![]() On hearing that he had rendered a song about Lord Shiva at the young age of three, people started believing that Sambanthar had been blessed by lord himself. He asked him who had fed him, whereupon the boy pointed to the sky and responded with a song “Thodudaya Seviyan” - the first verse of the Devaram. When Sambanthar’s father returned, he was astonished to see drops of milk on the child's mouth. It is believed that Goddess Parvathi fed him with milk. Noticing the crying child, Lord Shiva and his wife Goddess Parvathi appeared before him. When his father had gone to take a dip in the temple tank, young Sambanthar started crying. According to the legend, once when Sambanthar was about three years old, his father had taken him to the nearby Shiva temple. Sambanthar was born in a Brahmin family in Sirkazhi to Sivapada Hrudiyar and his wife Bhagavathiar. Sambanthar was a contemporary of Thirunavukkarasar (Appar), another renowned Saiva saint who lived in the same period. These were later collected to form the first three volumes of the Thirumurai – one of the principle texts of Saiva Siddhantha philosophy. Sambanthar's entire collection of hymns about Lord Shiva is called “Thirukkadaikappu”. He is one of the most prominent saints amongst the 63 Nayanmars. Thirugnanasambanthar was a young Saiva poet-saint, who lived in the seventh century CE.
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