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Gananatha Nayanar Guru Puja 2027: April 12, Mount Vernon

கணநாத நாயனார் · Panguni, Thiruvathirai

🪔 Gananatha Nayanar: Guru Puja
Panguni, Thiruvathirai · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
கடற்காழிக் கணநாதன் அடியார்க்கும் அடியேன்
"am the slave of Kaṇamātaṉ of Kāḻi which has sea on the eastern side."
Thevaram 7.39.6 (lines 6), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=6&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)

A brahmin of Sirkazhi who served at the shrine of the Thoniappar and trained many young people in temple service: tending gardens, gathering flowers, making garlands and carrying water for the bath.

He also worshipped Thirugnana Sambandar. At the end of his life he reached Kailasa and was made a leader of Shiva's ganas.

Guru Puja monthPanguni
Guru Puja starThiruvathirai
BirthplaceSirkazhi
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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