Thursday 30 December 2021
Thursday 23 December 2021
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Monday 30 August 2021
Wednesday 28 July 2021
Thursday 1 July 2021
twenty five heads with seventy-seven eyes and fifty arms.
From Eesaana
- Somaskhandhar
- Natarajar
- Rishabha Roodar
- Kalyana Sundarar
- Chandrashekharar
From Thathpurusham
- Bikshaadanar
- Kaama dhahanar
- Kaala Samharar
- Salandara Vadhar
- Tripuraari
From Ahoaram
- Ghaja Samharar
- Veera Bhathrar
- Dakshinamurthy
- Thiru Neelakantar
- Kraadhar
From Vaamadhevam
- Kanghaalar
- Chakra Dhaanar
- Ghajaari
- Chandesa Anugraha Moorthy
- Eka Paadhar
From Sathyojaatham
- Lingothbhavar
- Sukhaasanar
- Hariyartha Moorthy
- Ardhanaari
- Uma Makeshar
Thursday 24 June 2021
Thursday 27 May 2021
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Thursday 11 March 2021
compiled
The list of the Nayanars was initially compiled by Sundarar (Sundararmurthi). In his poem Tiruthonda Thogai he sings, in eleven verses, the names of the Nayanar saints up to Karaikkal Ammaiyar, and refers to himself as "the servant of servants". The list did not go into the detail of the lives of the saints, which were described in detail in works such as Tevaram.
In the 10th century, king Raja Raja Chola I collected the volumes of Tevaram after hearing excerpts of the hymns in his court. His priest Nambiyandar Nambi began compiling the hymns into a series of volumes called the Tirumurai. He arranged the hymns of three saint poets Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar as the first seven books which he called the Tevaram. He compiled Manikkavasakar's Tirukovayar and Tiruvasakam as the eighth book, the 28 hymns of nine other saints as the ninth book, the Tirumandiram of Tirumular and 40 hymns by 12 other poets as the tenth book.
Friday 26 February 2021
