Velaiyar

Velaiya Swamigal
Personal life
Born	Velaiyar (1768-05-10)10 May 1768 Kanchipuram
Died	17 November 1840(1840-11-17) (aged 72) Perumathur near by Perambalur
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Philosophy	Saiva

Velaiya Swamigal, also called Velaiyar, born during the seventeenth century, was a Saivaite spiritual writer. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Desikar family in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. He compiled more than seven books.

Family background

Velaiyar was born in Kanchipuram (Kanchipuram) in the Thondai mandalam region of Tamil Nadu, South India into an orthodox Saiva Tamil (Desikar) family around the middle of the 17th century. Veliyar's father, Kumara Swamy Desikar, was an Archaka (temple priest) who has moved to Thiruvannamalai where he got married and had three sons and a daughter. Velaiyar was the third child and his siblings included Siva Prakasar, a poet, ^{[1] [2]} his sister Gnambikai who married Perur Santhalinga Swamigal. ^[3] , and Karunai Prakasar, a writer.

Velaiyar married Meenatchi Ammal and lived at Mailam near by Pommapura Aadeenam mutt. His son Sundaresanar was a writer. He died at Perumathur at the age of 72.

Books

• Mayilathula
• Nallur puranam
• Mayilai thirattai mani maalai
• Ishta linga kaithala maalai
• Kumbakona Sarangathevar history as Veera singhathana puranam
• Gugai Namachivaya Desikar history as Namchivaya leelai
• Krisnanan history as Paarijatha leelai

References

1. "தமிழ் கட்டுரைகள் | தமிழ் நண்பர்கள் Tamil Friends". Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
2. "Aathman Awareness Centre". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
3. "www.sivasiva.in". Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.