Pattinatar part 2

Chendanar his clerk
pattinathar went to Kashi Himalaya and many pilgrimage as when he returned he saw his clerk chendanar harassed by king and jailed. King wants to cease pattinatar property and add them to his treasury. pattinathar argued and released him.

chendanar went chidambaram with his wife and taken wood cutters job and lived meager life. then too he never left bhakti of Shiva. and served Shiva devotees with food. one day he couldn't find Shiva devotees and was very sad. that night sanyasi came and asked for food.
he doesn't have proper off meals so he prepared kazhi with mashedraagi.Sanyasi ate and went .Sanyasi taken leftover kazhi in his cloth bag .when next day priest opened chidambaram Temple they found Kali all over nataraja.
Divine voice Said about chendanar life incident all amazed
From that day during arudra every year kazhi offered to nataraja.Once chidambaram chariot didn't move chendanar sang thirupallandu and it moved.chendanar lived his life as Shiva devotee.his songs are contain in shaiva thirumurai
Pattinatar life and bhadragiri dog

He retrieved dead boy to life in temple.during his mother's last moment he came and he cremated her. One dog became friend with bhadragiri when pattinathar ask the food he told to ask food from samsari indicating bhadragiri attachment with dog.
Dog became princess

bhadragiri realized this and thrown bowl at dog and dog died and she became princess of kashi .she grew up and came to bhadragiri with her father.s he told her past life to Bhadragiri.he taken her to his Guru.she wanted mukti so pattinatar sang song
and one big flame of shiva Jyoti came both princes and bhadragiri merged with it . pattinathar was furious he asked Lord about how could he give liberation to princess and his disciples but not him Shiva told he never get bored with his song.
Pattinathar attains liberation

shiva gave sugarcane and said
When it becomes sweet that's place of your mukti.Pattinathar went tiruvannamalai he got darshan of Shiva then he went to to kanchipuram and sang many songs on ekambareshwar then he came to thiruvottiyur.
sugar cane became sweet he decided it's time for his mukti.Pattinathar asked children to close him under basket
He came mysteriously from another side when basket still closed.This way he played with them .He turned sand to candy .all children amused .
third time they close with basket and when they opened he became lingam inside.that place is called Thiruvottiyur and his samadhi temple is still there today.his works are in shaiva thirumurai cantos.his samadhi is in Thiruvottiyur
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