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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Nayanars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		While the Nayanars are devotees of Siva, Alvars are devotees of Vishnu.
		Many among Nayanars cleaned the temple premises, made garlands of flowers for the Lord, lighted the temple lamps, planted flower gardens, fed the devotees and performed other humble tasks around the temple.
		The prominent Nayanars who were considered as the foremost among the 63 are Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar also known as Thirugnana Sambanthar, and Manikkavasagar.
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	Shaiva Siddhantins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		However, by the eleventh century Shaiva Siddhanta had become established in Tamilnadu in south India where it remains, along with Shri Vaishnavism, a popular and powerful religious institution, promulgated by the Adi-Shaivas, a caste of temple priests.
		With the move from Kashmir to the south, Shaiva Siddhanta became infused with Tamil popular devotionalism (bhakti), particularly through the songs of the Shaiva poet-saints, the Nayanars, in the seventh century.
		Indeed, along with the Shaiva Tantras, the poetry of the Nayanars was absorbed into the Shaiva canonical literature.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/shasid.html (510 words)

	63 Nayanmars - Sri Swami Sivananda
		Nayanar sold all his property and had to sell even himself in order to be able to serve the devotees of the Lord.
		Eripatha Nayanar was born in Karuvur, one of the main cities of the Chola Kingdom.
		Kungiliya Kalaya Nayanar was born in Tirukadavur in the Chola kingdom.
	www.tamilnation.org /sathyam/east/saivaism/63nayanmars.htm (18382 words)

	Bhakti movement in India
		The Bhakti movement in South India was spearheaded by the sixty-three Nayanars (Shaivite devotees) and the twelve Alvars (Vaishnavaite devotees).
		The twelve Alvars and the sixty-three Nayanars nurtured the incipient bhakti movement in South India under the Pallavas and Pandyas in the fifth to seventh centuries AD.
		It incorporates the teachings of the erstwhile Shaiva nayanars and espouses the belief that Shiva is Brahman and his infinite love is revealed in the divine acts of the creation, preservation and destruction of the universe, and in the liberation of the soul.
	hinduwebsite.com /hinduism/concepts/bhaktimarg.asp (2025 words)

	Nayanars - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Nayanars were the sincere and ardent devotees of Lord Siva.
		The Nayanars cleaned the temple premises, made garlands of flowers for the Lord, lighted the temple lamps, planted flower gardens and fed the devotees of Lord Siva and served them.
		Some of the prominent Nayanars include Appar, Kannappa, Sundarar, Sambandar and Manikkavasagar.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Nayanmar (293 words)

	Path of the Nayanars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nayanars are Siva saints that gain liberation through devotion.
		The 64 statues of the saints surround a beautiful set of ponds and streams.
		Path of the Nayanars, a 1300 foot path through beautiful paradise with shrines to all the 64 Saivite Saints
	www.himalayanacademy.com /ssc/hawaii/tour/nayanar.html (65 words)

	Nayanars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They served the devotees of Lord Siva and absolutely surrendered themselves to their Lord.
		For example, Kannappa, the hunter, illustrated this ideal.
		Adi Sankara names him as the role model for all devotees, in his Sivananda-lahari.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nayanars (528 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - N
		All but Manikkavasagar are among the Nayanars, 63 saints canonized by Sekkilar in his Periyapuranam (ca 1140).
		These four are also known as the Samayacharyas, "teachers of the faith." Their devotional poems are embodied in the Tirumurai, along with the writings of other Nayanars.
		Nayanar: (Tamil) "One who shows the way." The 63 canonized Tamil saints of South India, as documented in the Periyapuranam by Sekkilar (ca 1140).
	www.worldebooklibrary.com /eBooks/HimalayanAcademy/SacredHinduLiterature/dws/lexicon/n.html (3336 words)

	Temples of Kannaki Devi
		Out of the 63 famous Saiva Nayanars only two were Keralites-One was Cheraman Perumal,Ruler of Kerala and the other wasViralminda Nayanar, Custodian of Chenganoor temple.
		Nayanar lived in "Mathilakathayyathu" in Angadickal in Chenganoor Vadakkekara (Vadakkumkara Mahadevaru Pattanathil).The Chera Rajas and Viraminda Nayanar donated lots of land to Chenganoor temple as per the "Chenganoor Grandhavary".
		There at Pullapram the Nayanar of that period build four houses-Kurikkattor, Panampilackal,Kaniyamplakal and Kannamkara and and also build the "Saleeswaram" Siva temple.
	expage.com /kannaki (403 words)

	NAYANARS OF KERALA - Rediff On The Net Free Personal Homepages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In Dewasom records ("Grandhavari") Chenganoor Temple is described as "Nayanar Thiruchenkuntoor Kovil".The reason is, for centuries the custodian of the temple was the head of Nayanar family of Chenganoor.
		They lived in "Mathilakathayyathu" house situated in.Vadakkumkara Mahadeva Pattanam The Vellala Chieftain, Viraminda Nayanar lived around AD 850, donated (thrippadidhanam) vast area of land to the Chenganoor Devi Temple built in memory of Kannanki of Chilappathikaram fame.
		In AD 1785 the head of the then Nayanar family was shifted to Ranni He built the Saleeswaram Shiva Temple of Pullupram, Ranni.
	members.rediff.com /drkansanpillai/nayanar.htm (505 words)

