Siva devotion is a vast philosophical belief to mankind, it is not only religious it is an educational system of doctrine.
Lord Siva is believed to be the fundamental of the centrifugal force of the world before universe considered as an ordered system. There is no creator, no protector and no destroyer. Only Lord Sivam is the dissolving force in life. Lord is all static,dynamic and constant power. He is protecting the world living creatures Pasu, Pakshi, Human and so on and all. If the time ends he destroys. When Destruction or Transformation happens only something is destroyed. Changes will happen from something to something better. Lord Siva is the factor of transformation. Siva is a concept and his Sakthi Parvathi is an energetic force, a concept cannot work without energy or in the same way without concept energy also is wasted so Sivam and Sakthi are one. Sivam is absolute Braman there is no second in this world. At the same time the Lord with his gracious of divine power, he appears everywhere.Siva worship is an important part of religion like the skin that preserves a fruit with its juice and its taste… Dedication is necessary for any great culture. This is en rooted to constant spiritual establishment and function as a life giving inspiration and guide”. Ones familiarity with ancient heritage is essential and serves the world through observances honesty which alone can save mankind from error and extinction"
An ancient Lord Siva devotee named Tirunavukkarasar also known as Appar lived in seventh century CE Saivite Tamil poet-saint, one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars. Appar was born in the middle of 7th century in Tiruvamur, Tamil Nadu,and his childhood name was Marulneekiar. He had a sister named Thilakavathi and she married to a military commander and who died when he was in action. She could not stand with that grievances wished to end her life. Marilneekir pleaded to his sister not to do that so she decided to lead an aesthetic life and she has join with saint vakeesar as a disciple and also she take along her only brother in spiritual line. Marilneekir is regarded as a divine arrival of saint Vageesar who was a great devotee to Lord Sivam.
For the period of boyhood,Marulneekiar was very much interested in Jainism and started to study itsscriptures and he went away from home. He joined in Jainism in their monastery and he renamed as Dharmasena.
Dharmasena had travelled toPatalipura in Bihar to join a Jain monastery where he was given the nameDharmasena. "Seeing the transient, temporary world he decided to give up"and also he attacked a painful illness, so Dharmasena returned home.
He prayed for relief at the Siva temple where his sister served and was cured, than he became Lord Siva devotee.This was also the period of revival of the smaller Siva temples. Appar purified all these temples by his verses and was also involved in cleaning of the broken-down temples called uzhavarapadai. He wished to stay Adhigai with his sister and sing in praise of Siva before he visit other Siva temples but He heard that Sambandar has gone to Sirkali to meet him hence he went to Sirkali to meet Sambanthar.
Sambanthar saw him and called Navukuarasar as Appar respectfully. Since than they both together went many Siva temples and sang hymns. He was also involved in converting the Pallava king, Mahendravarman to Saivaism.
Thirunavukuarasar alone adorned Siva in 49,000 stanzas, but out of which 3130 are available now. In the last four decades of his life, he visited on foot no less than 125 shrines of Siva, scattered over an area of thousand miles. He was the only one of the four popular other Revered men to visit the shrine at Tirukokarnam on the western coast of India. He sang covering 312 decades 3056 stanzas of devotion.
Appar attained Gods realization (Union with God Siva) in Sadya Nakshtra in the Tamil month of Chithirai at Tiru Pukalur Siva temple at the age of 81.
Paadal Petra Siva Sthalams are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Tevaram and are among the greatest Siva temples of the continent. Those are called Vaippu Sthalangal that was mentioned in Tevaram.
