INTRODUCTION
Satti Nayanar is a great shaivite saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. And he is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars.
LIFE
Satti Nayanarbelonged to Vellalar caste, born and lived in Tiruvarur District . He honoured Shaiva saints and propagated the importance of shaivism sect among the people and among the devotees of Lord Shiva. Though he lived a saintly life, he always carried a weapon in his hand, and if someone spoke ill about Lord Shiva and his devotee, he will immediately remove the person’s tongue with his powerful weapon. He is said to have done this act, since he wants to punish the sinners with his sharp knife also called as satti. Due to this act he was called as “SATTI NAYANAR” by the people.
Swami Sivananda, also praise the glory of Satti Nayanar for being lived as a great shiva devotee and also for being worshiped as a holy Nayanar saint. From his life, we should know that one should not speak badly about god and his devotees. Though he was violently behaved with the non-shiva devotees, his act was pardoned by the god, since he had done such an act due to his pure bhakti on Lord Shiva.
A sculpture in the Airavatesvara Temple in Darasuram depicts the nayanmar who carries a knife in his hand and cutting the tongue of a non-shaiva devotee. Satti Nayanar is mainly worshiped in the Tamil month of Aippasi.
Let us worship the great holy nayanarsaint and be blessed.
“OM SREE SATTI NAYANARE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
