SADAIYA NAYANAR

Nayanar

Nayanar can refer to:*Nayanars, Shaivite saints from Tamil Nadu, India.*Nayanar , an honorific title used by certain clans of Nair caste from the north Malabar region of Kerala, India.*Nayanar, title used by Isai Vellalar of Tamil Nadu...

is an Adi Saivite saint who is one of the 63 nayanars. He lived in Tirunavalur in Tirumuraipadi. All his ancestors were ardent devotees of Lord Siva. He was also pious and devoted. Isaijnaniyar was his dutiful wife. She was also devoted to the Lord and one of the 63 nayanars too. Due to their honourable deeds in their past life, a heavenly child was born who was no other than Sundarar. He is too a Nayanar. In the history of all the nayanars, these three nayanars got a credit that they all belongs to a same family. Both sadaiya nayanar and his wife led the ideal Grihastha

Grihastha

Grihasthya refers to the second phase of an individual's life in the Vedic ashram system. It is often called 'the householders life' revolving as it does around the duties of maintaining a household and leading a family-centred life.-Usage:...

(household) life and finally attained the lords abode.

Since he was born in the star thiruvadhirai(Ārdrā

Ardra

Ardra may refer to:* Ardra is the Goddess of good luck and fortune in Hindu mythology, and a nakshatra associated with the star Betelgeuse in Indian astronomy...

) of Tamil month Mārkaḻi, that day is celebrated in all shiva temples as his day.

External links

• http://www.shaivam.org/naayan_f.html