Miracles of the Heavenly Siddhar: Legends Unveiled

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The Lord as a Siddhar who moved mountains,made an elephant statue come to life and consume sugarcane During the reign of ‘Abisheka Pandyan’ the Lord with compassion and with the intention of providing the people of the Kingdom with both worldly and heavenly pleasures and blessings,appeared in the form of a Siddhar. He wore a tiger-skin as a robe and dressed Himself in saffron-colored loins worn by monks. His head was covered in knots of matted hair,holy-ash was smeared on the forehead,huge ear-rings,crystal-stone chains and the sacred-thread adorned him. A golden-colored staff in his hands made him look even more majestic and handsome to the bewitched people. The Siddhar appeared in busy streets,street-corners,stages and were ever people …show more content…

People followed him in large groups ignoring their work and families. The King hearing about all this through his many spies,sent out his royal emissaries to welcome him to the palace and perform before him,but all proved in vain for the messengers themselves forgot their orders and followed the Siddhar! The King finally sent his most trusted ministers to welcome the Siddhar,but the Siddhar refused to accompany them and replied that “their King had nothing to offer or interest him!” The ministers repeated exactly what the Siddhar had told them and the King too realized that Siddhars who had the blessings and grace of the Almighty would not respect even the devas and gods and hence would never ever show interest in him a mere …show more content…

He desired to know the cause for such over-confidence on the part of the Siddhar. And at the right moment,a farmer ran to the King and offered him a long ripened sugarcane. The King immediately addressed the Siddhar and pointed out to a stone-statue of an elephant and challenged the Siddhar to make the stone-elephant consume the sugarcane. If he were able to achieve such a feat,he’d accept the Siddhar to be the greatest among all the Siddhars and even accept that he indeed was Lord Sundareswar,Lord Siva! Moreover he’d give the siddhar anything that he desired! The Siddhar upon hearing the King’s words and challenge thrown at him,smiled a little and replied to the King:” Pandyan King! I desire nothing from You! I can provide you everything until all your desires are fulfilled! Persons who possess even one supernatural power,go to worlds where no one can,exhibit their powers and are honored by one and all. But I who possess all supernatural powers desire nothing. As desired by you,see for yourself this stone-elephant consume the sugarcane! “ Saying this the Siddhar glanced at the

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