INTRODUCTION
Sadaiya Nayanar (7th century AD) is the father of Sundarar and one among the 63 nayanars. He is an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and his wife is Isaignaniyar, who is also a nayanar. Being the father of sundarar, he is widely worshipped by the shaivites along with his son sundarar and his wife Isaignaniyar.
Sadaiya Nayanar and his wife lived in Tirunavalur, of Tamil Nadu. Sadaiya Nayanar’s son was Sundarar, who was also called as Nambi Arurar. He was adopted by Sri Narasinga Muniyaraiyar, the king of that region and also a Nayanar saint. Sundarar lived comfortably in the home of Sri Narasinga Muniyaraiyar. The entire nayanar family was praised by Swami Sivananda Saraswati and mentioned their holy life in his various devotional lectures.
Sadaiya Nayanar had done lot of good karmic deeds in his past birth. Due to that he has got Sundarar as his own son. Later his son Sundarar had got married with Sangiliyar and Paravai Nachiyar.
Sundarar mentions the importance of his father Sadaiyan in the famous text “Tiruthondar Thogai”,and informs us that his father was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and he dedicated his entire life on devoting Lord Shiva.
Sadaiya Nayanar is worshiped on Thiruvathira, in the Tamil month of Margazhi. He is also worshiped in the shiva temples along with other nayanars.
Let us worship the great nayanar saint and be blessed.
“OM SREE SADAIYA NAYANARE NAMAHA”
“OM SREE ISAIGNANIYARE NAMAHA”
“OM SREE SUNDARARE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
