Kunangudi Masthan Sahib

Kunangudi Masthan Sahib (1792-1838) was a Tamil Qadiriyya Sufi poet and composer. His songs remain popular today, especially in the Gaana music of Chennai. Masthan Sahib was Born at Kunangudi near Thondi in Ramanathapuram district, he was named Sultan Abdul Kadir Sahib at birth his parents Nainar Mohamed Sahib and Fathima bivi were wealthy parents but the son chose to give it all up, seeking the supreme truth. He became a Sufi, taking to the Qadariya order. His love for God he expressed in the form of songs. To him, God was the beloved and in some of the songs, in keeping with the Sufi tradition.Eventually he gave up a worldly life and became an ascetic and mystic, wandering from place to place, living in forests, and eventually settling in Chennai. he was a Grandson of Tamil Poet Minna Noor-ud-din who sing "பொன்னரிய மாலை", Minna Noor-ud-din father Peer Ravuttar and his grandfather Meeran kani Annaviyar (Meeran kani Ravuttar) sing "அரக்கான் மாலைச் சுருக்கம்" and Annaviyar Father Seiku Nainar Ravuttar (kananavirayar - கனகவிராயர்) also a tamil poet , Mastan Sahib family was a Aristocratic Poetic Family. At the Tirupparankunram shrine, Masthan Sahib is said to have experienced as profound mystical awakening while undergoing chilla, a forty-day period of secluded meditation. His major verse collection, the Masthan Saheb Padalgal, deals with the power of this shrine.