Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
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Mangayarkku Thaniarasi Yengal
Deivam Valavarthirukka Kulakozhunthu Valaikaimani
Semkamala Thirumadanthai Kanninadan
Thennarkulam Pazhitheertha Deiva Pavai
Yengalpiran Sembayarkon Arulinaley
Iruntha Tamizhnadutra Idar Neethikku Thangal
Pongoli Vendiruneetru Parappinarai
Pottruvar Kazhalemmal Potralamey
Thiru
Mangayarkkarasiyar was the daughter of King Manimudi Chozha born in Keezh
Pazhayarai. She was a passionate devotee
of Lord Shiva, married to King Koon Pandya of Pandya Kingdom who had a hunch on
his back. Queen Mangayakkarasiyar was
shocked to realize that King embraced Jainism as his religion and became a
follower of Jain Philosophies. The
people in Pandya Kingdom had to endure lot of troubles due to the influence of
Jainism. Gradually, the worship of Lord
Shiva and beliefs in Shaiva Siddhantha was drastically reduced.
The
people in Pandya Kingdom were forced to accept Jainism; they had to undergo
several harassments. Queen
Magayarkkarasi as a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva could foresee the threat of
appalling influences of Jainism. The
minister of Pandya King Thiru Kulacharaiyar was also a fervent devotee of Lord
Shiva. Mangayarkkarasiyar
invited Thiru Gnana Sambandhar to Madurai with the help of Thiru
Kulachiraiyar. The Jains were protested at the arrival of Sambandhar and
obstructed his entry to the Kingdom of Pandya. So he was stayed at a hermitage
in a remote village. Jains with the consent of King Koon Pandya set out fire on
the hermitage of Sambandhar while he was in deep meditation. Sambandhar’s
followers informed him about the danger, but he very calmly let the blaze to go
out of the place with his firm devotion and it appeared as heat blisters on the
body of King Koon Pandya. He shuddered with severe pain, Jains where tried all
their luck to curtail the pain of their King Koon Pandya but it was all ended
in vain. Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar once again with the permission of King and
with help of Thiru Kulachirayar requested Sambandhar to visit the palace.
Sambandhar gracefully accepted the invitation and arrived at the palace.
Sambandhar felt pitiful at the miserable state of King Koon Pandya. He applied
a handful of ashes on the heat blisters and sung praising the glories of Lord. Instantly, the blisters vanished without
leaving any trace and the hunch on his back as well. This splendid incident brought back the
beliefs in Shaiva Siddantha in King Koon Pandya and became a zealous devotee of
Lord Shiva. In this way, Sambandhar once again reinstated the glories of Shiva
Siddhantha and worship of Lord Shiva in Pandya Kingdom. Later, King Koon Pandyan/ Nindraseer Nedumaran
and Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar with their minister Thiru Kulachirai Nayanar made
tremendous efforts to restore the beliefs in the worship of Lord Shiva and
Shaiva Siddantha in the Kingdom of Pandya.
In
the Tamil month Chithirai – Rohini is widely celebrated as Guru Puja Day
of Thiru Mangayarkkarasiyar, the day she
attained the Abode of Lord Shiva.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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