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| honorific_prefix = [[Isai Perarignar]]<br />
| name = Kirubanandha Variyar<br />
| image = Kirupanandha Variyar 2006 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| caption = Kirupanandha Variyar on a 2006 stamp of India<br />
| other_names = Variyar Swamigal, 64th nayanmar<br />
| parents = Father : Mallayadasan<br>Mother : Kanagavalli<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|8|25}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kangeyanallur]],<br/>[[North Arcot|North Arcot District]],<br/>[[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Vellore district]],<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|11|07|1906|8|25}}<br />
| death_place = [[Airspace]] between<br/>[[Tirupati]], [[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Tiruttani]], [[Tamil Nadu]], '''India'''<br />
}}<br />
{{Kaumaram}}<br />
[[File:REMEMBERING CEREMONY OFKirupanandha Variyar at vellore.JPG|thumb|7 November 2015 function vellore]]<br />
'''Thirumuruga Kirupanandha Variyar''' (1906–1993) was a [[Shaivism|Shaivite]] spiritual teacher from [[Tamil Nadu]], India. He is known for his discourses on various Shaivite legends. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
[[File:Kirupanandha Variyar Swamy statue.JPG|thumb|Kirupanandha Variyar Swamy statue at Kangeyanalore Temple]]<br />
He was born at 4:37 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=7 November 2016 |title=இவரும் ஒரு நாயன்மாரே! - கிருபானந்த வாரியார் நினைவு தினப் பகிர்வு ! |url=https://www.vikatan.com/spiritual/temples/71570-sri-kirupanandha-variyar---memorial-day-special- |access-date=2019-07-30 |website=Vikatan |language=ta}}</ref> on 25 August 1906, in a Mudaliar [[Sengunthar]] family at [[Kangeyanallur]], a hamlet on the bank of the [[Palar River|Palar river]], near [[Katpadi]] in present-day [[Vellore district]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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== Spiritual work ==<br />
He was a [[Kartikeya|Murugan]] devotee who helped rebuild and complete the works on many of the temples across Tamil Nadu. <br />
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At the time when the atheist movement swept Tamil Nadu, he sought to re-establish [[Hinduism]] and Theism in the State.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kripananda Variar |url=https://murugan.org/bhaktas/variar.htm |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=murugan.org}}</ref> He has also scripted a movie, ''[[Sivakavi|Siva Kavi]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He used all possible mediums to spread Hinduism. He did not consider one as inferior and another as superior.{{cn|date=July 2020}} In his [[Detroit]] discourse on Murugan's kindness, he proposed that women's name should also be added as an initial to the child's name.<ref>{{Citation |title=Part-1 - கிருபானந்த வாரியார் - டெட்ராய்ட் - 1986 - Detroit - Kripananda Variyar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUNMi5syq2o |access-date=2019-07-30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/XUNMi5syq2o |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He insisted on discipline being as important to devotion saying one without the other would be fruitless.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2017 |title=வாழ்க்கைத் தரம் உயர்த்தும் கிருபானந்த வாரியாரின் பொன்மொழிகள்..! #InspirationalQuotes |url=https://www.vikatan.com/spiritual/temples/80301-golden-words-of-kirupanandha-variyar |access-date=2019-07-30 |website=Vikatan |language=ta}}</ref> <br />
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He is considered to be 64th [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] (Shaivite saint).<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Variyar Swamigal received the award [[Isai Perarignar]] in 1967,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamilisaisangam.in/virudhukal.html|title=Welcome to Tamil Isai Sangam – Virudhugal|website=www.tamilisaisangam.in|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-date=12 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212161602/http://www.tamilisaisangam.in/virudhukal.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> given to [[Music of Tamil Nadu|Tamil musicians]] every year by the [[Tamil Isai Sangam]].<br />
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== Death ==<br />
On 19 October 1993, Variyar flew to London for a series of spiritual lectures. Later, he fell ill and so flew back to India, arriving in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]), [[Maharashtra]] on the early morning of 7 November. From there, he took a homeward flight for [[Chennai|Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]), Tamil Nadu. Near the end of this journey, he asked an accompanying devotee "Have we crossed [over] [[Tirupati]]?". When the devotee confirmed it, Variyar asked "It is [[Tiruttani]] next, right?". Shortly after this conversation, Variyar died, chanting Murugan's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/spiritual/news/special-day-article-about-kirupanandha-variyar-swami|title=''எனக்கு 'சொல்லின் செல்வர்' பட்டம் ஏன்?'' கிருபானந்த வாரியார் கலகல! - நினைவுநாள் சிறப்புப் பதிவு|date=7 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Viaktakavi |title=வாரியாரும்... வாரி வழங்கிய நகைச்சுவைகளும்!! - ஆரூர் சுந்தரசேகர். |url=https://www.vikatakavi.in/magazines/183/6450/Variyar-nagaichuvaiaroorsundarashekar.php |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.vikatakavi.in |language=en}}</ref> He was aged 87 then. After the plane arrived in [[Chennai International Airport|Madras Airport]], his body was taken to Kangeyanallur and cremated there. <br />
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== Memorial ==<br />
In 2000, a memorial to Variyar, named ''Variyar Swamigal Gnana Thiruvalagam'', was established in the village by [[P. Rajagopal (businessman)|P. Rajagopal]] (1947-2019), the founder of the [[Saravana Bhavan]] chain of restaurants based in Chennai. <br />
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