Shri Kumar Naganathan Sivachariar known as Priest Kumar Gurukkal,

hails from Adhi Saiva Parampara (Sundaramoorthy Nayanmar). Priest

Kumar Gurukkal recalls atleast seven generation of Sivachariyar

that served in Sethur Shri Maragathavalli Sandrasekara Swami

which is about 56 miles from temple city, Madurai.The temple is

one of the 108 temples of the Sivagangai Samasthanam trust.

Priest Kumar Gurukkal is inspired by the great saivite Saint

Sundaramoorthy Swamigal. He had specialized study in Agora

Bathathi section of Karana and Kamiya Agamas (Yajur veda) under

his spiritual guru Shri Pitchai Sivachariyar in Shri Karpaga

Vinayaka Vedagama Vidhyalaya located at Pillayarpatti in India.

The vision of Saint Sundarar is what has led him first to Shri

Dharma Muneeswaran Temple in Singapore and then to Shri Murugan

Temple in Washington D.C, USA