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(Redirected from Nayanmar) The Nayanars or Nayanmars (Tamil: ) were devotional saint poets of Shiva in Tamil Nadu who were active between the fifth and tenth centuries CE. The Tamil haiva (related to Shiva) hagiography Periya Puranam (a volume of the Tirumurai written during the 13th century CE) narrates the history of each of sixty-three Nayanars and the history of nine Thokai Adiyars. Sundarar's eighth-century work Thiruthodar thogai lists 60 Shaiva saints[1] but gives none of the legends associated with The four member team collectively called the them. In the 10th century CE Nambiyandar Nambi Nalvars: (from left) Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, composed the Tirutoar Antdi, a sequence of interManikkavacakar. locking verses whose title can be rendered as the Necklace of Verses on the Lord's Servants. In this work, Nambi adds Sundarar and his parents to the sequence, creating what is now the canonical list of sixty-three saints, each with a brief 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 are sometimes 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 on the continent.

Contents
1 The sixty-three Nayanmars 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links 5 References

The sixty-three Nayanmars

1. 2. 3. 4. Adipaththar Fisherman caste Aiyadigal Kadavarkon Nayanar, Pallava King Aiyadigal Perumaanaar Amaraneedi Nayanar Vellala caste Anaya Nayanar Shepard caste
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5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46.

Atputhi Adigal Pallava Kshatriya caste Arivattaya Nayanar Vellala caste Chandeshvara Nayanar Brahman caste Cheraman Perumal Kazharirtrarivaar, Chera King, also called as Kootruva Nayanar Kshatriya caste Dandi Adigal Nayanar Brahman caste, and born blind Enathinathar Nadar Sudra caste Eripaththa Nayanar Eyarkon Kalikkaama Nayanar Gananatha Nayanar Idankazhi Nayanar Irukku Velirs (Yadava) royalty Ilayankudi Maranar Maravar Kshatriya caste Isaignaniyaar a Brahman woman, and Mother of Chandeshvara Nayanar Iyarpagaiar Vaishya caste The 63 Nayanmars in a Shiva temple Kari Nayanar Kalikkamba Nayanar Vaishya caste Kaliya Nayanar Sekkar (Oil-monger) Sudra caste Kanampulla Nayanar Kannappa Nayanar Hunter tribal Karaikkal Ammaiyar a Vaishya woman Kazharchinga Nayanar Kaadavar royalty of the Vanniyar caste Kochengat Chola, A Chola King Kotpuliyar Nayanar Vellala caste Kulachchirai Nayanar Brahman mister to the Pandya king Ninra Sir Nedumara Nayanar Kungiliyak Kalaya Nayanar Brahman temple priest Manakkanychaara Nayanar Vellala caste Mangayarkkarasiyar, a Chola Princess, the Queen of the Pandya king Ninra Seer Nedumaara Nayanar Meiporul Nayanar Cheti Nadu King Manikkavacakar - Maruthuvar(Navithar) caste Munayaduvaar Nayanar Kshatriya caste, and Mercinary soldier Murkha Nayanar Kannappa Nayanar Murti Nayanar Vaishya caste Muruga Nayanar Brahman temple priest Nami Nandi Adigal Brahman caste Nandanar Thirunalai Povar Nayanar, (popularly known as Nandanar) Pulayar caste Narasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar Nesa Nayanar Ninra Seer Nedumaara Nayanar Pandya king, and former Jain Perumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar Pugal Cholar, Chola Monarch Pugazh Thunai Nayanar A Brahmin army-commander of the Chola dynasty Pusalar Brahman caste Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar Brahmin caste
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47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63.

Saakkiya nayanar Vellala caste, and former Buddhist Sadaiya Nayanar Brahman caste, and father of Sundara Nayanar Sambandar (Tirugnaana Sambandar) Brahman caste Saththi Nayanar Vellala caste Seruthtunai Nayanar King Sirappuli Nayanar Brahman caste Siruthondar Somaachi Maara Nayanar Sundarar Tiru Kurippu Thonda Nayanar Vannar (Washerman) caste Thiruneelakandar Kulalar (Potter) caste Tirumoolar Idaiyar or Shepard caste Tirunavukkarasar, popularly known as Appar, Vellala Tiruneela Nakkar Brahman caste Tirunilakanda Yaazpaanar Pana Dalit caste Vaayilaar Vellala caste Viranminda nayanar Vellala caste

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

See also
Manikkavacakar Nandanar Tamil mythology List of Shudra Hindu saints List 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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