Korakkar

Korakkar Siddhar is one among the 18 Siddhars and also known as Goraknath amongst Navanathar. Agathiar and Bogar were his guru. His Jeeva temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu.

Other sanctums related with Korakkar are Perur, Thiruchendur and Triconamalli. Korakkar caves are found in Chaturagiri and Kollihills. Like other siddhas Korakkar has written songs on Medicine, Philosophy and Alchemy.

Other important aspect of korakkar was he was given the duty of safegaurding the secrets of alchemy.This authority was said to be given by his guru agathiyar. The student of alchemy must worship korakkar first and seek his grace if he wasnt to excel in the field of alchemy.

Ref: Gorakhanath