The photos below are of the Sundaramurthi Nayanar Festival held at Arunachaleswarar Temple in the second week of August, 2021.
Sundaramurthi Nayanar flourished in the 8th century. He was a great devotee of Lord Siva and one of the Tamil Samaya Acharyas (four Tamil religious Teachers). Sundarar had the Sakhya Bhava or the attitude of a friend towards the Lord and freely demanded of the Lord whatever he wanted.
Another reason this saint is famed at Tiruvannamalai is because of his role as an emissary of Lord Siva during the Thiruvoodal Festival which is enacted at this place at the time of Pongal. To read more about this Saint, and of the Thiruvoodal Festival go to this link here.
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| Sundaramurthi Nayanar |
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| Nayanars, 2nd Prakaram, Arunachaleswarar Temple |
