Thirumoolar & his Thirumanthiram - Part 1
(Part 1 - Background behind this series) Thirumoolar – As We Understand We were attending my maternal uncle’s Sastiapthapurthi in Mayiladuthurai. Post the function, we planned a visit to Thiruvaduthurai, more so to meet the Aadhinam & seek his blessings. While going there, my uncle said that the Thiruvaduthurai Siva Temple was home to the largest Nandi. Naturally, we were interested in seeing it. So, post meeting the Aadhinam, we went to the temple and saw the huge Nandi carved out of a single big rock. We then went into the temple. The sanctum-sanctorum was however closed because it was around 1 pm and we did our pradakshina . This was when my uncle told that this is also the home to the great Siddha – Thirumoolar. My mother had told me and my brother a lot of stories about him – how he lived for 3000 years composing an aphorism every year. Infact one of my mother’s friend - a learned vedic scholar had once told my mother that he was about to start deciphering Thir...