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'''Bogar''' or ''Bhogar'' or '''Boga Ma Munivar''' or '''Boyang''' was a [[Tamils|Tamil]] [[siddhar]] who lived sometime between 550 and 300 BC. He is the disciple of [[Kalangi Nathar]].<ref name="bogar"/> Described in several traditions and texts, he describes his native roots in his book "Bogar 7000". Bogar went from Tamil Nadu to China and taught about enlightenment, this is also mentioned in his book Bogar 7000. Bogar is said to be in "Nirvikalpa Samadhi" below the sanctum sanctorum of [[Palani]] Murugan hill temple.<br />
The Tamraparniyan sea route was adopted by Bogar in his travels from South India to China via Sri Lanka (ancient [[Tamraparni]]). In China, he was initially known by the name Bo-Yang which was later modified into [[Laozi]].<ref name="bogar">{{cite web | title= Siddha Bhoganathar Oceanic Life story |url =http://palani.org/bhogar-biography.htm | website =palani.org}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
A disciple of [[Agastya]]'s teachings, Bogar himself taught [[meditation]], [[alchemy]], [[Yantra|yantric]] designs and [[Kriya yoga]] at the [[Kataragama temple|Kataragama Murugan shrine]], inscribing a yantric geometric design etched onto a metallic plate and installing it at the sanctum sanctorum of the Kataragama complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kriya Babaji and Kataragama |url=http://kataragama.org/news/babaji.htm |website=kataragama.org |publisher=Kataragama.org |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=David Gordon |title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India |date=2012 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=9780226149349 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&q=bogar+sri+lanka+china&pg=PA61 |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Bogar is one of the earliest pilgrims to have traversed the Murugan Tiruppadai of Sri Lanka. According to legends and the temple scriptures of Palani temple, Bogar created the idol of [[Murugan]] at the hill temple in [[Palani]] by mixing nine poisonous herbs ([[Navapashanam]]) using a unique procedure. He also established the [[Kuzhanthai Velappar temple|temple for Murugan]] in [[Poombarai]] [[Kuzhanthai Velappar temple]] [[Kodaikanal]] [[Tamilnadu]],India.<br />
There is an extant statue of lord Murugan in Navapashanam. The milk that was poured on this statue has been said to have mixed with some of the herbs thereby proving to be an effective cure for the diseases during the time<ref>{{Cite book|last= White|first= David Gordon|title= The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India|year=2012|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226149349|pages=376}}</ref> The priests of [[Palani Murugan temple]] were said to have been the descendants of Pulipani, one of Bogar's students, until the sixteenth century.<ref name=":0">Palani temple | Official Link |url=http://palani.org/bhogar-life.htm?</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Clothey|first=Fred W.|title=The many faces of Murugan̲: the history and meaning of a South Indian god|year=1978|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-90-279-7632-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AevljBmCRQC&q=Bhogar&pg=PA229|author2=A.K. Ramanujan|access-date=22 September 2010|pages=228–229}}</ref><br />
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According to [[siddha]] medicine documents, Bogar was the discoverer of an elixir of immortality. The ''[[Pharmacognosy]]'' is the best known of his treatises. His other works are on [[yoga]] and archery, and a glossary of medicine.<ref>{{Cite book|last= Indian Psychiatric Society|title=Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 44|year=2002|publisher=Indian Psychiatric Society|pages=167}}</ref><br />
He came to Palani after finishing a meditation in the Meru hills.<br />
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== Notable Works ==<br />
Bogar 7000 <ref name="bogar"/> <br><br />
[[Tao Te Ching]]<ref name="bogar"/><br />
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== Notable Disciples == <br />
[[Mahavatar Babaji]]<ref>{{cite book |author = Govindan, Marshall |date= 1 January 2001 |title= Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga tradition. Babaji's Kriya Yoga Publications.|ISBN= 978-1-895383-00-3}}</ref><br />
<br>Pulipani <br><br />
Konkanavar<br> Karuvoorar<br> Nandeeswar<br> Kamala Muni<br> Satta Muni<br> Macchamuni<br> Sundarandar<br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, Palani]]<br><br />
[[Confucius]] <br><br />
[[Laozi]]<br><br />
[[Agastya]] <br><br />
[[Tirumular]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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