Shri Agasthiyar Maharishi

SHRI AGASTHIYAR MAHARISHI is the ancient maharishi who was one of the senior and powerful among the 18 siddhas as like as Agasthiyar, Idaikadar, Sattai Nathar, Pathanjali, Konganavar, Kuthambai Siddar, Kamalamuni, Vanmikar, Pambatti Siddar, Sundharanandar, Sivavakkiyar, Karuvoorar, Thanvandhri, Machamuni, Korakkar, Bogar, Thirumoolar, Ramadevar as below in the photos.

Shri Agasthiyar Maharishi’s Avathar

Once upon a time in the ancient period Ashurargal like Tharagan destroyed the whole world. So Lord Indiran thought to control or kill them with the help of Agni Deva and Vayu Deva gods. Agni came to the world. By seeing the Devas, Ashuras went inside the sea, Agni Deva thought that they died. But Ashuras came back and again they continued to destroy the world. By seeing this, Lord Indiran was angry with Agni Deva and told him to suck the sea and kill them. But Agni Deva told , “if I do this, whole universe will be disturbed. That karmic debit will be on me” and he refused. So Lord Indiran gave him a curse. “you refused my words so you will have a birth in the world as Kumbam (Acquiries) and you will have to drink the sea water.”

In the other side, Lord Maha Vishnu had a birth as Dharuman and in certain age he started Chant. To spoil his chant Lord Indiran had sent Apsaras. Although Dharuman did not infatuate on them. So that he created a beauty queen, named as Urvasi from his thigh. Urvasi married a person named Mitthiran. In this situation, seeing the beauty of Urvasi, Varunan was in infatuation and he loved her, he expressed his love to Urvasi. But Urvasi had already married. So she refused the love of Varunan. But Varunan requested her that “if you don’t expect my love, just think about me, when you are having sexual interaction with Mitthiran. That will be enough to me” he said. But without knowing about future Urvasi accepted Varunan’s request.

According to this one day when she was with Mithiran she thought of Varunan, knowing this Mitthiran gave her a curse that “you have to birth in world as a girl and you will have to be the wife of Purooravan.” But the sexual relation with Mitthiran-Varunan expressed in a kumbam (Acquiries) from that a person named Nimi had a birth.

One day Nimi was playing with many girls in that time Vasishtar passed on the way. But Nimi did not respond him. So Vasishtar got angry on him and gave a curse that you should not have body for your soul, Nimi also cursed the same to Vasishtar, because of the blessings of Bhramma.

Without the body, Vasishtar went inside the Mitthira-Varuna kumbam. After some periods from that kumbam, Vasishtar came out of it. And then shri Agasthiyar came with four hand and kamandalam. Because of the curse of Indiran, Agni Deva had a avatar as Agasthiyar in the world. His powerful chant and yoga sidhi’s he got all the powers. According to the indiran’s curse Agasthiyar sucked the sea water and killed the Ashuras with his sidhi power and also he destroyed the poison of sea. By seeing this, all mummoorthi’s (Lord Brahmma , Vishu and shiva) gave blessings to shri Agasthiyar to be as a siddar for billion years in future in the south.

How He Came To South

Lord Shiva & Parvathi had a arguement about the other birth for the human beings according to the karmic debit & credit. For that they choosed Agasthiyar and asked him to have research about it and to write about the life and birth. He made a research about human life and wrote in the palm leaf about their birth according to their karmic debit. To identify one’s leaf he classified the thumb impression as 108 names and he separated it like top, middle and low by certain lines.

When he was in research of human life in south he had seen many Rishi they are in the tree upside down. Seeing this Agasthiyar questioned them , they said our family wise named person Agasthiyar had not entered into family life and he is having a karmic debit so that our soul hadn’t got Moksham(Heaven).

By thinking of the above, Agasthiyar went to Vidharpa country and married Uloba Muthirai, who she was borned by the Yagam (prayer for Lord Agni)of that king. By that he rectified his karmic debit and his ancistors got moksham.

After this Agasthiyar went to pothigai hill and with the blessing of Lord Subramanya (Karthikeyan) he learned Tamil language and developed.But when we came to know the history of Agasthiyar there we will be able to know that there were many histories & stories about Agasthiyar life. In the name of him many of them were lived like Vadhapi Agasthiyar, Ulbo Agasthiyar, Podhiya Agasthiyar like that. By seeing the names we have a doubt that all will be the one, who is the Agasthiyar.

But if all this is in other side also when we come to know about Nadi Astrology, siddas medicines, we will be remembering Agasthiyar maharishi.Regarding nadi astrology and medicines now a days also we have many questions and doubts but in that ancient period it self with his power he had explained all about those in his palm leafs by which we predict you.By knowing all these details the Nadi Astrologers, who are from the valluvar’s family predicting in this century also.