Idai
Kaadar
Idai
Kaadar (as he was well known) is one of the 18 renowned siddhars of
Tamil Nadu. He is from the region of Thondai Nadu, the olden name of the
Agni Sthalam (the place where God is being in the form of fire)
Tiruvannamalai – Tiru Annamalai.
One of the biggest contribution of Idai Kaadar is the invention of
Kayakalpa techniques. Kayakalpa is an legendary system of total body
rejuvenation. Kayakalpa purifies, nurtures and revitalizes the constituent
elements of the body, mind and psyche with a series of customized therapy
sessions, herbo-mineral preparations, vital breathing practices, dietary
guidelines, and daily living recommendations.
His exact era of living is not known precisely yet. But it seems he was
born on some time back in 2nd – 3rd century BC and he lived for around 600
years. Also, he seems to be from Yadhava (One of the oldest Indian community
from which Lord Krishna was born) community by seeing his profession and most
of his songs. His songs are frequently mentioning the word 'Thandava Kone', in
which the word 'Kone' is a Tamil Nadu based regional name for Yadhavas.
With out any surprise, Idai Kaadar's life reflects the essence of Lord
Krishna’s Bagavat Geetha. “Do your duty, don’t expect the out come!”
Idai Kaadar attained his maha nirvana or salvation in the agni sthalam -
Tiruvannamalai and it is also believed that, the karpa graham or the main
lingam of Tiruvannamalai is built on top of his jeeve samadhi itself. Some
other people claim that, his jeeve samadhi is being behind the main lingam on
the second orbit of the Lord Arunachaleswarar temple.
History (His-Story):
Idai
kaadar was a good hearted, calm and humble shepherd. He used to the daily life
of taking his cattle to some nice grass land in the morning, feed them well and
bring then back to the open air shed in the evening. On one of the fine day
morning a respected saint came to his hut. Idai kaadar stood up, saluted him,
gave him a grass mat and cup of fresh goat milk. The saint has stayed few days
with Idai Kaadar and thought him the holy lessons and told him that, "Dear
son, hearing and learning are the easy things and also showing the power of
what ever learnt to the materialistic world and self praising have become quite
common in these days. So, you too should not become one of the goats in the
herd. On the other hand, live uniquely and lead the world in right way."
Idai Kaadar's heart and mind filled with full of the lessons (techniques) thought by the saint. As the thought and the practices got deeper and deeper, things on his eyes got blurred out slowly and his inner eyes started seeing the bound less time frame of past, present and future.
As the days goes on, his futuristic vision shown him the darkest ever future the world has seen due to a terrific draught. After seeing such a bad times ahead, his heart prayed Lord Krishna and his mind came up with the idea. As per the idea, he trained his cattle to eat the 'Erukku' (a milky plant in the draught land) and also he mixed up the 'Samai and Varagu' (South Indian grains) with the wet soil and coated them on the walls.
The time wheel came to run on the path of the worst draught era the mankind have even seen. Water sources drained, no grass or trees remained. People, cattle, birds, plants, all the weaker living beings have been started wiping out from this world. On the other hand, Idai Kaadar's cattle are happily eating the draught land plant - Erukku, which the others not used to. Eating Erukku triggered itching sense on the cattle. So they went to scratch their body in the walls which is covered with the mixture of gains and soil some time back. As the scratches grow, the grains in the wall fell down from the wall. Idai Kaadar has collected them and ate with goats’ milk.
As draught continued from days to years, most of the living beings have been wiped out. But, Idai Kaadar and his cattle are stronger day by day. By seeing this, the Nava gragas (9 planets) got surprised and came to Idfai Kaadar to know the secret. He saluted all of them, gave them grass mat and goat milk with grains. All the planets ate them and had a nap for a while.
As soon as he saw the planets were in sleep mode, he arranged the planets in right order which could benefit the world. The moment the planets came to right order, the sky started pouring again. All the water bodies are filled. Once again the green blanket covered our mother land’s skin. Plants started flourish again. People are happy on receiving their wealth back.
By
knowing the power of Idai Kaadar, people from the whole region started flooding
to his hut and praised him equal to God. Idai Kaadar said,
“Omnama shivaaya! Oh, my children! Don’t praise me for anything small I did. It’s all because of the power of Lord Shiva and Krishna. So, praising them would make you all flawless souls. Don't praise the pitty humens. Where ever the festivals conducted for them, there will be the end less joy and happiness. Worshiping them will liberate you all from your burdens and sorrows. When ever you have tough times, believe in God, devote your whole heart and mind at the problem you are facing and the solution for it, don’t worry about the out come, do your best. You will win the battle for sure. Om nama shivaaya!”
- Tamil Siddha Science is at least five thousand years old, but the values of the “the ancient scientists - Siddhars” are still applicable in today’s world.
- Apart from the inherited Siddha medicine and yoga, Astrology is also widely used.
- Siddhar Idaikadar’s findings and results in the field of astrology are still used in everyday activities, even yearly “panchangam” starts with the predictions of Siddhar Idai kadar.
Idai Kaatu Siddhar:
- He is one of the renowned Siddhar among the 18 Siddhas.
- He was born in a place called Idaikadu and hence named Idaikadar.
- He was a Shepherd by birth and led a modest and simple life with his goats.
- While herding he used to sink himself into the inner self and would union with divine.
- Bogar was amazed to see the act of a shepherd performing the intense yoga during his space travel.
- Inspired by Idaikadar’s thirst for spiritual wisdom, Bogar transferred his Siddha knowledge to him.
- Idaikadar soon became master in Siddha medicine, Siddha yoga, gnana philosophies.
- He also attained the final stage of kundalini awakening and fully developed the energy into full blooming lotus and experienced the union with the oneness (macro aspect).
- Idaikadar carved a niche for himself in the astronomy and astrology field.
- Once by his acumen in area of astronomy, he predicted the drought which will prevail for 12 years.
- Water scarcity was all over the place and the negative impacts of this affected the normal life of people.
- Seeing the sufferings of public, SriIdaikadar devised a method to arrange nine planets, so as to remove the drought and benefit the people.
- His philosophical style of poetry is unmatched and the embedded meanings are highly valuable to the modern stressful world.
- He hints out that one, who conquers his mind from the worldly pleasures and savages, can attain the siddhi easily.
- According to the directive from his mentor SriBogar, he spent his life helping people in Thiruvannamalai region and attained jeeva samathi there.
His Works:
- இடைக்காடர் ஞானசூத்திரம் 70 - idaikkadar gnana soothiram 70
- இடைக்காடர் பாடல்கள் idaikkadar padalgal
- இடைக்காடர் சோதிடம் idaikkadar sothidam
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