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Pattinathar’s real name was thiruvengadar. He was born in [[Poompuhar|kaveripoompattinam]] to a wealthy merchant couple named sivaneasn and gnanakalai. Thiruvengadar had a elder sister too. The story starts like this – for a long time the couples did not have a boy and they prayed the lord for a male child. Then they worshipped the lord shiva in the place thiruvengadu and with his grace a child was born, hence the name thiruvengadar is suited to the child. Thiruvengadar got a name pattinathu chettiyar as he was very famous in his merchandise. |
Pattinathar’s real name was thiruvengadar. He was born in [[Poompuhar|kaveripoompattinam]] to a wealthy merchant couple named sivaneasn and gnanakalai. Thiruvengadar had a elder sister too. The story starts like this – for a long time the couples did not have a boy and they prayed the lord for a male child. Then they worshipped the lord shiva in the place thiruvengadu and with his grace a child was born, hence the name thiruvengadar is suited to the child. Thiruvengadar got a name pattinathu chettiyar as he was very famous in his merchandise. |
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Thiruvengadar was married to a girl sivakalai and they started a righteous life. Despite more wealth they did not have a child to take care of them. Hence the couple prayed to lord shiva for a child. Once the couple was praying in the |
Thiruvengadar was married to a girl sivakalai and they started a righteous life. Despite more wealth they did not have a child to take care of them. Hence the couple prayed to lord shiva for a child. Once the couple was praying in the mahalingeshwarar temple in [[Thiruvidaimarudur|thiruvidaimarudhur]] they adopted a child from a poor priest and they gave him gold equal to the weight of the child. the child was named marudavanan who was the lord himself. |
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PATTINATHAR (PATTINATHU ADIGAL)
Pattinathar (tamil:பட்டினதார்) popularly known as pattinathu adigal was a mystic/saint who lived in South India several years ago. He was a devotee of lord shiva and attained his jeeva samadhi in the place called thiruvotiyoor in Chennai. He was a wandering monk who used to beg for his day to day living and preach the people on how to get rid of the maya and reach the supreme self.It is believed that kubera the lord of wealth requested lord shiva for going to earth and worhip him in all his temples. Hence kubera was born as Pattinathar who detached himself from the maya bondage and worshipped all shiva temples and attained jeeva samadhi
LIFE STORY
Pattinathar’s real name was thiruvengadar. He was born in kaveripoompattinam to a wealthy merchant couple named sivaneasn and gnanakalai. Thiruvengadar had a elder sister too. The story starts like this – for a long time the couples did not have a boy and they prayed the lord for a male child. Then they worshipped the lord shiva in the place thiruvengadu and with his grace a child was born, hence the name thiruvengadar is suited to the child. Thiruvengadar got a name pattinathu chettiyar as he was very famous in his merchandise.
Thiruvengadar was married to a girl sivakalai and they started a righteous life. Despite more wealth they did not have a child to take care of them. Hence the couple prayed to lord shiva for a child. Once the couple was praying in the mahalingeshwarar temple in thiruvidaimarudhur they adopted a child from a poor priest and they gave him gold equal to the weight of the child. the child was named marudavanan who was the lord himself.