Bhogar

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Dear All,

Bhogar was a South Indian by birth, belonging to the caste

of goldsmiths, who became a siddhapurusha under the guidance of

Kalanginaathar. In Bogar's Saptakanda he reveals details of various

medicinal preparations to his disciple Pullippani (so named as he is

believed to have wandered in the forests atop a puli or tiger) and

at every stage he quotes his guru as the authority. Also Pulippani

must have been a young man then, as he is often referred to as a

balaka.

 

It is said that as per the last wishes of his guru, Bhogar proceeded

to China to spread the knowledge of siddha sciences and strangely

enough his journey is said to have been made with the aid of an

aircraft; he demonstrated to the Chinese the details of the

construction of the aircraft and later built for them a sea-going

craft using a steam engine. The details of these and other experi-

ments demonstrated by Bhogar in China are clearly documented in the

Saptakanda.

 

Bogar's guru, Kâlângi Nâthar, is believed to be a Chinese who

attained siddhi in South India and thus became included among the

Eighteen Siddhars.

 

Lao Tse - the founder of Taoism (5th century B.C.) was the first

Chinese to propound the theory of duality of matter -- the male Yang

and female Yin -- which conforms to the Siddha concept of Shiva -

Shakti or positive-negative forces. This very same concept was first

revealed by the adi-siddhar Agasthya Rishi, whose period is as old

as the Vedas, which have been conservatively dated at 3500 B.C. Also

alchemy as a science was practised in China only after B.C. 135 and

was practiced as an art until B.C. 175 when a royal decree was

enacted banning alchemical preparation of precious metals by the

Celestial Empire; these details are recounted in the two existing

Chinese books of alchemy Shih Chi and Treatise of Elixir Refined in

Nine Couldrons, both dated to the first century B.C.

 

The emergence of Lao Tse with his theory of duality of matter and

the journey of Bhogar to China seem to have taken place about the

same time and it is even possible that Bhogar himself went under the

name of Lao Tse in China, like another Siddharishi Sriramadevar, who

was known as Yacob in Arabia.

 

This seems likely considering that:

 

before Lao Tse the concept of duality of matter finds no mention in

any Chinese treatise;

alchemy as a science emerged only after B.C. 135, i.e. four

centuries after Lao Tse;

there was a sudden spurt of alchemical practice aher the emergency

of Lao Tse; and

the duality of matter and alchemy have been mentioned in South

Indian scriptures that antidate Lao Tse by centuries.

The shrine at the top of the hill, though later than the Tiru

Avinankudi temple, has overshadowed the older temple in the present

century due to its popular appeal. Created by Bhogar, it was

maintained after him by sage Pulippani and his descendants almost as

their personal and private temple.

 

During the time of Tirumalai Nayak, his general Ramappayyan handed

over the puja rights to newly brought Brahmin priests. The

descendants of Pulippani were compensated for the loss of this right

by being given:

 

Certain duties of superintendence

Right to some annual presents

Right to shoot off, at the Dasara Festival, the arrow which

symbolises Subramanya's victory over asuras.

Right to be buried at the foot of the steps leading to the hill, if

some of them so chose.

 

 

Yours yogically,

Dattu