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Arivattaya Nayanar Guru Puja 2027: 20 January, Mount Vernon
அரிவாட்டாய நாயனார் · Tai, Ārdrā
Tai, Ārdrā · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
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எஞ்சாத வாட்டாயன் அடியார்க்கும் அடியேன்
"am the slave to both Māṉakkañcaṟaṉ of unbounded liberality and who had strong shoulders like the mountain, and Tāyaṉ who had a sickle and who never was lax in his service to god."
Thevaram 7.39.2 (lines 6), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=2&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)
Thayanar, a Vellala of Kanamangalam, offered red rice, red greens and tender mango pickle to Shiva every day. Even in poverty, working as a labourer, he kept this offering.
One day he stumbled from hunger and the offering spilled into a crack in the earth. Grieving, he began to cut his own throat with his sickle (arivaal), and Shiva's hand rose from the crack to stop him.
| Guru Puja month | Tai |
| Guru Puja star | Ārdrā |
| Birthplace | Kanamangalam |
| Also known as | Thayanar |
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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