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			In the [[Siddhar]] tradition of [[Tamil Nadu]], Korakkar is one of the 18 esteemed [[Siddhar]]s of yore, and is better known as [[Gorakhnath]] in North India.<ref name="R. N. Hema">{{cite thesis \|author= R. N. Hema \|date= December 2019 \|title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 \|publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref> [[Siddhar]] [[Agastya]] and [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar\|Bhogar]] were his [[guru]]s. There is a temple in Vadukku Poigainallur, [[Nagapattinam]], Tamil Nadu which specifically houses his [[Jiva\|Jeeva]] [[Samadhi]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=18 Siddhars \|url=https://soonyata.home.xs4all.nl/18siddhars.htm \|access-date=12 May 2023 \|website=www.satsang-darshan.com \|archive-date=12 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512081309/https://soonyata.home.xs4all.nl/18siddhars.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> According to one account, he spent much of his youth in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]], [[Coimbatore]].

	~~In the [[Siddhar]] tradition~~ of [[~~Tamil Nadu~~]], ~~Korakkar is one of the 18 esteemed~~ [[~~Siddhar\|Siddhars~~]] ~~of yore,~~ and ~~is better known as~~ [[~~Gorakhnath~~]] in North India.<ref>{{cite thesis \|author= R. N. Hema \|date= December 2019 \|title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 \|publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref> [[~~Siddhar]] [[Agastya~~]] and [[~~Siddhar~~]] ~~[[Bogar\|Bhogar]] were~~ his ~~[[guru\|gurus]]~~. ~~There is a temple in Vadukku Poigainallur~~, [[~~Nagapattinam~~]], ~~Tamil Nadu which specifically houses his~~ [[~~Jiva~~\|~~Jeeva~~]] [[~~Samadhi~~]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web \|title=18 Siddhars~~ \|url=https://~~soonyata~~.~~home~~.~~xs4all.nl~~/~~18siddhars.htm~~		There are various other shrines in respect of '''Korakkar'''; located in [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and [[Trincomalee]], to name a few. '''Korakkar''' Caves are found in both [[Sathuragiri Hills\|Sathuragiri]] and the [[Kolli Hills]], where he is noted to have practiced his sadhana. Like his colleagues, the 18 [[Siddhar]]s, '''Korakkar''' also penned much cryptic [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] poetry pertaining to Medicine, Philosophy and Alchemy. He was one of the first to use [[Cannabis]] in his medicinal preparations for certain ailments, and as such the plant has another less well known name, Korakkar Mooligai (Korakkar's Herb).<ref name="R. N. Hema"/><ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|orig-date=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref>
	\|~~access~~-date=~~12 May 2023~~ \|~~website~~=~~www.satsang~~-~~darshan.com~~}}</ref> ~~According to one account, he spent much of his youth in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]], [[Coimbatore]].~~

	~~There are various other shrines in respect of [[~~Korakkar]]; located in [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and [[Trincomalee]], to name a few. [[Korakkar]] Caves are found in both [[Sathuragiri Hills\|Sathuragiri]] and the [[Kolli Hills]], where he is noted to have practiced his sadhana. Like his colleagues, the 18 [[Siddhar\|Siddhars]], [[Korakkar]] also penned much cryptic [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] poetry pertaining to Medicine, Philosophy and Alchemy. He was one of the first to use [[Cannabis]] in his medicinal preparations for certain ailments, and as such the plant has another less well known name, Korakkar Mooligai (Korakkar's ~~Herb~~).<ref>{{cite thesis \|author= R. N. Hema \|date= December 2019 \|title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 \|publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref><ref name="white">~~{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google~~.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref>		His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white"/> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', and ''Chandhira Regai Nool''.

	His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', and ''Chandhira Regai Nool''.		In his book, the Chandhira Regai Nool, '''Korakkar''' has written down, in the form of poetry, his predictions of the future. He made a prediction, in which [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar\|Bhogar]] will take a further human birth, when the people of this world lose their faith in the supreme consciousness.

	In his book, the Chandhira Regai Nool, [[Korakkar]] has written down, in the form of poetry, his predictions of the future. He made a prediction, in which [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar\|Bhogar]] will take a further human birth, when the people of this world lose their faith in the supreme consciousness.

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	'''Korakkar''' is originally a Tamil Siddhar, and one of the 18 celebrated siddhars of Tamilnadu. He was a student of the Siddhars [[Agastya\|Agathiyar]] and [[Bogar]], and is mentioned various times in the works of Bogar. His Jeeva [[samadhi]] temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. He spent his growing-up years in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]] in [[Coimbatore]] which is also his birthplace.

	~~Other sanctums related with Korakkar are~~ [[~~Perur~~]], [[~~Thiruchendur~~]] ~~and Triconamalli.~~ Korakkar ~~caves are found in Chaturagiri and~~ [[~~Kolli Hills~~]]~~. Like other siddhas, Korakkar has written songs on Medicine, Philosophy~~, and ~~Alchemy~~.<ref ~~name="white"~~>{{~~Cite book~~\|url=https://~~books~~.~~google~~.~~com~~/~~books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111~~\|~~title~~=~~The Alchemical Body:~~ Siddha ~~Traditions~~ in ~~Medieval India~~ \|~~last=White~~ \|~~first~~=~~David Gordon~~ \|~~year~~=~~2007~~ \|~~origyear=1996 \|publisher~~=~~University of Chicago Press~~ \|~~isbn~~=~~978~~-~~0-22614-934-9 \|page=111~~}}</ref>		In the [[Siddhar]] tradition of [[Tamil Nadu]], Korakkar is one of the 18 esteemed [[Siddhar\|Siddhars]] of yore, and is better known as [[Gorakhnath]] in North India.<ref>{{cite thesis \|author= R. N. Hema \|date= December 2019 \|title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 \|publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref> [[Siddhar]] [[Agastya]] and [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar\|Bhogar]] were his [[guru\|gurus]]. There is a temple in Vadukku Poigainallur, [[Nagapattinam]], Tamil Nadu which specifically houses his [[Jiva\|Jeeva]] [[Samadhi]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=18 Siddhars \|url=https://soonyata.home.xs4all.nl/18siddhars.htm
			\|access-date=12 May 2023 \|website=www.satsang-darshan.com}}</ref> According to one account, he spent much of his youth in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]], [[Coimbatore]].

	~~His works include ''~~Korakkar ~~Malai Vagatam''~~ (''Korakkar's ~~Mountain Medicines''~~),<ref name="white"/> ~~''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', ''Chandhira Regai Nool'', and many more.~~		There are various other shrines in respect of [[Korakkar]]; located in [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and [[Trincomalee]], to name a few. [[Korakkar]] Caves are found in both [[Sathuragiri Hills\|Sathuragiri]] and the [[Kolli Hills]], where he is noted to have practiced his sadhana. Like his colleagues, the 18 [[Siddhar\|Siddhars]], [[Korakkar]] also penned much cryptic [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] poetry pertaining to Medicine, Philosophy and Alchemy. He was one of the first to use [[Cannabis]] in his medicinal preparations for certain ailments, and as such the plant has another less well known name, Korakkar Mooligai (Korakkar's Herb).<ref>{{cite thesis \|author= R. N. Hema \|date= December 2019 \|title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 \|publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref><ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref>

	Korakkar ~~has predicted the future events~~ and ~~written in~~ Chandhira Regai Nool~~.One of such event predicted by him was that Bogar will born again in the world when people lose their faith in god~~.		His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', and ''Chandhira Regai Nool''.

	~~The cave~~ of ~~Korakkar where he stayed for~~ a ~~long time is located~~ in [[~~Sathuragiri Hills\|Sathuragiri~~]]~~, a village in~~ [[~~Tamil Nadu~~]].		In his book, the Chandhira Regai Nool, [[Korakkar]] has written down, in the form of poetry, his predictions of the future. He made a prediction, in which [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar\|Bhogar]] will take a further human birth, when the people of this world lose their faith in the supreme consciousness.

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	'''Korakkar''' is originally a Tamil Siddhar, and one of the 18 celebrated siddhars of Tamilnadu. He was a student of the Siddhars [[Agastya\|Agathiyar]] and [[Bogar]], and is mentioned various times in the works of Bogar. His Jeeva [[samadhi]] temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. He spent his growing-up years in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]] in [[Coimbatore]] which is also his birthplace.		'''Korakkar''' is originally a Tamil Siddhar, and one of the 18 celebrated siddhars of Tamilnadu. He was a student of the Siddhars [[Agastya\|Agathiyar]] and [[Bogar]], and is mentioned various times in the works of Bogar. His Jeeva [[samadhi]] temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. He spent his growing-up years in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]] in [[Coimbatore]] which is also his birthplace.

	Other sanctums related with Korakkar are [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and Triconamalli. Korakkar caves are found in Chaturagiri and [[Kolli Hills]]. Like other siddhas, Korakkar has written songs on Medicine, Philosophy, and Alchemy.<ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref>		Other sanctums related with Korakkar are [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and Triconamalli. Korakkar caves are found in Chaturagiri and [[Kolli Hills]]. Like other siddhas, Korakkar has written songs on Medicine, Philosophy, and Alchemy.<ref name="white">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref>

	His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white"~~>{{Cite book\|url=https:~~//books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111\|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India \|last=White \|first=David Gordon \|year=2007 \|origyear=1996 \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 \|page=111}}</ref> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', ''Chandhira Regai Nool'', and many more.		His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white"/> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', ''Chandhira Regai Nool'', and many more.

	Korakkar has predicted the future events and written in Chandhira Regai Nool.One of such event predicted by him was that Bogar will born again in the world when people lose their faith in god.		Korakkar has predicted the future events and written in Chandhira Regai Nool.One of such event predicted by him was that Bogar will born again in the world when people lose their faith in god.

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'''Korakkar''' is originally a Tamil Siddhar, and one of the 18 celebrated siddhars of Tamilnadu. He was a student of the Siddhars [[Agastya|Agathiyar]] and [[Bogar]], and is mentioned various times in the works of Bogar. His Jeeva [[samadhi]] temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. He spent his growing-up years in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]] in [[Coimbatore]] which is also his birthplace.

Other sanctums related with Korakkar are [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and Triconamalli. Korakkar caves are found in Chaturagiri and [[Kolli Hills]]. Like other siddhas, Korakkar has written songs on Medicine, Philosophy, and Alchemy.<ref name="white">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India |last=White |first=David Gordon |year=2007 |origyear=1996 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 |page=111}}</ref>

His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India |last=White |first=David Gordon |year=2007 |origyear=1996 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 |page=111}}</ref> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', ''Chandhira Regai Nool'', and many more.

Korakkar has predicted the future events and written in Chandhira Regai Nool.One of such event predicted by him was that Bogar will born again in the world when people lose their faith in god.

The cave of Korakkar where he stayed for a long time is located in [[Sathuragiri Hills|Sathuragiri]], a village in [[Tamil Nadu]].

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