Swamiye Saranam......
Muneeswaran worship , a very sad scene has developed in the worship
tradition that i would like to talk about today. A great myth has been
perpetuated and spread all over. They have an illustrious history that
has been hidden and a fake story has been given prominence.
Many are familiar with the Dhakshan story , the father of Shakti , who humiliated her during a yagam by not inviting Lord Shiva , and for that Mother Shakti gave her life up. The yagam was then ended by Lord Shiva’s army led by the fierce Maha Kali and Veerabhadran, who cut off Dhakshan’s head and threw it into the sacrificial fire.
That is a great story from our ancient history.
But people have modified that story for their own purposes.
There is a famous myth going around our region that the Munis history came from that legend too. That is a great lie.
If one searches the puranas and other ancient text that mention’s the Dhakshan story , no where is muneeswaran mentioned there.
So why did this myth came about?
Certain sects of ayyars (priests), wanting to structure Muneeswaran worship as Shivan worship created this story. They use Lord Shiva’s mantras in temple worship place of the true Muneeswaran mantras that can be found in the many villages in India.
Of course Muneeswaran accepts Shiva mantras. He himself is a devotee of Lord Shiva. But wouldnt it be better if we gave our great warrior god his own mantra , that are already around in India?
Muneeswaran is From Shivan. But Shivan Is Not Muneeswaran. Muneeswaran is a drop from the Great Lord Shiva. But even he will be the first to say he is different from him.
The muni clan is vast , with over 108 Munis. They came from the Pandi Muniyaandi vamsam. In fact , in ancient days , nobody knew the name muneeswaran , they were all called as Muniyaandi rather than muniswaran. Later on , due to a request to Lord Shiva , they were allowed to adopt the name Eeswaran into their back of their true name.
Most of the Muneeswarans came from the various parts of the Great Lord Shiva himself. The very famous Jada Muniandi ( now prayed to as jada muni or sada muni ) came from the Jadai (hair) of Eesan himself. He is the great shadow that is always behind Lord Shiva, so you can imagine how great a power he really is.
Raja muni , one of the munis holding the highest pathavi at the moment among muneeswarans (muniyaandis) also came directly from Shiva. There is a famous portrait of him seated in a yogic post , with black hair and gold moustache. In fact he has white hair and gold moustache , and in many trance sessions , you can see other gods calling him the “kelaivan” (old man) . Here is a picture of him below.
There is also another retired muni , older than Rajamuni himself (rajamuni took over from him) , who held the position of General in the muni clan for the longest time. Many people have heard of him as the kilavan , holding a walking stick with a bend back , with santhanam spread all over his body. He is also very respected by all karuppargal and muniyanmargal.
He currently goes around checking on people who are giving arul vaaku and correcting their mistakes. I shall not mention his name here as per his wishes.
As you can see , each muni has an illustrious history of their own. There is no reason to lump them as Lord Shiva . This was a political move trying to implement a non vedic deity into the vedic system.
Munis are Lord Shiva’s amsam , not his avathaaram. Lord Shiva doesnt have Avathaarams , only Maha Vishnu does.
The munis are great powerful beings, constantly in meditation and communion with the Great Lord Shiva , the world’s father. They are as great if not greater than the humans mahaans and rishis we hear about. Rishis and Mahaans are humans who reached God. Munis are those who came down from the Great Lord himself.
Give them the respect they deserve and they will guide you to Lord Shiva.
Aum Raja Muneeswaraneh Namahe..
Source from www.karrupar.com
Many are familiar with the Dhakshan story , the father of Shakti , who humiliated her during a yagam by not inviting Lord Shiva , and for that Mother Shakti gave her life up. The yagam was then ended by Lord Shiva’s army led by the fierce Maha Kali and Veerabhadran, who cut off Dhakshan’s head and threw it into the sacrificial fire.
That is a great story from our ancient history.
But people have modified that story for their own purposes.
There is a famous myth going around our region that the Munis history came from that legend too. That is a great lie.
If one searches the puranas and other ancient text that mention’s the Dhakshan story , no where is muneeswaran mentioned there.
So why did this myth came about?
Certain sects of ayyars (priests), wanting to structure Muneeswaran worship as Shivan worship created this story. They use Lord Shiva’s mantras in temple worship place of the true Muneeswaran mantras that can be found in the many villages in India.
Of course Muneeswaran accepts Shiva mantras. He himself is a devotee of Lord Shiva. But wouldnt it be better if we gave our great warrior god his own mantra , that are already around in India?
Muneeswaran is From Shivan. But Shivan Is Not Muneeswaran. Muneeswaran is a drop from the Great Lord Shiva. But even he will be the first to say he is different from him.
The muni clan is vast , with over 108 Munis. They came from the Pandi Muniyaandi vamsam. In fact , in ancient days , nobody knew the name muneeswaran , they were all called as Muniyaandi rather than muniswaran. Later on , due to a request to Lord Shiva , they were allowed to adopt the name Eeswaran into their back of their true name.
Most of the Muneeswarans came from the various parts of the Great Lord Shiva himself. The very famous Jada Muniandi ( now prayed to as jada muni or sada muni ) came from the Jadai (hair) of Eesan himself. He is the great shadow that is always behind Lord Shiva, so you can imagine how great a power he really is.
Raja muni , one of the munis holding the highest pathavi at the moment among muneeswarans (muniyaandis) also came directly from Shiva. There is a famous portrait of him seated in a yogic post , with black hair and gold moustache. In fact he has white hair and gold moustache , and in many trance sessions , you can see other gods calling him the “kelaivan” (old man) . Here is a picture of him below.
There is also another retired muni , older than Rajamuni himself (rajamuni took over from him) , who held the position of General in the muni clan for the longest time. Many people have heard of him as the kilavan , holding a walking stick with a bend back , with santhanam spread all over his body. He is also very respected by all karuppargal and muniyanmargal.
He currently goes around checking on people who are giving arul vaaku and correcting their mistakes. I shall not mention his name here as per his wishes.
As you can see , each muni has an illustrious history of their own. There is no reason to lump them as Lord Shiva . This was a political move trying to implement a non vedic deity into the vedic system.
Munis are Lord Shiva’s amsam , not his avathaaram. Lord Shiva doesnt have Avathaarams , only Maha Vishnu does.
The munis are great powerful beings, constantly in meditation and communion with the Great Lord Shiva , the world’s father. They are as great if not greater than the humans mahaans and rishis we hear about. Rishis and Mahaans are humans who reached God. Munis are those who came down from the Great Lord himself.
Give them the respect they deserve and they will guide you to Lord Shiva.
Aum Raja Muneeswaraneh Namahe..
Source from www.karrupar.com
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have been told to visit famous famous Muneeswaran temple in south india to save from family problems. Pls let me know some important and famous Muneeswaran temple.
Thanks,
Pradeesh