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Sri SriSeetharama Swami is under the esteemed endeavor to convene18 mahasiddars to add marvel to the saranagathikshetram of Amruthapuri.
In the act of making the place as sarva samaya sanmarga samudaya koodam, 18 Maha Siddhargal prathishtai- consecration is in progress in the venue.
We invite devotees to be part of the ‘sat-karyam‘ and seek blessings of the Siddhars, who are most powerful omnipresent beings, surpassing any limits of time and space.
According to Our Swamiji, siddhars can even ordain the Lords including the Mumoorthis, who are obedient to them.

Brief about Mystic Saints

Siddhars (Tamil: சித்தர்) are saints in India, mostly of the Saivaite denomination in Tamil Nadu, who professed and practised an unorthodox type of Sadhana, or spiritual practice, to attain liberation. Yogic powers called Siddhis are acquired by constant practice of certain yogic disciplines. Those who acquire these Siddhis are called Siddhas. These sidhars can be compared to Mystics of the western civilization. Siddhars are people who are believed to control and transcend the barriers of time and space by meditation (Yoga), after the use of substances called Rasayanas that transform the body to make it potentially deathless, and a particular breathing-practice, a type of Pranayama. Through their practices they are believed to have reached stages of insight which enabled them to tune into the powers hidden in various material substances and practices, useful for suffering and ignorant mankind. Typically Siddhars were saints, doctors, alchemists and mysticists all at once. They wrote their findings, in the form of poems in Tamil language, on palm leaves which are collected and stored in what are known today as Palm leaf manuscript, today still owned by private families in Tamil Nadu and handed down through the generations, as well as public institutions such as Universities all over the world (India, Germany, Great Britain, U.S.A.).
In this way Siddhars developed, among other branches of a vast knowledge-system, what is now known as Siddha medicine, practised mainly in Tamil Nadu as Traditional native medicine. A rustic form of healing that is similar to Siddha medicine has since been practised by experienced elderly in the villages of Tamil Nadu. (This has been misunderstood as Paatti Vaitthiyam, Naattumarunthu and Mooligaimarutthuvam.

The Powers of Siddhars:

Mystics they can perform

Mahima (illimitability) -- Power of becoming mighty and co-extensive with the universe. The power of increasing one's size without limit.
Lagima (lightness) -- Capacity to be quite light though big in size.
Garima (weight) -- Capacity to weigh heavy, though seemingly small size.
Prapthi (fulfillment of desires) -- Capacity to enter all the worlds from Brahma Loga to the neither world. It is the power of attaining everything desired.
Prakasysm (irresistible will) -- Power of disembodying and entering into other bodies (metempsychosis) and going to heaven and enjoying what everyone aspires for, simply from where he stays.
Isithavam (supremacy) -- Have the creative power of God and control over the Sun, the moon and the elements
Vasithavam (dominion over the elements) -- Power of control over King and Gods. The power of changing the course of nature and assuming any form.

These eight are the Great Siddhis(Ashtama siddhis), or Great Perfections.

18 Prominent Siddhars
Siddhargal are n in number, even today, in disguise. But anciently about 18 of them were listed as prominent on some basis. They are;

Details tabled hereunder, are just excerpts from various sources. But actually we cannot limit the siddhars by any of the attributes. May it be time period, place of dwelling /Samadhi or their contributions.

Sri Agasthiyar

Name	Place of Samathi	Life Duration	Guru	Disciples	Contributions
Agasthiyar	Anandasayana	4-Yugas, 48 Days	Shiva	Bogar, Babaji, Thiruvalluvar, Machamuni	Medicine, Kayakalpa, Tamil Grammar, Yoga

Sri Agasthiyar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas who have initiated many siddhas including kriya guru Babaji. He was initiated directly by Lord Shiva himself and his works include medicine, kaya kalpa, Tamil grammar and yoga. Some of his disciples are Boganathar, Babaji, Thiruvalluvar, Macchamuni. He has attained samadhi at Ananthasayana.