Sattaimuni Siddhar was born in Sri Lanka and he lived by taking alms nearby a temple, in order to run his family. Even though he was a poor person, he was interested in the welfare of the people.
Sattaimuni Siddhar occupies a main place for his great works.
Due to the various health sufferings of the people, he made an extensive research in siddha and written medical related texts for the benefit of the mankind.
He left his family at his younger age, in order to seek spiritualism and to gain knowledge in siddha.
He was the disciple of Siddhar Agathiyar and Bogar, and learned many important subjects from them. He got the capacity to grasp the subjects quickly, and he was well appreciated for his talents by his gurus.
Being a sincere devotee of lord Shiva,it is believed, that since he was not having sufficient clothes to wear, once Lord Shiva himself appeared before him and presented him some good clothes to wear.
He was the guru of Pambatti Siddhar and Sundaranar Siddhar and he taught all the subjects to them.
He wrote the concepts of siddha secrets in a simplified manner.
Sattaimuni Siddhar is expert in Siddha medicine, and also in other fields.
After living a long life, he attained samadhi in Sreerangam Thiruchi.
IMPORTANCE
He was a great siddhar who was very much worried about the sufferings of the people from various diseases, and introduced new concepts in siddha medicine field through his great works. He was well versed in all divine texts, and also an expert in all forms of arts. Though he contained a great knowledge in all the subjects, he never got pride and remained as calm and a polite person throughout in his life.
Let us worship this great siddhar and be blessed.
“OM SREE SATTAIMUNI SIDDHARE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR