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[[File:Family of Sundarar.JPG|thumb|Family of [[Sundarar]] (l->r): [[Sadaya Nayanar]] (father), [[Isaignaniyar]] (mother), Paravai Nachiyar (wife), Sundarar, Sangili Nachiyar (wife), Narasinga Muniyaraiyar (foster-father).]]

'''Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar''' is the 40th [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] saint.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Shaivam.org | title = 63 nAyanmArkaL | publisher = Shaivam.org | url = http://www.shaivam.org/nalist.html | access-date = 2012-05-07}}</ref> Traditional hagiographies like ''[[Periya Puranam]]'' (13th century CE) and ''[[Sundarar|Thiruthondar Thogai]]'' (10th century CE) detail his legendary life and services to the Hindu god [[Shiva]].Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar was the chieftain of the state ''Tiru Munaipadi.''Muniyaraiyar The saint was a contemporary of Sundarar.

==Hagiography==

Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar was the chieftain of the state Tiru Munaipadi. Muniyaraiyar The saint was a contemporary of [[Sundarar]]. Swami Sadananda points out that Sundarar lived few generations after [[Sambandar]] and [[Thirunavukkarasar]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Sadananda | first1 = Swami | title = Origin and early history of Śaivism in South India | work = Issue 6 of Madras University historical series | publisher = University of Madras | year = 1939 | location = Chennai | pages = 185 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m3AAAAAAMAAJ&q=Narasinga+Munaiyaraiyar | access-date = 2012-05-07}}</ref> It is also learnt that the saint lived at Tirunavalur (Tirunamanullur),<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Bhandarkar | first1 = Devadatta Ramkrishna | title = Origin and early history of Śaivism in South India | volume = 7 | work = Dept. of Archaeology. Archaeological Survey, India. | publisher = Manager of Publications | year = 1981 | pages = 136 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=k2hDAAAAYAAJ&q=Munaiyaraiyar | access-date = 2012-05-07}}</ref>
Narasinga Muniyaraiyar was the foster-father of Sundarar. The saint brought up Sundarar as a prince.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dehejia | first1 = Vidya | title = Slaves of the Lord: the path of the Tamil saints | volume = 7 | edition = 1 | publisher = Munshiram Manoharlal | year = 1988 | pages = 155, 177 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RYjXAAAAMAAJ&q=Slaves+of+the+Lord%3A+the+path+of+the+Tamil+saints | access-date = 2012-05-07 | isbn = 978-8121500449}}</ref>

The chieftain was the great devotee of [[Shiva]] and people were happy during his reign. He would arrange special pujas at Shiva temples on each Thiruvathirai star day ([[Ardra (nakshatra)]]). On this eve he was receiving [[Shaivism|Saiva]] devotees. The devotees used to smear with [[Vibhuti|holy ashes]] on their bodies. On the Puja eve the devotees were fed sumptuously with royal feast. At the end of the feast he was donating more than one hundred gold coins to each devotee.

There was a testing day for the chieftain. God has chosen the specific day to reveal the faith and devotion of Narasinga Muniyaraiyar. On one such Thiruvathirai puja day, a devotee attended puja with [[Vibhuti|holy ashes]] smeared on his plain [[Nudity|naked body]]. His presence gave rise to unusual perturbation among other devotees. Instead of developing detestation at the nudity, Muniyaraiyar rightly understood the amount of self-control and attitude of detachment developed by the devotee within himself. He gave the respectful welcome by prostrating before the saint and served the royal banquet with full of hospitality. The chieftain also extended 200 gold coins to the devotee. The reverence and respect shown by Narasinga Muniyaraiyar earned the benign grace of Shiva and the saint was liberated from the [[Saṃsāra|cycle of rebirth]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Shaivam.org | title = The history of narasiNga munaiyaraiya nAyanAr | publisher = Shaivam.org | url = http://www.shaivam.org/nanarach.html | access-date = 2012-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Sivananda | first1 = Swami | title = Sixty-three Nayanar Saints | chapter = 41. Narasinga Muniyaraiyar | edition = 1 | publisher = The Divine Life Society | year = 1999 | location = Sivanandanagar | url = http://www.dlshq.org/download/nayanar.htm#_VPID_34 | access-date = 2012-05-07}}</ref>

[[Tamil language|Tamil]] month [[Purattasi]] – [[Sadayam]] star Shatabhishak or Shatataraka is widely celebrated as Guru Puja Day of Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar.

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