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Thirunavukkarasu Nayanar Guru Puja 2027: 30 April, Mount Vernon
திருநாவுக்கரசு நாயனார் · Cittirai, Śatabhiṣā
Cittirai, Śatabhiṣā · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
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திருநின்ற செம்மையே செம்மையாக் கொண்ட
திருநாவுக் கரையன்றன் அடியார்க்கும் அடியேன்
"am the slave the devotees of Tirunāvukkaraiyaṉ who thought that the rectitude which has permanent happiness is the only moral uprightness."
Thevaram 7.39.4 (lines 1,2), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=4&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)
Born Marulneekkiyar at Thiruvamur in a Vellala family, he became a Jain monk named Dharmasena. Through the prayers of his sister Thilakavathiyar, Shiva cured him of a severe colic at Thiruvathigai and named him Thirunavukkarasu, "King of Speech".
He survived a lime kiln, poison, a mad elephant and being cast into the sea tied to a stone, which floated. He cleaned temple courtyards with a small hoe and sang the Thevaram, and attained Shiva's feet at Thirupugalur.
| Guru Puja month | Cittirai |
| Guru Puja star | Śatabhiṣā |
| Birthplace | Thiruvamur |
| Also known as | Appar, Marulneekkiyar, Vagisar |
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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