Chedirayar is one among the nine devotees who sung the divine Tiruvisaippa, the ninth Tirumurai. His composition is a part of the ninth set in the Tiruvisaippa. This devotee was a king who ruled a small kingdom called Chedi Nadu (which is now in South-Arcot district in Tamil Nadu). This kingdom had Tirukovalur and Kiliyur as its capitals. The king ruled from Kiliyur.
It is said that Chedirayar came in the same lineage as King Narasinga Munaiyarayar, who brought up the great saint Sundara Murthi Nayanar as his own son. From his predecessors Chedirayar inherited devotion for Lord Shiva. He had visited and worshiped at many shrines of the Lord. No other information is available about him. There is only one padikam available which is composed by him in Tiruvisaippa. This is on the Lord of Tillai.
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See Also:
1. திருவிசைப்பா
2. Narachinga Munaiyaraiya Nayanar
3. Sundaramurthi Nayanar