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Thiruneelakanta Nayanar Guru Puja 2027: 30 January, Mount Vernon
திருநீலகண்ட நாயனார் · Tai, Viśākhā
Tai, Viśākhā · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
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திருநீல கண்டத்துக் குயவனார்க் கடியேன்
"the slave of Tirunīlakaṇṭar of the potter caste;"
Thevaram 7.39.1 (lines 2), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=1&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)
A potter of Thillai who made begging bowls for Shiva's devotees. After a fault of his youth, his wife made him swear by "Thiruneelakantam" never to touch her, and the couple kept that vow into old age.
Shiva came as a yogi, left a bowl in his care and made it vanish, then asked him to bathe holding his wife's hand. Honouring the vow, they held a stick between them and bathed, and rose from the water young again.
| Guru Puja month | Tai |
| Guru Puja star | Viśākhā |
| Birthplace | Chidambaram (Thillai) |
| Also known as | Thiruneelakanta Kuyavar |
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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