Periya Puranam (2)

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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">2. PUCHALAR

NAYANAR

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext">The town “Thiruninravur”

had the disciplined people of vedhic knowledge living. “Nayanar”

was born in the vedhic chanting tradition of that town. He learnt the vedhas

and excelled in its wisdom. Living as a disciplined devotee he kept all the

feeling of the mind to the One who enters through emotion and grew a great love

for that Three-eyed Lord.

color:blue;font-weight:bold">Dependency only to the Dark-blue throated Lord

Shiva and do whatever service required for His devotees was his policy

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext"> He served to the needs of the

devotees in whatever way possible.

color:blue;font-weight:bold">For the Homeless Lord who gives refuge to one who

surrenders he wanted to build a beautiful abode

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color:blue;font-weight:bold">He never thought of his financial capacity. All

that was in his mind was somehow to build an abode for the Immortal Beauty that

stole away his heart. He tried his best to gather the money required from

wherever he could but he could not get enough. He was quite disappointed.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext">In spite of the disappointment he

never dropped the great plan to construct a magnificent abode for the Lord.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The servant of wealthy

heart collected all the money needed for the holy work not leaving a single

penny, in his mind itself!

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bold">He brought the chosen material for the Lord who chose to take him as a

slave. In his thoughts itself employed the highly skilled masons and other

workers for the building work.

color:windowtext"> In the growing enthusiasm that could not be quenched by the

material worlds disappointments he found a day well suited as per the Agamas to

lay the basement of his virtual but very much holy temple.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The sincere, well

contemplated work continued for a long time never stopping in the middle and he

completed the altar and all the inner places of the abode. He erected a big Gopuram

(tower) and decorated it; Had a pond digged to serve for the holy bath of the

Lord everyday; Raised colossal walls all around the abode; and many more that

would be seen in a Kovil (temple) which is built ritually but all in his

mind. The abode was complete like his completeness of love. He found

a day that was good for the ‘Maha Kumbabishekam’ (installation and

holification) of the wonderful abode.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The King of the Pallava state in his intent to

serve the Lord of Kailash by building Him a temple of architectural excellence

built one such temple in the capital city Kanchi. He fixed a date in consultation

with the pundits suited for the

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(holy installation) of the temple he built.

"Comic Sans MS";color:#993366;font-weight:bold">The Lord who adores His

devotees much more than the devotees love Him, came in the dream of the King

and told him that on the same day He would have to enter the great abode that Puchalar

of Thiruninravur has built out of a long time sincere effort and asked the King

to fix the date for the holification on some other later date.

bold">The Lord's play to exhibit the pure and dedicated effort of the devotee

inspired the King who built a temple that stands for the sculptural beauty for

ages. The king wanted to see and salute the reverend devotee Puchalar who did

the coveted service that Lord Himself is waiting to enter that place.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The king went to Thiruninravur and inquired there

about the temple Puchalar has built. But he got the reply that there was no

temple built by any devotee called Puchalar in that town. The King called the vedhic

chanters of the town. When he asked them about Puchalar they told him that a

flawless devotee by that name was living in that town. The King of that vast

land to whose summon many small Kings are waiting to come did not want to call

the devotee to the place where he was, but went himself to salute the devotee.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The King asked Puchalar

Nayanar with folded hands where the superior temple he built for Eight armed

Lord was and as he came to know from the Lord Himself that it was the day when

the Supreme enters the abode he wanted to salute.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The simple devotee of

mountain high devotion was full of fear and gratitude mixed emotions that the

Lord whose sacred feet are difficult to be seen by even Vishu and Brahma told

that He would come to reside in the abode that he built on that specified day considering

even his love !

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The tears of love from

his eyes were there to make the place more holy. He explained to the king that

due to his financial problems he went ahead and built a magnificent abode

for the Lord only in his thoughts itself.

The king wondered what a glorious thing is the love of the flawless devotee! He

prostrated before the Puchalar Nayanar in all humbleness and returned to his

capital.

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The great

devotee as planned completed the installation of the Lord in the splendid abode

he built for the Lord whose main abode is the minds of the servants who offer

flowers and prostrate Him with the face wetted in tears

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bold">The worship for the Simple Lord Shiva who wears skulls and snakes went

for ever in a grand fashion as told in the scriptures till Nayanar merged with the

Lord who danced for ever in the abode he built.

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:green;font-weight:bold">Let the determination

and completeness of devotion because of which in spite of the material hurdles Puchalar

Nayanar succeeded in His service that the Supreme appreciated stay in our mind!!!

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext">Sai Ram

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