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Kaliya Nayanar Guru Puja 2027: 11 August, Pomona
கலிய நாயனார் · Āṭi, Jyeṣṭhā
Āṭi, Jyeṣṭhā · Pomona, California, America (United States)
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கைதடிந்த வரிசிலையான் கலிக்கம்பன் கலியன்
கழற்சத்தி வரிஞ்சையர்கோன் அடியார்க்கும் அடியேன்
Thevaram 7.39.7 (lines 5,6), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=7&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)
An oil-merchant of Thiruvotriyur who lit countless lamps in the temple day and night. When Shiva tested him and his wealth was gone, he worked at others' oil presses, sold his house, and even tried to sell his wife to buy oil.
When there was still no oil, he began to cut his own throat to fill the lamps with his blood. Shiva held his hand and took him to His abode.
| Guru Puja month | Āṭi |
| Guru Puja star | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Birthplace | Thiruvotriyur |
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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