INTRODUCTION
Abirami Pattar was a 18th century Hindu saint from Tamil Nadu. His birth name was Subramaniya Iyer. He is the author of Abhirami Anthadhi.
LIFE
Subramaniya Iyer was born in the village of Thirukadaiyur. Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple is situated at Thirukkadaiyur. Subramaniya Iyer was a staunch devotee of goddess Abirami from his childhood days.
IMPORTANCE
Once, the King of that place visited the Amritaghateswarar temple, and he approached Subramaniya Iyer, who was the priest of that temple, and asked him whether that day was amavasya or pournami. Actually that day was Amavasya, but due to the great devotion on the goddess, Subramaniya Iyer could not see anything before him, but only the vision of the goddess was appearing before his eyes, and he wrongly answered that day was pournami. The king has given the time till night, and warned him, that he will kill him, if the full moon did not appear on the sky in the night.
Subramaniya Iyer has written 79 hymns in praise of Goddess Abhirami, and goddess manifested before him, and threw her earring over the sky, and it was shining in the sky. Subramaniya Iyer with much joy, has composed 21 more verses in praise of the Goddess.
The king realized his mistake and immediately revoked his punishment, and also granted the title of “Abirami Pattar” to Subramaniya Iyer.
CONCLUSION
He developed a great devotion to goddess Abirami by meditating in the temple, and singing her praises. We should also develop the same bhakti similar to that of Abirami pattar, and invoke it to other devotees also. Through his great bhakti, he has changed the uncertain into certain. This has happened because of his unselfish bhakti on the goddess. Let us learn from him, the essence of bhakti he has applied to the goddess, and we also have to cultivate ourselves, the habit of going to temples frequently, and worship the gods and the goddesses. We should do the worship as a regular exercise. If once our wishes are fulfilled, we should not forget about god, and after then, we should apply more bhakti and faith on god.
Let us pray to the great Abirami Pattar and to goddess Abirami for our life and be blessed.
“OM SREE ABIRAMI PATTARE NAMAHA”
“OM SREE ABIRAMI THAYE NAMAHA”
R.HARISHANKAR
