Who is Siddhar Agathiyar (Sage Agastya)?

Who is Siddhar Agathiyar (Sage Agastya)? Unknown facts about Sage Agastya....

    Siddhar Agathiyar / Agastya was one of the sapta rishis of Akand Bharat and the most revered sage in Hinduism. Several thousand years ago, he was the one who led people to spread across Akand Bharat and all over the world!!

What is the meaning of Siddhar?

In tamil, the one who attained spiritual powers or higher consciousness is called as Siddhar / Chithar. Siddhar / Cithar is a tamil word.

In tamil chit - means consciousness. The famous temple in 'Chidambaram' was named after this.

        Agathiyar was born before the start of Satya yuga - i.e the first yuga in yuga cycle. He witnessed the pralaya, when there was a transition of Manu, i.e from Cakusa manu to Vaivasta Manu (Tamil king Satyravrata from Kumari Kandam).

        During the time of pralaya, there was a huge flood and consecutive mega tsunamis occurred in the Indian ocean, which led to the destruction of the huge landmass Kumari kandam. With the help of Lord vishnu's Matsya avatar, King Satyavrata, sapta rishis and people migrated from Kumari kandam to northern landmass, i.e they reached ancient tamizhakam.

        Agathiyar belongs to Pre-Vedic civilisation period. Pre-Vedic civilisation is nothing but a buried tamil civilisation. Once upon a time, there were not so many languages, entire people of Akand bharat spoke Tamil / ancient Tamili. Over the period of time, Tamil was confined only to south india and to the entire south indian states. These states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were together called as 'Tamizhakam' - meaning land of tamils / heart of tamils. Still one can find some places in North, East and Western parts of India that are named in tamil.... Tamil civilisation was the mother of all civilisations in the world!!

  Now, coming back to sage Agathiyar, he was the kula guru of Pandya king Satyavrata and helped to migrate people during the natural disaster. There are many temples in the world, where sage Agathiyar is being worshiped by people in different names and in different languages. 

1. He was a guru for many known famous siddhars, maharishis and royal kings. 

2. He received knowledge of Pranav mantra and arts of combat science techniques from Lord Murugan. 

3. He is the father of Tamil language. 

4. He was the MASTERMIND of many scientific inventions. But, all his inventions, achievements, fame and notable works are not acknowledged and not recognised in this modern world. Most of the modern generation people, don't know who is Agathiyar.... It is important to know about our history, our land and about our ancestors, to revive our identity. If one's identity is lost, he will be lost forever.....

        This blog post will mention the fabulous inventions, miracles and the works of the great sage Agathiyar. This blog post will give credit to the original creator Agathiyar and will rewrite the real history of science and inventions in India!!

Let us see about more important facts and inventions about Siddhar Agathiyar, with some references...

1. Kula Guru of King Dasaharatha - Treta Yuga - Second yuga

        Siddhar Agathiyar was elder brother of Sage Vashistha. Vashistha was also Kula guru for King Dasharatha (Father of Lord Rama). This is also proving that Agathiyar existed before the period of Ramayana.

2. Sage Agathiyar was the FIRST one to invent martial arts and science in the World!! 

        Adimurai - meaning 'Methods of Hitting', it is an ancient martial arts and science of tamizhakam, which is around 10,000 years old. It is the mother of all martial arts in the World. Adi murai is not only martial arts, it also deals with science of healing. A person who wants to learn martial arts, needs to practice the arts of healing and medicines first.

For more information about Adi murai, reach out to the below post,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2020/02/adimurai-first-martial-science-in-world.html

3. Agathiyar founded Silambam, the ancient method of attacking and defending using weapons.

        Sage Agastya has compiled texts about Adi murai and Silamabam on palm leaves. These martial arts are about 10,000 years old. It has traveled several places across this planet with different names such as Bokator (Cambodia), Angampora (Sri Lanka), Muay Thai (Thailand) etc.

 Silambam practise

3. He invented Varma kalai. 

        The first and basic text about these Varma Kalai and ADIMURAI was compiled in manuscripts by Agathiyar at Pothigai Mountain, the place where he lived.  There are 108 pressure points in our human body, in Tamil it is called as 108 Varmams. 

