18 Siddhars - A brief overview and their Blessings

Siddhars are enlightened spiritual saints who transcend the barriers of time, place and space.

Though there are many Siddhars, the following 18 Siddhars are considered to be foremost in all respects as per Tamil Siddha tradition. The details given below are as per traditional spiritual tamil texts and it is difficult to ascribe a particular order or time period of their birth (or) samadhi. 

(1) Sri Patanjali
(2) Sri Agasthya
(3) Sri Kamalamuni
(4) Sri Thirumoolar
(5) Sri Kuthambai
(6) Sri Korakkar
(7) Sri Dhanvanthri
(8) Sri Konganar
(9) Sri Sattaimuni
(10) Sri Vanmeegar
(11) Sri Ramadevar
(12) Sri Nandeeswarar
(13) Sri Idaikkadar
(14) Sri Machamuni
(15) Sri Karuvoorar
(16) Sri Bogar
(17) Sri Pambatti
(18) Sri Sundaranandar

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.

Lord Saneeswara (Planet SATURN), the single most important planetary deity of The Hindus 

A very simple remedy for all persons who want to please Lord Saturn and who are suffering from Sade Sathe (7 and a half year Sani problem) and Ashtama Sani.

Go to any Shiva temple preferably on Saturdays where Navagraha Prathistha has been done, circumbulate the Navagraha idols 9 times, offer Gingelly Oil lamp to Lord Saturn, offer Sesame Balls to Lord Saturn as Prasad and feed the Crow every day. In addition it is also highly beneficial if prayers are offered to Lord Hanuman and Lord Ganesha.

It is recommended that people who have Saturn affliction go and visit Mathura, Brindavan (and circumbulate the Govardhana Giri) and Dwarka and offer sincere prayers to Lord Srikrishna at those places mentioned above and repent for their bad deeds done by them.

Lord Saturn shall shower his blessings on them.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.

Persons who are interested in prosperity, wealth and financial freedom, they should ...............

Persons who are interested in all round prosperity. wealth an financial freedom, they should visit Sri Vijaya Kothanda Ramar Temple at Vaitheeswaran Koil, near Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. Here against the normal convention, Goddess Sita Devi is place to the right side of Lord Sri Kothanda Ramar along with Sri Lakshmana and Sri Hanuman.

This is a very unique placement as the scriptures say that an idol of Goddess Sita Devi placed to the right hand side of Lord Sri Kothanda Rama is capable of bestowing all material wealth to the sincere devotee. As an additional benefit a Jatayu Kund is also there which is fully filled with sacred ash. The worship method can be learned from the Vedic Pundits at the temple.

The temple is located very near to the most popular Vaitheeswaran Temple.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family. 

For persons to get the blessing of Lord Sri Krishna, to remove all sins and for become mentally pure, they should ..............

Persons who are interested to become mentally pure, remove all sins committed in their life time and for excelling in the Bhakthi of Lord Sri Krishna, they should visit Mathura,  Goverdhan, Gokulam,Vrindavan and offer prayers to Sri Krishna, with utmost sincerity, love and single minded devotion.

In addition they should do circumbulation of the Goverdhanagiri mountain, Mathura and Vrindavan. If possible devotees should plant Tulsi saplings in all the 4 places which is certain to reduce the sins committed and accumulated over the ages.

As per Varaha Puranam, the benefit of visiting 600 million thirthas is attained by visiting the theerthams in Mathura.  It also states that circumbulating Mathura bestows the benefit of circumbulating 100 times all the holy places  in the world.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.

Blessings of Lord Sri Krishna - A remedy for saturn related problems such as Sade Sathi (7 and 1/2 years), Sani Maha Dasa & Sani in Ashtama position

Persons who are interested in getting relief from saturn related problems such as Sade Sathi (7 and 1/2 years), Sani Maha Dasa & Sani in Ashtama position should offer sincere, loving and regular prayers to Lord Sri Krishna. (Lord Saturn is a great devotee of Lord Sri Krishna). They should offer Tulis leaves and Tulsi mala to Krishna temples. 

It is highly beneficial if they are able to visit sacred places like Guruvayoor (in Kerala), Dwarka (in Gujarat) and Vrindavan (in Uttar Pradesh) and stay on for 1 to 2 days and offer prayers and other Poojas. 

In addition they should chant Lord Sri Krishna's name in the banks of River Yamuna and perform Parikrama of Sri Vrindavan especially on Saturdays. Other pooja vidhis can be obtained from learned vedic scholars from the respective temples.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.

For people suffering from Sade Sathi (saturn transit for 7 and a 1/2 years), Sani in Ashtama position etc. for them to get relief, they should ..........

Persons who are suffering from a bad position of Saturn in their horoscope such as Sade Sathi (saturn transit for 7 and a 1/2 years), Sani in Ashtama position etc, the should visit Thirunaraiyur (Nachiar Koil), which is at a distance of 8 kms from Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu and offer worship at Sri Parvadhavardhini Samedha Sri Ramanathaswamy temple and take bath in the Temple Pond known as Rama Theertham and worship Lord Shaneeswara along with his 2 wives Mandhadevi and Jyeshtadevi (also called as Neeladevi) and his 2 sons Maandhi and Kuligan.

Acoording to the Sthalapuranam, Lord Sri Rama and Anjaneya, during their return from Lanka to Ayudhya, visited this temple.

In addition they should light a lamp with gingelly seeds, tied in a new cloth and kept in gingelly oil in front of Lord Shani Bhagwan. Other pooja vidhis and pariharas can be learned in the temple. It is especially beneficial to visit the temple on Saturdays and perform the pariharas.

Thirunaraiyur is a Parihara Sthalam for Shani Bhagwan.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.

Persons who want liberation from the cycle of birth and death and those who do not want to be reborn again, they should ..............

Persons who do not want to be reborn again and those who want liberation from the cycle of birth and death, they should wear 1 Mukhi Rudraksh (this personifies Lord Shiva himself) and intensely worship Lord Shiva and offer Nagalinga Flower (Flower of the Cannon ball Tree) to Shiva Lingas. 

This pooja should be done on a daily basis. In addition they should chant "OM NAMAH SHIVAY" at least 10,008 time per day. They should also visit as many Shiva Kshetras as possible during their life time. Detailed pooja methods may be obtained from a learned vedic scholar.

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.