Bhogar

போகர் or Bogar or Bhogar or Boganathar has been described in varying traditions as a Tamil siddhar who lived sometime between 550 and 300 BCE. Bogar went from Tamil Nadu to China and taught about enlightenment, he mentioned that one of his songs "Bogar 7000, song 6". Bogar is considered as a contemporary of Thirumoolar. Samadhi for Bogar is reported in at least six places in Tamil Nadu,belongs to Vannar Caste.

It is said that Bogar created the image of Murugan at the hill temple in Palani from an alloy of nine metals. He also established the temple for Murugan in Poombarai Kuzhanthai Velappar temple Kodaikanal Tamilnadu, India. There is extant statue of lord Murugan by Navaphasanam . The priests of Palani Murugan temple were said to have been the descendants of Pulipanni, one of Bogar's students, until the sixteenth century.

According to siddha medicine documents, Bogar was the discoverer of an elixir of immortality. The Pharmacognosy is the best known of his treatises. His other works are on yoga and archery, and a glossary of medicine.

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