Cults Mentioned in the Book Thirumantram

Abstract

A variety of devotional literature has emerged in Tamil literature. Among them, the Thirumantram book composed by Thirumoolar is the tenth of the twelve Thirumurai. Thirumoolar is considered as one of the most important of the eighteen Siddhars and he is a pioneer in Siddha literature. Thirumoolar was the first person to expound the Yoga Norm in Tamil. Yoga means to bind together or to bring together. He explained about a simple way of realizing God through the Yoganorm, by uniting and controlling the senses. Thirumantram is an excellent book that has both devotional and physical practice and it also explains various methods that can be followed in life to lead an easy life. In this book the worship of Shiva has been mentioned primarily. But there are many forms of divine worship associated with it that is the realization of God, goddess of the world, there is no power without Shiva, shakti worship, image of goddess Rajeshwari, worship and the benefits we get from worshiping goddess Rajeshwari with devotion, Vairava chakra worship - benefits, Bhuvanapati chakra worship, external worship, internal worship, body worship that highlights the idea that our body is a temple, life is a temple, sound-light worship and so on. This article is an brief explanation about all these worship.