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The four member team collectively called the

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The Nayanars or Nayanmars (Tamil: நாய�மா�க�)were devotional saint poets of Shiva in Tamil Nadu who wereactive between the fifth and tenth centuries CE. The TamilŚhaiva (related to Shiva) hagiography Periya Puranam (avolume of the Tirumurai written during the 13th century CE)narrates the history of each of sixty-three Nayanars and thehistory of nine Thokai Adiyars.

Sundarar's eighth-century work Thiruthoṇdar thogai lists 60

Shaiva saints[1] but gives none of the legends associated withthem. In the 10th century CE Nambiyandar Nambicomposed the Tirutoṇṭar Antādi, a sequence of inter-locking verses whose title can be rendered as the Necklaceof Verses on the Lord's Servants. In this work, Nambi addsSundarar and his parents to the sequence, creating what is now the canonical list of sixty-three saints, each with abrief sketch of his legend.

Nayanars were from varied backgrounds. They ranged from kings and soldiers to Dalits. The foremost Nayanars

are Appar, Sundarar and Sambandar[citation needed]. Together with the twelve Vaishnava Alvars, the Nayanars aresometimes considered South India's 75 Apostles of Bhakti because of their importance to the rise of the Hindu

Bhakti movement[citation needed].

They praised 275 of this deity's most holy temple abodes as the Paadal Petra Sthalams of the Shiva Sthalams onthe continent.

Contents

1 The sixty-three Nayanmars

2 See also

3 Notes

4 External links

5 References

The sixty-three Nayanmars

1. Adipaththar – Fisherman caste

2. Aiyadigal Kadavarkon Nayanar, Pallava King Aiyadigal Perumaanaar

3. Amaraneedi Nayanar – Vellala caste

4. Anaya Nayanar – Shepard caste

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The 63 Nayanmars in a Shiva temple

Kannappa Nayanar

5. Atputhi Adigal – Pallava Kshatriya caste

6. Arivattaya Nayanar – Vellala caste

7. Chandeshvara Nayanar – Brahman caste

8. Cheraman Perumal Kazharirtrarivaar, Chera King, also called as Kootruva Nayanar – Kshatriya caste

9. Dandi Adigal Nayanar – Brahman caste, and born blind

10. Enathinathar – Nadar Sudra caste11. Eripaththa Nayanar

12. Eyarkon Kalikkaama Nayanar

13. Gananatha Nayanar

14. Idankazhi Nayanar – Irukku Velirs (Yadava) royalty

15. Ilayankudi Maranar – Maravar Kshatriya caste

16. Isaignaniyaar – a Brahman woman, and Mother of Chandeshvara

Nayanar

17. Iyarpagaiar – Vaishya caste

18. Kari Nayanar

19. Kalikkamba Nayanar – Vaishya caste

20. Kaliya Nayanar – Sekkar (Oil-monger) Sudra caste21. Kanampulla Nayanar

22. Kannappa Nayanar – Hunter tribal23. Karaikkal Ammaiyar – a Vaishya woman

24. Kazharchinga Nayanar – Kaadavar royalty of the Vanniyar caste25. Kochengat Chola, A Chola King26. Kotpuliyar Nayanar – Vellala caste

27. Kulachchirai Nayanar – Brahman mister to the Pandya king NinraSir Nedumara Nayanar

28. Kungiliyak Kalaya Nayanar – Brahman temple priest29. Manakkanychaara Nayanar – Vellala caste

30. Mangayarkkarasiyar, a Chola Princess, the Queen of the Pandyaking Ninra Seer Nedumaara Nayanar

31. Meiporul Nayanar – Cheti Nadu King32. Manikkavacakar - Maruthuvar(Navithar) caste

33. Munayaduvaar Nayanar – Kshatriya caste, and Mercinary soldier34. Murkha Nayanar35. Murti Nayanar – Vaishya caste

36. Muruga Nayanar – Brahman temple priest37. Nami Nandi Adigal – Brahman caste

38. Nandanar Thirunalai Povar Nayanar, (popularly known as Nandanar) – Pulayar caste39. Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar

40. Nesa Nayanar41. Ninra Seer Nedumaara Nayanar – Pandya king, and former Jain

42. Perumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar43. Pugal Cholar, Chola Monarch

44. Pugazh Thunai Nayanar – A Brahmin army-commander of the Chola dynasty45. Pusalar – Brahman caste46. Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar – Brahmin caste

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47. Saakkiya nayanar – Vellala caste, and former Buddhist

48. Sadaiya Nayanar – Brahman caste, and father of Sundara Nayanar49. Sambandar (Tirugnaana Sambandar) – Brahman caste

50. Saththi Nayanar – Vellala caste51. Seruthtunai Nayanar – King

52. Sirappuli Nayanar – Brahman caste53. Siruthondar

54. Somaachi Maara Nayanar55. Sundarar

56. Tiru Kurippu Thonda Nayanar – Vannar (Washerman) caste57. Thiruneelakandar – Kulalar (Potter) caste58. Tirumoolar – Idaiyar or Shepard caste

59. Tirunavukkarasar, popularly known as Appar, Vellala60. Tiruneela Nakkar – Brahman caste

61. Tirunilakanda Yaazpaanar – Pana Dalit caste62. Vaayilaar – Vellala caste

63. Viranminda nayanar – Vellala caste

Sakya Bayanar was a former Buddhist and Kutruva Nayanar was a former Jain.

See also

Manikkavacakar

NandanarTamil mythology

List of Shudra Hindu saintsList of Dalit Hindu saints

Notes

1. ^ Dr R. Nagasamy. Siva Bhakthi (http://tamilartsacademy.com/books/siva%20bhakti/chapter02.html). Chapter 2.

External links

Nayanmar temples map (http://www.shaktipeethas.org/travel-guide/topic214.html)

[1] (http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/forum/index.php?topic=2630.0)

[2] (http://nayanmars.netne.net/)

References

Lord Shiva and his Worship (http://www.dlshq.org/download/lordshiva.htm#_VPID_115)

63 Nayanmar Saints. (http://www.dlshq.org/download/Nayanmar.htm)– 63 Nayanmar Stories (http://www.shaivam.org/nalist.html)

Stories Of Nayanars PDF Download – In Tamil

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