The old leaders of Brahaminism were much clever and from old it had been their practice to absorb and assimilate. When Aryans first came to India, they assimilated much of Dravidian Culture and Customs, and all THROUG THEIR HISTORY THEY HAVE CONSIOUSLY OR UNCONCIOUSLY ACTED THIS WAY.
Pandit Jawarlal Nehuru: Glimpses of World History
This writer is giving only random historical facts to resurect the glory of Greatest Yogi who gave Siva Tantra Yogam .This yogi who
Some one wrote in leading News Paper, a title , carrying , Dravida Vaisnavism; another person in Weekly Magazine, wrote Buddhist Vaishnavism.Therefore readers should not be aggrrived or angered, if some one writes Dravida Saivaism. The subject taken here for a short write-up is Saivaism. To emphasis , from the beginning of time ,for Tamils there only Guru was Adi-Natha ( Lord Siva) not Adi-Sankara .Even today in Northen India the regular particiants of KumbaMela the naked sadhus call him as Adi-Natha ;apart from this,all Tamil Nayanmars and Adhinams linked to the Adi-Natha and all Tamil Siddhas from the time of Adi-Natha to this day for all Savaites Lord Siva(Adi-Natha) is Adi-Guru.
In Tamil Nadu, in olden days, whomsoever it be they will attest their religion in their property documents or in a matrimonial alliance.This writer is in possesion of such document, where the buyer mentions that he belongs to Siva Matham( Siva Religion ) and the seller belongs Vaishnava Matham ( vaishnav Religion ). The history - culture - language - spiritual life (not religion) was - is based on the Saivaism from the beggining of tamils history. The same is applied, to the entire Indian Sub-continent ; which is a historical fact. For this reason one Tamil Saivaite versed " The lord of south i praise thee ; The lord of all nations i praise thee. Before him ther was no spiirtual guru for us; after him no one will be a guru for us.
This write-up is about a spiritual cult SIVA TANTRA YOGA founded by a ancient man . The ancients - mediveals - north indian sadhus - tamil siddhas - saint nayanmars named him as ADI-NATHA ..To common man he is known as lord SIVA . HE was niether a AVATHAR nor GOD VISHNU OF VAISHNAV HINDU RELIGION . He was none of the Vaishnav hindu gods Indira - Vishnu - Rama - and - Krishna . His cult was existence philosphy of free to to explore expierieance to get enlightenment on the relation each idividual and cosmos ; it should not be equated a religion . Because . his cannons are contracdictory to the cannons of religions ; his personality -precepts - practice his way of living such as ingesting liquor - smoking - non veg items coupulating in the midst of sabha ( ref : devi baghavatham ) was totaly repugnant to puritanical religion .Because religion stands in the heavenly abode of gods ; AdiNathas ( sivas ) cult stands on the earthly abode of humans .So . whatever he preached , practiced was in lieu of understanding the natural law of cosmic energy (shakthi ) in intelligence of woman and man in continnum with MACRO COSMIC ENERGY -CUM- INTELLIGENCE OF INFINITE .Since infinite is infinite - nobody can understand infinite ; only infinite can understand infinite . Likewise every individual is a micro fragmant of unit - that individual alone can understand himself / herself .The core principal - preaching - practice of AdiNatha is based on this concept . .It is a science The self centerd - ill natured people for their benifite converted into religion .
More than ninety nine percent of the population of are publiic are ignorant of histoy ;they are not aware of the historical facts of ancient india ; solely because a custom was made to rely on the scriptures , written by high caste people .This was written by alien people to protect them and to stabilize -superiority over indegenous natives . Adi-natha being a native and resister to the invaders they had contempt towards him . After his dissapperance the details of him was destroyed core principals were distorted . Despite of this dis advantges , sufficient archological evidence his available to prove , that such person trodded the length and breath of this sub-continant Since he was a human it is appropriate to say he might have died or attained jeeva samadhi . After his disappearance false history and mythological stories were given to the ignorant - people . Since it was given by higher people - let it be in the past or in the present - common man or woman have implisite faith in their version. This same trend is followed even now , by few print and electronic medias .
At later period, cardinal precepts and -practice (sadhana) were removed by certain sect ; was modified and fsf annexed in the hindu religion by clever people ; they included lord siva and gave him lesser imporant place , when compared to the pantheon of hindu gods , indira - vishnu - rama and krishna
.The principles of siva tantra was presented as a obnoxious precept - practice ; the base and face of siva tantra yoga was changed ;after elevating the siva to the god status; mythical stories were spun ; it became so difficult to distinguish facts from fictions . From then on wards lord siva and saivaism lost its distinct uniqness; from the day of annexure in the fold of hindu religion ..
Who was this ADI -NATHA i.e LORD SIVA The antecedant of Adi -Natha was not known to the indegenus -native people of this land ; they never troubled themselves to locate from which part of the land did he come .To avoid this trouble they simplified by saying from the beginning of time (ADI) .he was living . They realized that he was not a ordinary man .They have witnessed him performing eight kind of occult siddhis (miracles) ; they followed him to become like him .Even to-day there is a lasting desire to the most of the siva followers .
