How was murugan born

Kandha guru kavasam written by
Who wrote kandha sasti kavasam in tamil
Pamban swamigal

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The famed literary work Kandhar Sasti Kavasam was written by Baladevarayan Swamigal, a devout bakta of Lord Muruga. While the administrator of kaumarapayanam.blogspot writes in his post that not much is known about Baladevarayan Swamigal's birth and his parents, but based on the words used and the way the Kandhar Sasti Kavasam was written, it can be safely assumed that the hymns were written some 250 years back during the Pandya rule, in CN Nachiappan’s introduction to Baladevarayan Swamigal in his compilation of KAVASA KOTTHU, he mentions that the swamigal was born to Veerasamy Pillai after many years at Vallur in Thondainaadu.

Devarayan was already engaged in doing business in Bangalore while merely twenty. When Thirisirapuram Mahavidvan Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai arrived at Bangalore, Devarayan invited him over to his house. Devarayan took the opportunity to learn the intricacies of the Tamil language from Meenashshi Sundaram Pillai and even ventured to learn to write prose. Under the tutelage of Meenakshi Sundaram Pill

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A saint went to Palani to worship Lord Dhandayuthapani. First, he decided to perform the Giri Pradakshinam; the act of going round the hill reciting the sacred names of the Lord. As he was walking around the hill, he was distressed to see certain sights. There were people suffering from acute diseases, there were poor people suffering from starvation and people deprived of a roof above to protect them from rain and shine. He then went near a Mutt, sat there and wondered why there is so much sufferings and agony right here, at the abode of Muruga. As it was late night, he lied down there and gradually went to sleep. During the sleep, he saw a dream in which Muruga appeared and said: “My blessing is there to all devotees. You have the power to compose a song that will free one and all from past karmas. Compose a song that will kindle the light of devotion in their heart; the song by which they will reach Me. Compose a song in a way that would serve as a Mantra and remove the sufferings of the people and lead them to a life of happi

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My experience with Vallimalai Satchidananda Swamigal

Vallimalai Satchidananda Swamigal

P.S. Krishnan

வள்ளிமலை ஸ்வாமிகளுடன் என் அனுபவம் - பீ.எஸ். கிருஷ்ண ஐயர்

There have been many narrations in print by various devotees, particularly, Śrī R. Kalyanasundaram (1957) and Swami Anvananda (1975) but few copies remain as they are long out of print. However it is my attempt to present information received directly from Swami as well some of the earliest episodes prior to 1948 narrated to me during the period of my contact with him.

Under a divine order alone my first contact with the great soul Śrī Sacchidananda Swami occured at his beloveed Tiruttani on 31 December 1948 during the Step Festival initiated by Swami in the year 1917-18 (as I learned later from Swami in detail). Prior t