        Varma kalai combines massage, alternative medicine, traditional yoga and martial arts in which the body's pressure points are manipulated to heal or cause harm.

Varma Kalai and Marma Kalai are not the same. Varma Kalai is based on Siddhar tradition and Marma Kalai based on Ayurvedic traditions

4. Agathiyar invented pulse reading technique, naadi parthal in tamil.

        Pulse reading is, detection of the abnormalities in mukuttram, by feeling the pulse of the patient by the methods prescribed in the siddha texts. A siddha physician feels the patterns of vibration that represent the metabolic processes going on in the body at a specific time.

5. He is the one who bought river Kaveri to Earth.

        He once drank up the entire ocean and made it dry, to help Devas / Gods... He contained river Kaveri in his kamandalam (copper pot). Due to the play of Lord Ganesha, river Kaveri got released from his pot and flowed in Earth....

6. He is the FIRST one to invent battery / cell in ancient India.  [Separate post will be published to cover this topic]

7. Agathiyar, the First Tamil Siddhar and Maharishi used Mercury which is widely used in Siddha medicine. 

        He is an expert in metallurgy. Siddhar Bhogar who had created Navapaahanam, was a student of Agathiyar. 

        Parad Lingam is considered as rarest and important shiva lingam. Once Lord Shiva said to his consort Parvati that the one who worships lingam made out of mercury will face no diseases or death. It is also called as 'Rasa lingam', as lingam is made using solidification of mercury, in Tamil Mercury is called as 'Padha Rasam'. 

            During purification process, the poisonous mercury will be converted into healing nectar, followed by adding gemstones and so on, at the end of the process mercury takes the shape of lingam. Maharshi Agastiyar was the first one to solidify mercury through the use of indian herbs. 

8. Maharshi Agastiyar converted a silver into Gold, by his single touch.

         He was mastered in Ashta siddhis. He got miracle powers such that, he can turn a silver object into Gold, by his touch and mantra.. The Siddhars had also consumed purified mercury, Iridium, Rhodium and gold in order to achieve physical immortality.

9. Agathiyar led the Kumari kandam survivors to found civilisations in various parts of the world. 

        Agasthiyar led a migration of Dravidians to Java and Cambodia and Central and South America. The ancient civilisations of Incas, Mayans and Aztecs of South America were founded by Viracocha. Viracocha is a great creator deity in Pre - Inca mythology, he is often depicted as tall old beared man in white robes. 

            Virococha from Lemuria is considered as founder of Inca civilisation. There is a traditional view among Incas that the Lemurians( the name western researchers used for Kumari kandam people), under the guidance of their siddhars, colonised North and South America. Lemurians had also colonised Nile Valley, when they founded the Egyptian civilisation.....

        So, under the guidance of Agathiyar, people migrated to the western hemisphere and founded Inca, Mayan and Aztec civilisations.

        Statues of Agastyar have been found all over South East Asia and even the Maori of New Zealand worship an Agastyar figure.

10. Sage Agastya had lived in Agasthiyar Malai in western ghats, which is much older and Sacred than the later formed Himalayas mountain. 

        Many people claim that ancient mountain name Malaya is the none other than Himalayas. A Big No to that false claim!! During a drastic flood, practically people from the low lying areas will try to reach a nearer higher altitude places for safety. Likewise, people from the Southern land (Kumari Kandam) tried to reach out to the nearby elevated mountain, i.e Pothigai Hills which is only 50 kilometers away from Kanya kumari. Thus, the sacred mount Malaya can't be related to the Himalayas, as it is very far from Kumari Kandam. 

            Pothigai Hills / Agaithiyar Malai was referred as Malaya mountain during the early pandya kingdom and it is considered as the one of holiest mount in India. As Maharishi Agastya spent most of his lifetime at this Malaya mountain, it was also called as 'Agasthiar Malai' situated in the Western Ghats of India. Agasthiar Malai / Pothigai Malai is the only place in the World, where there are many distinctive types of flora, fauna and animal species are found that can't be found anywhere else in the World. Very rare types of poisonous Spiders, leeches and snakes can also be found here. (These rare species and seeds were bought from Kumari Kandam through the Giant Boat)

Agasthiyar Malai / Pothigai Malai

                                     Agasthiyar Falls

11. The oldest literature in Tamil was 'Agathiyam', written by the Sage Agathiyar. 

        He is considered as the most knowledged and powerful Sage in India, but reference to his epic Agathiyam was missing as Kumari kandam continent was submerged.

         'Agathiyam' was the first book in Tamil written by the great Sage Agathiyar (Agastya) during the First Sangam period. Siddhars lived during the period of first tamizh sangam i.e around 10,000 BCE. 

12. Agathiyar founded Sidereal solar calendar

        The ancient most tamizh siddhar was Agathiyar / Agastya who had lived through all the three yugas i.e from Satya yuga to Dwapara yuga. He founded sidereal solar calendar, i.e zodiac and sun based calendar system. He had also calculated the position of other planets and its cycle.

         The knowledge about astronomy, astrology are travelling across generations of tamizh people, so calculating sun's position with respect to the zodiac is not new to the tamizh people. Tamil calendar follows Sidereal solar system....

For more information about Sidereal solar calendar and its significance, reach out to the below post,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2021/04/why-tamil-new-year-is-being-celebrated-in-April.html

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2021/04/significance-of-ancient-tamil-calendar-and-accuracy.html

Ancient Siddhars of tamizhakam had a great knowledge of converting inorganic substances into a nano and ionic form which is easily absorbed by the human cells. Mercury, is widely used in Siddha medicines. Mercury, a killer poison, is converted into healing nectar, when properly purified and processed. 

        Navapashanam - An elixir made up of amalgam of 9 poisonous minerals. Navapashanam was not made only by the sheer human brilliance, a true wisdom of knowledge was gained from the universe (God), which helped siddhars to make Navabhashanam. Siddhar means - one who attained spiritual perfection / consciousness and the power to control the physical realm.

Navapashanam contains “high positive energy”. It also acts as a catalyst to awaken ones self.

Siddhars were the most knowledgeable Yogi's / Sages who have magical, supernatural and spiritual powers. They served as Doctors, Saints, Alchemists, Physicians, Founded Varma Kalai (Self defense), 'Naadi Parthal' (Pulse reading) etc. In Tamil, 'Chitham' means 'Attaining the level of utmost consciousness', also 'Siddhi' means 'Powers', that is why there is term called 'Ashta Siddhi' (8 great magical powers attained through spirituality)

        Agathiyar is considered as a Supreme Siddhar and much revered sage in India. Every ancient traditions, food science, medicines, remedies, martial arts, science, technology, arts, architecture, language, astronomy, astrology, yoga were originated from the great Siddhars of Tamizhakam!!!

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

Kumari Kandam - Ancient Tamilakam - Part 1

Lost Mysterious Land mass of Ancient Tamils

          Kumari Kandam !!! Prehistoric motherland in the Earth. It is the starting point of everything, Cradle of all civilization, fountain head of Knowledge, Birth place of Tamil (Oldest Language), Land of Lord Shiva. It was also popularly called as 'Sangam Era', where every one in the Greater India / Akhand Bharat (Undivided India) spoke Tamil / Thamizhi. The greater India includes 8 sub continents such as Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and part of China regions. The sub continent India was called as Bharata Khande and from the tip of Kanya kumari there was a huge landmass of ancient nation was called as Kumari Khande / Kandam.

        Theory of Kumari Kandam contains many hidden truths, pieces of stories, many links of Ancient Tamil, Origin of Early Humans, Dawn of Bharat, many misunderstandings and many misconceived perceptions. Westerners are calling this as lost Lemuria land , lost treasure City of Atlantis etc. Let them call in different names and connect with Kumari Kandam, the truth and the richness of this motherland will be unveiled in this post. 

           Let me start from the name, there are many citations for the name Kumari Kandam.

Reference 1 : This land was given to the only daughter of Bharata named 'Kumari', so this was called as Kumari Kandam.

Reference 2: In some other reference, this land was given to Lord Murugan's wife Devasena, daughter of God Indra. Lord Murugan has many different names such as Kumaran, Karthikeyan, Skanda / Kanda, Arumurugan, Shanmuga and many more. So, Kumaran's wife being called as Kumari / Kaumari and so it's called as Kumari kandam. 

Reference 3: There was a much celebrated 'Kumari' river at the south of this land, which makes them to call it as Kumari Nadu. Kandam means sub continent / land mass in Tamil. Not only Kumari river, there is also a big mountain at the south of the land called Kumari Hills. 

What is actually Kumari Kandam ???

          Kumari Kandam was the name of an ancient Landmass / sub continent of Prehistoric Tamil people in Bharat (Greater India). It was the place where Tamil language took birth from Lord Shiva,  where the earliest literary works of Tamil 'Agathiyam' was published. It was the first book in Tamil written by the great Sage Agathiyar (Agastya) during the First Sangam period. This land was most celebrated and flourished in Bharata Varshe, before the beginning of the Vedic Period and even before the period of Ramayana and Mahabharata. 

   The size of the land area of Kumari Kandam was 700 kavattam, approximately seven times of the size of Sri Lanka. That is why it was called as Sub continent of Greater India and has the term 'Khand / Kandam' in it's name.

           Some people say that Kumari Kandam is a myth, some say it is a fairy tale of Tamil Pride, some say that it's the lost Lemuria continent and some people say that Kumari kandam was real and true. When we don't have enough calculated proof / lack of interpretation, it will be called as Myth. All of these will be covered one by one in subsequent parts of Kumari Kandam post. 

Glory of Kumari Kandam

Geologically Kumari Kandam is located at the tip of Kanyakumari adjoining Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It also has the sacred mountain at the center, from which four rivers were originated. River Peru, River Kumari, River Pahruli (Parali) and River Kanni. At the South, there was a mountain called as 'Kumari Malai' (Kumari Hills).

The big sacred mountain at the center of this sub continent was called as 'Peru Malai' (Meaning Big Mountain, which is actually the Sacred Meru Mountain) 

Kumari Kandam crossing the Equator

           Kumari kandam was situated at the end of Tamil Nadu, with Indian ocean at the South, Bay of Bengal at the East and Arabian sea at the West. It was the place where life in the Earth has started. It was prospered with Wealth, rich in Gems, Agriculture, Artistic buildings, Magnificent temples, Skilled Poets, Enlightened Sages, many industrial places for Pottery, Weapon making, Jewelry of Gold and silver, Educated civilians, Highly Noble Kings, Strong Army of Soldiers, fame, Skilled in building boats to travel across various countries, Given first writing scripts to the World, a Divine Land of Lord Shiva, the place where the Marthanda black stone fell on the Earth. 

Tamil People closely followed roots of ancient nature worship, they worshiped Lord Shiva as supreme god and there was no caste system in this ancient Tamil land. 

          This huge sub continent was flourished during the era of early Pandyas. They were the earliest explorers of Bharata, Earliest Kingdom in the world and there were 72 kings of Pandya empire who has ruled the ancient Tamilakam (including Kumari Kandam) from 30,000 BCE to 16,000 BCE. 

        Sangam Period has started at Kumari Kandam, also known as ancient Tamilakam, covering current Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Sangam meaning Assembly of Tamil scholars and poets , it was also called as ' Tamil Kootam' which was firstly held at 'Then Madurai'. 'Then Madurai' was a first capital and port city of early Pandyas, this city was lost during massive and consecutive Tsunamis. When half of the Kumari kandam was lost, Pandyas changed the capital to 'Kavadapuram', where they held their Second Tamil Sangam, this city was also submerged under the ocean. Then, they have moved towards north and changed the capital city to 'Vada Madurai', that is the current 'Madurai' city in Tamil Nadu, where the Third Sangam was held. So, in total there were 3 Sangams held at three different places due to the catastrophe caused by mother Nature.

According to the ancient Skandapurana (Kanda Puranam), which mentions about Kumari kandam that

• "Kumari Kandam covers about 700 Kavatam (unknown measurement) from Pahruli river in the North to the Kumari River in the South.".
• "It is one of the nine regions of Bharata and the only region which was not inhabited by barbarians.

"Pahruli river was excavated to irrigate the mountain valley by the Pandya Kind 'Nediyon'. "

Third Sangam literary work 'Purananooru' talks about the Sunken land Kumari Kandam and the River Pahruli. Pandyas had love towards Tamil and they contributed to the language by creating Sangams. In Sangams, Tamil language faced many improvisation, created many poems, books, grammars etc. These sangams were held during ancient Pandya period. 

First Sangam / Mudhar Sangam was held at ThenMadurai (South Madurai) during 16,000 BCE, which lasted for 4400 years with 549 members and 4449 poets, where the first literary work by Sage Agathiyar called as 'Agathiyam' has been approved by all the poets, king and Lord Shiva. But, due to massive catastrophe caused by the nature, some cities were sunken under the Indian Ocean and half of the this sub continent were lost and also the first book 'Agathiyam' didn't survive. So, Sage Agastya asked his student Tolkappiyar to write a Tamil grammar book.

Second Sangam / Idai Sangam held at at Kapadapuram (Kavadapuram) during 11,000 BCE, with 59 members and 3500 poets, which lasted for 3700 years. It was the place where, Tolkappiyam was published, by the author Tolkappiyar. He was the disciple of Maharishi Agathiyar. 

Third Sangam held at Vada Madurai (Present Madurai city in Tamil Nadu) during 5000 BCE. Madurai is also called as 'Koodal Nagaram', meaning meeting city, with 49 members, many Kings of Tamilakam and 449 poets. This sangam lasted for 1800 years.

            It was mentioned in many ancient literatures and epics that Pahruli River was at the north of Kumari Kandam. Pahruli term was faced some transformations, as it traveled through many periods. Some researchers says that Pahruli means Pala Thuli river meaning many drops, one more term as Parali aaru as Pazhaya aaru. These are wrong, a river can not be named as many drops. 

      The famous Pahruli river has multiple meanings, the reason behind behind explaining the meaning of this river will be understood in the second part of this post. 

Meaning 1: 'parai oli aaru'. 'Parai' meaning drums, an instrument which was used in ancient times to make an announcement at the center of the city among large number of people, the sound of parai will be huge, 'Parai' defines the fierce of the river. 'oli' meaning sound. Together it was termed as 'Paraioli' aka Paruli aru / Pahruli river. 

Meaning 2: 'Pan aruliya', 'Pan' meaning note of a classical music, 'aruliya' - given with blessings, the place where the classical music was born. Panaruli aaru was then termed as parali, then pahruli. 

Meaning 3: 'Par aruliya aaru',  'Par' means Earth, 'aruliya' means Given with blessings, the river given by mother Earth with her blessings for all the living beings.

Today, there is small river flowing in Kanyakumari district called Parali aaru, which is originated from Mahendragiri Hills.  This is the same river mentioned in the so called myth of Kumari Kandam. 

Parali / Pahruli River

     Tamizhians in Kumari Kandam were Rich in Language, Dance, Music, Arts, Skilled in Pottery, Building Ships, Trading of Food, Gems, Stone and Gold, Silk Clothing, Flourished Agriculture with food grains, Fountainhead of knowledge and science, much Cultured, Civilized, well planned cities and exquisite architecture !!


The life of the ancient Tamils was generally divided into two namely, Aham and Puram. Aham dealt with inside / inner feelings, love-life and Puram means profession and worldly life, charity and doings of royalty with reference to the interests and problems of society. The ancient Tamils knew the meteorological science. They keenly observed climatic changes and divided a year of twelve months into six seasons of each having two months on the basis of climatic change. The transition of Sun was calculated and when the Sun transits to Aries (Mesha Rasi - first Zodiac sign), it was celebrated as Tamil New Year, which is the 1st date of Chithirai Tamil month (April 14th).

