Baby who drank milk of Mata parvati herself -- life of thir…

Cry of child reaches shiva

He was loved so much by parents. Father went to theerthakund for bath. Child adamant on going with his father. So he took him and placed him on steps and went to theerthakund for bath. He had habit of doing japa underwater. Seeing this child cried.

Mata parvati feed her milk

Child started crying as he saw his father disappeared in water. Cry of child didn't reach father but it reached lord if sirkazhi. Shiva and parvati came to child and took care of him. Parvati gave her own milk with sivagnana to child. Child so happy

First pathigam

Siva & Parvati played with child. Then they both disappeared. Father who finished his japa came & saw baby laughing with milk drop from his mouth. He took stick and told who gave him milk. Sambandar sing beautiful ten songs describing shiva. All were amazed

Thiru gnana Sambandar

His father took him on his shoulder and danced joyfully. All came from far and near cities to see the divine child. As he got Siva gnana he was called gnana Sambandar. People respectfully addressed him as thiru gnana Sambandar.

Sambandar got golden bhajan talam

Next day He went to thirukolakka and sang. Seeing his child clapping hands shiva felt this may pain child. So shiva appeared and gave him golden bhajan talam for singing. Temple still called as talapureeshwarar.

Sambandar yatra
Sambandar decided to go yatra of shiva temples and sing shiva glory. Father took to his shoulder and went with him. He loved child so much that he can't even separated from him even for a second. Where ever he went he recieved grand welcome by people.

Sambandar receiving pearl palanquin

Sambandar was traveling and visited many shiva temples. At arulthurai shiva thought of giving silver umbrella pearl palanquin to gnana Sambandar. He appeared on dream & told to priest there will be palanquin umbrella & silver fan at temple .

Take it and give it to sambandar. They suprised and saw 3 items as shiva told on temple. They gave it to sambandar with great joy. Sambandar overwhelmed by shiva Grace accepted it with joy. He visited many temples along shore of cauvery river.

Sambandar upanayanam
With shiva's Grace and blessings upanayanam done grandly. After upanayanam vedic studies arranged for sambandar. But sambandar began to tell deeper meaning of Vedas easily. amazed on this they bowed down. Sambandar sang panchaksara pathigam there.

Meeting thiruneelakanda yazhpanar

He was musician shiva devotee from srilanka. He always carried music instruments called yazh. He came to sambandar with his wife and asked sambandar to allow him to stay with him. Sambandar happily agreed. He only compiled musics for pathigams

Yazh poem
Yazhpanar relatives teased sambandar music have sweetness only due to yazhpanar music. Hearing this he requested sambandar to recite a verse which couldn't be compiled music by yazh. Sambandar told s poem which couldn't composed by yazh. All were amazed.

Visited Chidambaram
Sambandar visited Chidambaram. He saw smokes from yagyas covering clouds. He saw dikshitars there performing yagya for shiva. He got rare vision of all dikshita seen as shiva ganas to him. He sang poems in praise of them too.

Patteeswaram and Tiruvannamalai

At patteeswaram it was hot sun so shiva told ganas to construct saminar made of pearls. Ganas did so and all joyed
At thiruvannamalai he saw whole hill as shiva hence afraid to climb. So Mata parvati took sambandar in her arms & take him to temple

Yagya of his father
Sambandar father decided to do grant yagyas. So a he requested sambandar. Sambandar sang a verse on shiva and on shivas order bhuta gana came and gave gold coin bag to his father. His father happily done yagyas without any hurdles.

Visiting other nayanmars
Sambandar visited by chiru-thondar-nayanar and kungiliya kalaya nayanar. He also accepted yazhpanar into his troupe. He met muruganar nayanar and also thiru neelanakkar nayanar. Hearing about àppar he visited àppar and enjoyed great time with him.

Removing princess diseases

At pachilasramam temple he saw kings daughter lies in motionless state & king was crying for cure of daughter to shiva. King told she was suffering from muyalagan deadly disease. Immediately sambandar sang the verse & she cured of diseases and woke up

Removing cold of devotees

At Senkunrur, during his yatra Sambanthar found that the cold was very severe and that many people suffered on account of it. They entreated Sambanthar to alleviate their sufferings. Sambanthar sang a song & immediately, they were relieved of cold

Sirkazhi darshan and boat ride

When sambandar reached shiva temple it was flooded. Immediately sambandar took boat & sang a song on shiva. Boat automatically reached next shore. Once when sambandar want to visit sirkazhi shiva gave darshan on Nandi with parvati Devi in midway.

Sambandar in kanchi
When sambandar reached kanchi shivling turned a little sideway to hear sambandar singing song. When he sang song Vishnu statue melted and was turned into shivling. Sambandar was given curd rice by shiva in disguise of old man.

Relieving girls sorrow
When sambandar reached temple he saw girl crying with mabs body. When asked she told he was her fiance. Sambandar immediately sang verse and boy was came alive from dead. He was married to that girl in front of shivling as Sakshi

Meeting Appar
Thiru-navuk-arasar was great devotee who had darshan of Siva. He want to meet Sambandar. Sambandar too want to meet thiru-navuk-arasar. Both met midway. Sambandar gave him name àppar. Both visited many temples together and sang verses on shiva.

Gold coin by shiva
Severe drought hit city that time. Àppar and sambandar discussed it and prayed to shiva. Shiva told them not to worry. He will give 2 gold coins daily on East and West side of temple and with that shiva told both to buy grains ftom outside and feed people

Vedaranyam temple doors opening and closing
Vedaranyam is where Vedas worshipped shiva. This temple was locked by king & for many years it was not opened. People used alternative door to enter temple. Àppar & sambandar saw this and decided to go there. They saw plight of devotees

Madurai vijayam
They sang songs and doors opened and closed automatically. Then they both returned to sirkazhi. At that time men from Madurai came to sambandar to take him to Madurai on behest of queen mangayarkarasi. Àppar told not good time to go. Sambandar assured appar