INTRODUCTION
Isaignaniyar Nayanmar was born during 12th century AD. And her son Sundara Nayanmar, her husband SadaiyaNayanarall the three of them are Nayanmars.Isaignaniyar was born in the Brahmin caste.
LIFE
Their family lived in Tirun avalur, Tamil Nadu. Sundar arwas adopted by another nayanmar known as Narasinga Muniyaraiyar.
IMPORTANCE
Being the mother of Sundarar, she was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and was a humble and gentle woman who contains great spiritual powers. During her period, she sincerely worshipped Lord Shiva and served food to the Shiva devotees as a daily practice. She has done a lot of charitable activities and was deeply attached with Shaivism. There is a general saying about Isaignaniyar and her son Sundarar “How the thread is, so is the saree. How the mother is, so is the child”. Through this, we can know about the greatness of the son and the mother. She has attained the position of Nayanmar mainly because of his son Sundarar, who was a great nayanmar saint.
CONCLUSION
A sincere devotee of Lord Shiva, who was a pure-minded and pious lady, helped others towards moving to the spiritual path. Isaignaniyar is worshipped in the Tamil month of Chithirai.
She is living in Mount Kailash, the divine abode of Lord Shiva, along with her husband and son, who were also nayanmars and all the three of them were doing service to Lord Shiva. Let the Nayanmar family bless us and give us all the basic needs, and let them make us lead a healthy, wealthy and happy life.
“OM SREE ISAIGNANIYARE NAMAHA”
“OM SREE SADAIYA NAYANARE NAMAHA”
“OM SREE SUNDARA NAYANARE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR