Pattinathar

Saint Paṭṭiṉattār Tamil: பட்டினத்தார் was a Saivaite and a Spiritual leader. He was born to Sivanesa and Gnanakalai. His father was a trader in Thiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur district. His birth name was Swethaaranyar after an epithet of Lord Siva of Swethaaranyeswarar Temple. He was also called as Thiruvengadar by the people. When he was five years old, he lost his father. Like his father he spent money on Lord Shiva's devotees, and fed them daily. He was a trader and had enough wealth. At sixteen years, he was married to Sivakalai, daughter of another trader by the name of Sivasithamparam Chettiyar and his wife Sivakaamy. Even after fifteen years of marriage they had no children. Meantime there was a very poor Saivaite by the name of Sivasarumar who spent all his wealth in feeding the Lord Shiva's devotees. When all his wealth was spent he sold his wife's nuptial chain (Thaali) and fed the devotees of Lord Shiva. Once in his dream, Lord Shiva appeared and told him, he would find him (Shiva) as a baby at a certain spot. "Hand over the baby boy to Thiruvengadar. He would give you gold equal to the weight of the baby. The Saivaite devotees found the baby and took him to Pattinatthar. He adopted the child and gave the couple, gold and more wealth."

The divine child grew up and followed in his father's footsteps. Once the father sent him on a ship with a good lot of merchandise and when he came he just brought back sacks full of paddy husks. The father was angry and locked him up in a room and after going to the harbor, threw the husks out. He was surprised to see they were all gold; every dried piece of the husk turned out to be gold dust and also had precious gems in the sack. He hurried home to see his son. He was not in the locked room. His wife gave him a small box the son had given before he disappeared. In it was a palm-leaf manuscript and a needle without an eyelet. On the script were the following words (in English for understanding):

"Not even an eyeless needle will accompany you in the final journey of life."

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