Anaya Nayanar, also known as Anaya and Anayar, is a Nayanar saint, venerated in the  Shaivite sect. Anaya is considered to be the 14th of the 63 Nayanars. His playing of the Panchakshara (five-syllable mantra) on his flute so pleased the god, Shiva, that he took Anaya away to the eternal world.  Aanaayar used to tend cows. He used to take the cows for grazing […]