Hello Brothers and sisters.I hope you look into my previous post titled “Dieties Of Hindu System Of Magic” as this is more of a continuation from the previous post and you will need to read it to understand this post clearly.Dont worry its not too long.Hahaz..
Originally there was another eldest muni of the muneeswaras(either called kilathu[old]muni or nartha muni)and had the appearance of an old man when he comes.He had the most duties to do of all the muneeswaras but with him getting older and older by the millenia there was a need for another Ayya to take over these duties.
Lord Shiva thus created Sri Raja Muneeswara to take over most of the more cumbersome(stressful) duties.So though Kilatu muni is the oldest in appearance
,Raja Muneeswarar is recognized as the eldest of all the Muneeswaras because of his position(pathavi)and is fondly known as(Shivanuku aduthathu)or"the one after Shiva".
Raja Muni is vegetarian in nature and so no meat offering is supposed to be offered
to him.He comes and goes between Heaven and Earth and so is not just a Bulogavaasi(earth dweller).He reports directly To Lord Shiva and has also much respect to our Devi Durga(there is a theory that munis n female shaktis like kali cannot get along due to their different ways of handling things;while that seems to be true to the lesser Devis(like some jungle dwelling and tree dwelling shaktis and also Kateri),Most munis usually have utmost respect for Goddess Durga.
Rajamuni has got mainly 3 different looks,one is the one in the picture,secondly when he is doing his Kaaval Deivam
job(hunting)both his hair n moustache is black n he has a mundasu(headwear)with the knot to the side.His True splendid form when he was created and the form that he takes on Big occasions is where both his hair and moustache is gold coming with his spectacular white horse and white dog(which is sort of like lightning in a Dogs shape).
One little fact most do not know about Rajamuni is that just like Lord
Shiva has many Poothangal(djinns and earth spirits) amongst many other things serving him,Rajamuni also has some semi divine creatures serving him called Yakshas(male) and Yakshinis(female).These are fairy like creatures who
take hold of the "things" that he catches.Many long time Rajamuni devotees have had yakshinis(they have the form of a very EXTREMELY beautiful female,sumtimes with abit of fangs) appear in their dreams
and are confused by it and may think its a female ghost or something,do not be alarmed.They do come to test our resolve and they have wants and needs just like humans.Just dont let their beauty sway you even if its a dream cause it will be hard to turn away after that.
My own picture of Shri Rajamuneeswaran
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