Subbaiya Swamigal Jeeva
Samadhi, Thirukazhukundram, Chengalpattu
Subbaiya Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi
is a Hindu burial shrine dedicated to Siddhar Subbaiya Swamigal, located in
Thirukazhukundram in Chengalpattu District of Tamil Nadu. The Temple is
situated at about 600 meters from Vedagiriswarar Temple.
History
Subbaiya Swamigal was born to
Vallimuthu - Narayana Vadivu in the year 1908 in Kadayanodai village, situated
in the southern side of river Thamirabarani. Right from childhood, Subbaiya was
inclined towards spirituality. At the same time, he was good at academics, too.
He completed his B.A (Chemistry) in American College, Madurai. He started
visiting temples regularly and frequently and he learnt about the concepts of
rasavadham and kaya siddhi. He began undertaking regular practice sessions on
mastering those principles.
Obeying his father’s order, he
dropped his plans to pursue his further studies abroad. He began diverting his
thoughts visiting temples and Siddhar samadhis. Identifying his deep interests
in spirituality, he moved to Calcutta to learn Sanskrit and started giving
spiritual discourse on Tamil and Sanskrit slokas. He then moved around for a
brief period of time, finally found his true calling in Saint Vallalar’s
ideologies. Singing hymns in praise of Saint Vallalar he found himself in a
cave in Vedagiriswarar temple, Thirukazhukundram. He remained in silence and
offered Vibhuti prasadam to devotees who paid visit to him.
He never left the cave for
almost 9 years and he finally attained the heavenly abode on January 1, 1960.
Before he expired, he left a note asking people to cover his body with a stone
by laying the body inside a pit, when his soul leaves his body and if the body
doesn’t perish after a period of 40 days, then erect a Samadhi after a period
of 10 months. The officials executed his instructions. To everyone’s
astonishment, Subbaiya Swamigal’s body was intact after a period of 40 days and
Jeeva samadhi was erected as desired by him.
The
Temple
This is a small temple housing
Subbaiya Swamigal Statue. It is situated near Thirukazhukundram Bus Stop.
Festivals
Guru Poojai is performed every
year on the day of Sadhaya nakshatra in the Tamil month of Margazhi.
Connectivity
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