Agathiyam, Aindiram and Tolkapiyam  were the oldest literature of Tamil, which were written prior to Rig Veda and composed in 12,000 BCE. Agathiyam, the oldest literature was written by Sage Agastya, also called as 'Agathiyar' in Tamil. He was considered as most Knowledged and Powerful sage, there was an ancient mountain in Western ghats which was named after him and a temple was dedicated to Sage Agathiyar at this mountain, in Tamil Nadu.
            In Vedic texts, it is mentioned that he is one of the Sapta Rishis (Seven Rishis). In Tamil, he is the founder of Siddha, the first Siddhar in Shaivism, he is the first one to create Tamil Grammar. His name was also mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata.

      Maharishi Agastya is also the founder of Silambam (powerful martial arts) and Varmam (Ancient Science of healing,  healing using varmam points, this science can also be used to attack a person). 

Maharishi Agathiyar (Agastya)

The reference about kumari kandam are only found in Sangam literature and only people in those period has witnessed it. Though, people say that there are no scientific proof for this period, there are many under water discoveries by NIO archeaological team (National Institute of Ocaeanology), which shows the images of underwater ancient city ruins of Kumari Kandam.

         More details about KK (Kumari Kandam), it's myth stories and truths will be discussed parallelly with respect to Earth's Geography, Literature, Cities of KK, Mountains, Rivers, Yuga cycle, Notable Kings and occasions, Puranas and historic symbols. 

By Geography,

Myth Story 1:    Many researchers and scholars says that Kumari Kandam is a huge land mass connecting Madagascar, South India and Australia. (Like represented in the picture below)

          No ! Kumari Kandam was not connected to Madagascar and Australia. It was connected only to to South India, to be precise, it was a part of Greater India as a single piece of land. 

Truth:  Short history rewind over here. About 100 million years ago, Eastern part of Gondwana, a super continent comprising Madagascar, Australia, India and Antartica started to break up due to the flood basalt of Karoo and Ferrar Large Igneous provinces. Madagascar got separated from Gondwana and joined Indo - Australian Plate.  Indo- Australian plate has started moving towards North - West direction from Australia and Antartica. Then first ocean floor was formed between India and Antartica (Picture below). 

While migrating towards north, Madagascar and Mascarene plateau stretching from Seychelles to Reunion broke off from India, due to the Eruption of Reunion Volcanic hotspot which occurred 65 million years ago. India - Madagascar- Seychelles separation coincides with the Deccan Traps of India. Huge eruption of Reunion Volcanic hot spot has laid down the Deccan Traps in India, it created a vast basalt lava bed and opened a rift which separated Seychelles and Madagascar from India. The basalt deposit on Seychelles are from Deccan traps eruption. 

  Then then Indian tectonic plate started moving towards North East direction, crossed Equator and joined with Eurasia plate. Even today, Indian plate is moving in north east direction with the speed of 1.4 inches per year, Eurasian plate is also moving towards north east (0.79 inches per year), relatively slower than the Indian plate. So in future, this may cause Eurasian plate to deform and Indian plate to compress at the rate of 0.6 inches per year. 

         About 3 million years ago, Indian plate and Australian plate got separated by Capricorn Plate and now it diffuse it's boundaries. 

      Coming back to this post, these continental drift of the Earth are disproving the myth that Kumari kandam was connected to Madagascar and Australia. Also, life in Earth began only few million years before, so human civilization before Gondwana break up is impossible. Hence, Kumari Kandam can't be adjoining Madagascar to the West and Australia to the east. 

 Kumari Kandam was the place where the first literature and languages were born, about a million years ago. A million years ago ??? Yes, humans were evolved about 3 million years ago and there were many human remains found in Asia which dated back to 1.5 million years ago. Ancient early Tamil language was spoken by the humans in all over the world. Many countries, their cities and nature names reflects its tamil meaning. 
       Early Pandyas who ruled Kumari Kandam can be dated back to the beginning of Satya Yuga. Satya Yuga ???

-- More Details and truths about KK in Part 2

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan