Native placeThiruvarur
Associated templeThyagaraja temple (Kamalalayam tank), Thiruvarur
Guru PujaPanguni (Chathayam / Shatabhisha)
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The Life
Born blind in the sacred city of Thiruvarur, Dandi Adigal lived by begging yet longed to serve the Lord of the Thyagaraja temple. He resolved to widen and deepen the temple's great tank, Kamalalayam, guiding himself with staked cords and carrying away the earth though he could not see. Jains whose dwellings adjoined the tank mocked and obstructed him, filling back the earth he removed and taunting that a blind man was needlessly killing creatures in the mud. Grieved, Dandi appealed to the king, staking his very eyes on the truth of Shiva. He entered the tank chanting the Panchakshara; when he emerged his sight was restored, while the scoffing Jains were struck blind. The king banished them and honoured the saint, whose faith had triumphed.
சுந்தரர் (சுந்தரமூர்த்தி நாயனார்)Sundarar (Sundaramurthi Nayanar)
The comrade of Shiva whose wedding the Lord halted by claiming him as His bond-slave.
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திருநீலகண்ட நாயனார்Thiru Neelakanta Nayanar
The Chidambaram potter bound for life by his wife's vow taken in Shiva's name.
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இயற்பகை நாயனார்Iyarpagai Nayanar
The Puhar merchant who surrendered even his own wife at a devotee's word.
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