SRI NAMASIVAYA MURTHIGAL
(FOUNDER OF THE THIRUVAVADUTHURAI MUTT)
INVOCATION TO SRI NAMASIVAYA MURTHI
"PLACE the letters five the God
In the centre of thy heart;
These the flowers eight you take:-
Hurting not a living thing,
Grace, the subdued senses five,
Forbearing evils done to one,
Enduring pains of extreme kind,
Speaking truth, the love to all,
Knowledge of these laws and world;
Sprinkle these at His Lotus Feet,
Having mind united there."
Thus you said and purified
Those who came to serve thy cause,
And we worship at thy feet
Oh! Namasivaya of Thuraisai fame.
- Sivagnana Munivar.
THIRUVAVADUTHURAI ADHEENAM
St. Namasivaya Murthi is the founder of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam. By this institution he has contributed in an extra-ordinary measure towards the welfare and development of mental, moral and religious sides of the people. All the good deeds commenced by him are being continued even today in spite of several changes in society and administration. It is said when he planed the oven he desired that the fire placed on that day should continue for ever without relighting. The same fire continues even today- a period of five hundred years. The great traditions of the institution are being maintained with honour till this very day. Under the benign and holy rule of the present Incumbent daily poojah and annual Gurupoojah are being performed; special conferences convened for the propagation of Saiva Siddhantha philosophy well - edited commentaries on the fourteen shastras, critiques on Ganapathy and other Deities, published and distributed free.
SRI-LA-SRI AMBALAVANA DESIKA MURTHIGAL