"மாசில் வீணையும் மாலையும் மதியமும்
வீசு தென்றலில் வீங்கிள வேணியில்
மூசு வண்டறை பொய்கையும் போன்றதே
ஈசன் எந்தை இணையடி நிழலே"
Namasthe asthu BhgavanVisveswaraya Mahadevaya TriyambakayaThirupuranthakaya Tripuragni Kalaya Kalagni Rudraya Neelakantaya Mruthanjayaya Sarveswaraya Sadhasivaya Sriman Mahadevaya Namaha||
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Lord Siva is believed to be the fundamental of the centrifugal force of the world before universe considered as an ordered system. There is no creator, no protector and no destroyer. Only Lord Sivam is the dissolving force in life. Lord is all static,dynamic and constant power. He is protecting the world living creatures Pasu, Pakshi, Human and so on and all. If the time ends he destroys. When Destruction or Transformation happens only something is destroyed. Changes will happen from something to something better. Lord Siva is the factor of transformation. Siva is a concept and his Sakthi Parvathi is an energetic force, a concept cannot work without energy or in the same way without concept energy also is wasted so Sivam and Sakthi are one. Sivam is absolute Braman there is no second in this world. At the same time the Lord with his gracious of divine power, he appears everywhere.Siva worship is an important part of religion like the skin that preserves a fruit with its juice and its taste… Dedication is necessary for any great culture. This is en rooted to constant spiritual establishment and function as a life giving inspiration and guide”. Ones familiarity with ancient heritage is essential and serves the world through observances honesty which alone can save mankind from error and extinction"
An ancient Lord Siva devotee named Tirunavukkarasar also known as Appar lived in seventh century CE Saivite Tamil poet-saint, one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars. Appar was born in the middle of 7th century in Tiruvamur, Tamil Nadu,and his childhood name was Marulneekiar. He had a sister named Thilakavathi and she married to a military commander and who died when he was in action. She could not stand with that grievances wished to end her life. Marilneekir pleaded to his sister not to do that so she decided to lead an aesthetic life and she has join with saint vakeesar as a disciple and also she take along her only brother in spiritual line. Marilneekir is regarded as a divine arrival of saint Vageesar who was a great devotee to Lord Sivam.
For the period of boyhood,Marulneekiar was very much interested in Jainism and started to study itsscriptures and he went away from home. He joined in Jainism in their monastery and he renamed as Dharmasena.
Dharmasena had travelled toPatalipura in Bihar to join a Jain monastery where he was given the nameDharmasena. "Seeing the transient, temporary world he decided to give up"and also he attacked a painful illness, so Dharmasena returned home.
He prayed for relief at the Siva temple where his sister served and was cured, than he became Lord Siva devotee.This was also the period of revival of the smaller Siva temples. Appar purified all these temples by his verses and was also involved in cleaning of the broken-down temples called uzhavarapadai. He wished to stay Adhigai with his sister and sing in praise of Siva before he visit other Siva temples but He heard that Sambandar has gone to Sirkali to meet him hence he went to Sirkali to meet Sambanthar.
Sambanthar saw him and called Navukuarasar as Appar respectfully. Since than they both together went many Siva temples and sang hymns. He was also involved in converting the Pallava king, Mahendravarman to Saivaism.
Thirunavukuarasar alone adorned Siva in 49,000 stanzas, but out of which 3130 are available now. In the last four decades of his life, he visited on foot no less than 125 shrines of Siva, scattered over an area of thousand miles. He was the only one of the four popular other Revered men to visit the shrine at Tirukokarnam on the western coast of India. He sang covering 312 decades 3056 stanzas of devotion.
Appar attained Gods realization (Union with God Siva) in Sadya Nakshtra in the Tamil month of Chithirai at Tiru Pukalur Siva temple at the age of 81.
Paadal Petra Siva Sthalams are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Tevaram and are among the greatest Siva temples of the continent. Those are called Vaippu Sthalangal that was mentioned in Tevaram.
"மாசில் வீணையும் மாலையும் மதியமும்
வீசு தென்றலில் வீங்கிள வேணியில்
மூசு வண்டறை பொய்கையும் போன்றதே
ஈசன் எந்தை இணையடி நிழலே"
Namasthe asthu BhgavanVisveswaraya Mahadevaya TriyambakayaThirupuranthakaya Tripuragni Kalaya Kalagni Rudraya Neelakantaya Mruthanjayaya Sarveswaraya Sadhasivaya Sriman Mahadevaya Namaha||
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