INTRODUCTION
Eyarkon Kalikkama Nayanar was a Nayanar saint, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He lived during the period of Sundarar.
LIFE
Kalikkama was born in Tiruperumangalam. He belongs to vellalar caste. He was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. Kalikkama served as an army chief of the Chola ruler. He was a regular visitor of the shiva temple at Thirupungur and performed pujas and abhishekhams to Lord Shiva and also offered food to the devotees of Lord Shiva.
Once, Sundarar had asked for the help of Lord Thyagaraja (Another form of Lord Shiva) at Thiruvarur Temple to carry his message and to convey it to his wife Paravaiyar. On knowing about the incident, Kalikkama thought that sundarar had utilized the services of Lord Shiva for his personal purposes, according to him the act done by Sundarar was not nice and he got angry with sundarar. After some time Kalikkama suffered from severe stomach pain. Lord Shiva appeared in Kalikkama’s dream and asked him to meet Sundarar in order to get relieved from his stomach pain and Lord Shiva asked sundarar to meet Kalikkama at his place.But Kalikama doesn’t want to meet sundarar and killed himself with his sword.
On knowing about the incident, Sundarar also decided to commit suicide.But Kalikkama was given back life by Lord Shiva and he also stopped Sundarar from committing suicide. Due to Lord Shiva’s grace, Kalikkama become a friend of Sundarar and both of them worshiped Thyagaraja in Thiruvarur. Kalikkama spent rest of his life at Thirupungur and after his death he reached the holy abode of Lord Shiva, the kailasa.
ManakancharaNayanar had gifted the hair of his daughter to a shaivite saint (Lord Shiva) just before the marriage of his daughter to Kalikkama. Lord Shiva appeared in his true form and blessed the family. And the daughter of ManakancharaNayanar’s hair was also grown. Kalikkama after hearing about the incident was very much worried for not getting the darshan of Lord Shiva.Sundarar praises Eyarkon Kalikkama Nayanarin in the sacred text “Tiruthonda Thogai”.
Let us worship the great nayanar saint and be blessed.
“OM SREE EYARKON KALIKKAMA NAYANARE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
“OM SAKTHI PARASAKTHI”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR
