devotion at his younger age itself, and got great spiritual powers. LIFE :Desika was born in the year 1268 AD, with the birth name as ‘Venkatanatha’. At his younger age ..

INTRODUCTION : Sivavakkiyar is one among 18 Siddhas and considered as a person who was against caste discrimination. He belonged to the family of gold smiths, and his parents were sincerely devoted to Lord Shiva. It is believed that he lived thousand years ago. Sivavakkiyar Siddhar was born by reciting Lord Shiva’s holy name. Hence he was called by the name Sivavakkiyar. His parents were insisted him to become a great siddha, and hence he met the siddhas to learn various subjects from them. He was an expert in Siddha medicine, Yoga and meditation. Since Sivavakkiyar Siddhar was a great poet..

INTRODUCTION :Siddhar Idaikkadar was a great expert in the field of astrology and his writings on astrology are very useful for today’s astrologers. He was also an expert in the field of siddha. He is believed to have lived during the 3rd century BC, and he belongs to Yadava Community, and is very fond of worshiping Lord Krishna from his childhood, and praises him by singing songs on him. He is one of the famous Siddha among the 18 Siddhas. He was born in Idaikadu, hence he was named as idaikadar. He lived as shepherd and used to sing songs on Lord Shiva, while doing his work. In his younger..

INTRODUCTION : Dhrishtadyumna, was the son of Drupada, the Panchala king, and brother of Draupadi. And he and his sister draupadi were born in the sacrificial fire. He was the chief of the Pandava army during the Kurukshetra War. Dhrishtadyumna killed Drona, the guru of pandavas and kauravas, during the time of his meditation. Drupada performed a yagna in order to create a son from the yagna fire, in order to kill Guru Drona, who had taken half of his kingdom. Since Dhrishtadyumna was created in order to kill Guru Drona, he killed him. He was told to do..

INTRODUCTION :Manasa Devi, is a goddess of snakes, worshiped mainly in north India, for getting recovered from problems caused due to snakebite and also will bless the childless couple and give them children. Her husband’s name is Jagatkaru, a great rishi, and their son’s name is Astika, a great serpent deity. The great Astika has freed his ancestors from the hell by performing rituals to them, and through his act, his anscestors were attained a permanent place in the heaven. She is considered as the daughter of Shiva and Parvati and sister of the great ser..

INTRODUCTION : Thirukachi Nambigal is a great devotee of Sree Varadharaja Perumal at Kancheepuram. He was born at Poonamallee. He was also a friend and a guru to Sri Ramanuja. He has lived 1000 years ago. It is believed that he will used to converse with Lord Varadaraja about divine matters as a regular practice. Every year, his birth day will be celebrated at the Poonamallee SRI THIRUKACHI NAMABIGAL VARADARAJA PERUMAL temple with much delight and persuasion. He will used to do various services to Kanchi Sri Varadaraja Perumal on a daily basis, like plucking flowers for the temple puja, bring..

INTRODUCTION : Karuvurar Siddhar was born in Karur in Tamil nadu hence he was called as Karuvurar. It is believed that he was born thousand years ago. Karuvurar was born in the family of Viswakarma community. His parents were doing sculpture work, by sculpting divine god’s sculptures. His parents were devotees of Lord Shiva, and they daily provided food to shiva devotees in a whole heartedly manner. He learnt the subjects from various famous gurus, and got great knowledge by serving as a disciple to Sri Kamala Muni, and learnt the concepts of siddha from Bogar. For some time, he also engage..