Editing Siddhar (section)

{{Short description|Tamil wonder-worker and sage}}
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[[File:AgasthiyarG.jpg|thumbnail|[[Agastya]], the first Siddhar]]
[[File:Pambatti siddhar sannidhi.jpg|thumb|[[Pambatti Siddhar]] Sannidhi at [[Marudamalai]] Temple]]

The '''Siddhar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]<!--சித்தர் hidden per WP:INDICSCRIPT--> <small>(romanized)</small> ''cittar)''<ref>{{cite book |title=Tamil Lexicon |publisher=[[University of Madras]] |pages=1410 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?page=1410}}</ref> in [[Tamils|Tamil]] tradition is a perfected individual who has attained spiritual powers called ''[[siddhi]]''.

Historically, Siddhar also refers to the people who were early-age wandering adepts that dominated ancient Tamil teaching and philosophy. They were knowledgeable in science, technology, astronomy, literature, fine arts, music, drama, and dance and provided solutions to common people's illnesses and advice for their future.<ref>{{cite book|title=Meditation Revolution: A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage|year=2000|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120816480}}</ref> Some of their ideologies are considered to have originated during the [[First Sangam]] period.<ref>{{cite book|last=S. Cunjithapatham|first=M. Arunachalam|title=Musical tradition of Tamilnadu|year=1989|publisher=International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilizations|pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Indian history, Volume 38|year=1960|publisher=Dept. of History, University of Kerala}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Weiss|first=Richard|title=Recipes for Immortality : Healing, Religion, and Community in South India: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199715008|page=80}}</ref>