Meiporul Nayanar was a pious king. He is one of the 63 nayanmar’s of saivism. He ruled over the hill tribes of Sethi. He was chivalrous and brave. He fought many battles and was always victorious.

To him Siva and his devotees, adorned Rudraksha

Rudraksha

Rudraksha Rudraksha Rudraksha (also Rudraksh; Sanskrit: ("Rudra's tears") is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayer beads in Hinduism. The seed is borne by several species of Elaeocarpus, with E. ganitrus being the principal species used in the making of a...

 and sacred ashes

Sacred ashes

Ashes are put to use in various religions.In Hinduism, sacred ashes or Vibhuti are used to smear, anoint or mark devotees.In Christianity, on Ash Wednesday, ashes of burnt palm leaves and fronds left over from Palm Sunday, mixed with olive oil, are applied in a cross-form on the forehead of the...

 represented only truth ,absolute Truth, and all the rest of the world was straw

Straw

Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has many uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and...

. He saw everything as Sivamayam . Nayanar’s fame soon spread far and wide. This evoked the jealousy of Muthanathan, the king of the neighbouring state. He collected a big army and attacked Nayanar several times, but he was repeatedly defeated. So, Muthanathan resorted to foul-play. One day, he disguised himself as a Siva Yogi and entered the palace at night.
The gate-keepers did not question him because their king ordered them to allow siva devotees into the palace at any time. But the soldiers conveyed this to their Minister Dathan, who rushed to the Kings bed room. But before he reach the kings room, the fraudulent sage had killed the king. Dathan jumped to dehead the sage, but nayanar ordered to save muthanathan since he was disguised like a siva devotee. Dathan did the same and Meiporul nayanar spelled the name of siva and lost his breath.

Lord siva suddenly appeared there with mother parvathy and said he was immensely pleased with the cosmic love and unquestioning devotion to his devotees. He said even in a murderer the king saw siva. Thus he blessed him with the Highest Abode which even the Devas cannot hope to reach. With these words the Lord disappeared and Maiporul Nayanar also attained his Abode.

Since Meiporul nayanar was born in the Tamil month of Karthigai, in Uthiram Nakshatra, that day was celebrated as his day in all siva temples. Descendants of Meiporul Nayanar are the Nathamannars of Parkavakulam

Parkavakulam

-Parkavakulam:Parkavakulam ,பார்க்கவகுலம் a Tamil-speaking community from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The main sub-divisions of the community are Nathaman, Nainar, Malaiyaman, Suruthiman, Moopanar...

External links

• http://www.shaivam.org/naayan_f.html