Gods , ancient sages and marriage

 Gods  , ancient sages   and marriage

 

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

   All the gods  of india   are married

 

Lord  Ganesa  appears  with his wives(sidhi and Budhi) in many temples

Lord Ayyappa in many places in Tamil nadu is married to his wives  Poornaand Pushkala

Lord Karthikeya  of North has  two wives  in south

And even  Lord Hanuman is believed  to have a wife   called  Suvarchala

 

All the ancient sages   except   a few   are married

 

Saint Sanaka, sanathkumara  , Parasurama and Narada  are  the famous  unmarried sages

To my knowledge   all the ancient sages  including saptha  rishis  are married

It seems  Sage Sukha  son of Veda  vyasa did not want  to marry but  Veda vyasa  sent him to king Janaka

Who advised   and made  him marry

 

Possibly  Large  number  of never married  sages  started  appearing  in India  perhaps  after  Adhi Sankara.Even in his case   there is a story that  wife  of mandana mishra , asked him questions  on marred life and he entered the body of dead king and learnt  what marriage is

 

Many of the sri vaishnavite  sages    were married and few  of madhwa  saints also

 

This shows   the importance a Hindu attached to  married life