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In the [[Siddhar]] tradition of [[Tamil Nadu]], Korakkar is one of the 18 esteemed [[Siddhar]]s of yore, and is better known as [[Gorakhnath]] in North India.<ref name="R. N. Hema">{{cite thesis |author= R. N. Hema |date= December 2019 |title= Biography of the 18 Siddhars |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338534110 |publisher= National Institute of Siddha}}</ref> [[Siddhar]] [[Agastya]] and [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar|Bhogar]] were his [[guru]]s. There is a temple in Vadukku Poigainallur, [[Nagapattinam]], Tamil Nadu which specifically houses his [[Jiva|Jeeva]] [[Samadhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=18 Siddhars |url=https://soonyata.home.xs4all.nl/18siddhars.htm |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=www.satsang-darshan.com |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512081309/https://soonyata.home.xs4all.nl/18siddhars.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to one account, he spent much of his youth in the [[Velliangiri Mountains]], [[Coimbatore]].<br />
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There are various other shrines in respect of '''Korakkar'''; located in [[Perur]], [[Thiruchendur]] and [[Trincomalee]], to name a few. '''Korakkar''' Caves are found in both [[Sathuragiri Hills|Sathuragiri]] and the [[Kolli Hills]], where he is noted to have practiced his sadhana. Like his colleagues, the 18 [[Siddhar]]s, '''Korakkar''' also penned much cryptic [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poetry pertaining to Medicine, Philosophy and Alchemy. He was one of the first to use [[Cannabis]] in his medicinal preparations for certain ailments, and as such the plant has another less well known name, Korakkar Mooligai (Korakkar's Herb).<ref name="R. N. Hema"/><ref name="white">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|title=The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India |last=White |first=David Gordon |year=2007 |orig-date=1996 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-22614-934-9 |page=111}}</ref><br />
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His works include ''Korakkar Malai Vagatam'' (''Korakkar's Mountain Medicines''),<ref name="white"/> ''Malai Vaakadam'', ''Korakkar Vaippu'', ''Kaalamegam'', ''Marali Varadham'', ''Nilaiyodukam'', and ''Chandhira Regai Nool''.<br />
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In his book, the Chandhira Regai Nool, '''Korakkar''' has written down, in the form of poetry, his predictions of the future. He made a prediction, in which [[Siddhar]] [[Bogar|Bhogar]] will take a further human birth, when the people of this world lose their faith in the supreme consciousness.<br />
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