Korakkar Siddhar (தமிழ்: கோரக்கர்) (Devanagari: गोरख्खर्) is one of the 18
Siddhars, the celebrated
yogis of South Indian Hinduism.
Also known as Goraknath amongst the
Navnath yogis, Korakkar wrote verse texts on medicine, philosophy and alchemy. Agathiar and
Bogar were his
guru
s. Agathiyar is said to have given Korakkar is the duty of safeguarding
the secrets of alchemy: the student of alchemy must worship Korakkar
and seek his grace to excel in the field.
His Jeeva temple is in Vadukupoigainallur of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. Other sanctums related with Korakkar are
Perur,
Thiruchendur, korandy (kanyakumari district)
and Triconamalli. Korakkar caves are found in Chaturagiri and
Kollihills.
There is a legend about korrakkar sidhar in south india,
kanyakumari district, susendram taluk, akkarai village.
It was the legend passed on to generations of a groups of people with caste
"Yogeeswarar", that korrakkar sidhar is their guru.
Long long back korrakkar sidhar came to this akkarai village and
stayed with these people called yogeeswarar as their guru. When
korrakkar sidhar wished to leave them, the sad group followed him for
some miles till korrakkar sidhar entered a small lord shiva temple for
meditation at
a village called korrandy. The long awaiting group in
front of the temple finally decided to check for korrakkar sidhar inside
the temple and they all were surprised on not finding him there.
They believed that this is the samadhi of korrakkar temple and still
conducting workships. Though now the temple is in bad shape all believe
that the tamilnadu government will renew the temple.