	Sambandar on Marcel Nies
		In South Indian art the twelve Vaishnava and sixty-three Saivite saints and devotional writers, known respectively as Alvars and Nayanars, are frequently represented.
		Sambandar, who lived in the seventh century, was one of the most revered of the Nayanars.
		It is perhaps for that reason that most of the known Nayanar images were created in the late Chola and Pandya periods, when their popularity was at its height.
	www.asianart.com /nies/17.html (583 words)

	Nayanars info here at en.1935-chevrolet.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		If music be the food of love Part II The haridasas, veerasaivas, nayanars, alvars and others (who profoundly influenced the development of this music) were from...
		Many blockaded by Nayanars cleaned the temple premises, made garlands of flowerets for the Lord, lighted the temple lamps, planted flower gardens, fed the devotees and performed gravy gentle callings throughout the temple.
		The hilly Nayanars who were thought-through as the foremost blockaded by the 63 are Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar moreover recognized as Thirugnana Sambanthar, and Manikkavasagar.
	en.1935-chevrolet.info /Nayanars (595 words)

	Temples & legends Of Kerala/Introduction-(page10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He was a contemporary of Cheraman Perumal Nayanar, and a close associate of Sundaramurti Nayafir.
		The work of the Nayanars and Alwars led to the establishment of several Saiva and Vaishnava shrines all over Kerala.
		The Tiruvanchikulam temple associated with Cheraman Perumal and Sundaramurti,and Trivandrum and other Vaishnava shrines praised by Alwars attracted numerous pilgrims from other parts of India.Kali or Durga, neglected by the Nayanars and the Alwars, began to be worshipped as Sakti in the Tantras, which claimed to lead the votary to salvation by a shortcut.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/kerala/Introduction/page10.htm (228 words)

	Sixty-Three Nayanar Saints
		Tiru Neelakantha Nayanar, Siruthondar, Muruga Nayanar and many others came to Tirupukalur, and the place was converted into a divine realm during the stay of the two Acharyas.
		Mangayarkarasiar and Kulachirai Nayanar, the queen and the minister of the Pandyan king, sent messengers from Madurai to Sambandar, reporting the evil influences of the Jains and urging for his immediate presence in Madurai.
		Nayanar invited Sambandar to Madurai to fight this evil influence.
	www.dlshq.org /download/nayanar.htm (20879 words)

	Bhakti movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		She was said to be a contemporaray of the Vaishnavaite saints Bhuttalwar and Peialwar.
		The twelve Alvars and the sixty-three Nayanars nurtured the incipient bhakti movement in South India under the Pallavas and Pandyas in the 5-7th centuries AD.
		The late Bhakti movement led to the proliferation of regional poetic literature in the various vernacular langauges of India.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Bhakti_movement (1802 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Oct 1981 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A set of the 63 Tamil Saivite Saints (or Nayanars - devotees of God Siva) has been completed by the artisans of Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Corporation in Madras, South India, and now awaits sponsorship before being sent to Kauai to grace the halls of Kadavul Hindu Temple.
		They serve, much as does the murthi of the main Deity of the temple, to bring forth their presence from the inner worlds into this world.
		The Nayanars have been dear to the hearts of Tamil Saivites for hundreds of years, their stories embodied in the Periapuranam.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1981/10/1981-10-04.shtml (509 words)

	Maheshwar Bhakthas - 63 Nayanmargal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nayanar had conquered all other evils: but, Anava Malam or egoism had to be killed, too.
		Nayanar’s parents (the hidden good and evil tendencies and worldly desires) tried but failed to take him away from God.
		The Lord asked the priest to hide behind Him, while Tinnanar was in front: this means, true Bhakti is far superior to mere ritual.
	forumhub.mayyam.com /hub/viewlite.php?t=4611 (2532 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is believed that the greatest author on the Åaiva religion writing in Sanskrit was Abhinavagupta, from Srinagar, Kashmir, c.
		Nayanars (or Nayanmars), saints from Southern India, were mostly responsible for development of Åaivism in the Middle Ages.
		The presence of the different schools within Hinduism should not be viewed as a schism.
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	Celebration of the Saints
		The Saivite Saints (Nayanars) of the 7th Century, Saint Sambandar and Saint Appar (Thirunavukkarasar), have sung about this shrine in their hymns.
		On the day of Arupathu Moovar, towards sunset, all the 63 Saints, in separate decorated mini-palanquins would be given special 'arati' in front of the Lord at the eastern entrance of the temple before the procession begins.
		Lord Kapaleeswarar with the Goddess and the 63 Nayanars would go in a long procession around the four Mada Streets.
	www.chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/Festivals/saints.asp (823 words)

	Nayanars
		We recommend this article: Nayanars - 1, and also this: Nayanars - 2.
		Nayanars is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Four renowned saints of the Saiva religion (7th to 9th century): Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar and Manikkavasagar - devotional mystics whose lives and teachings helped catalyze a resurgence of Saivism in Tamil Nadu.
	www.experiencefestival.com /nayanars (1106 words)

	Adherence to thEvAram in periyapurANam - tirutoNDar puranam
		muththanAthan who could not win meypporuL nAyanAr in war cunningly came as if he is a devotee of Lord shiva and when meypporuL nAyanAr bowed down worshipping that form of devotee, he stabbed the nAyanAr.
		Even if it is enemy when one comes in the glorious form of devotee, by worshipping that and for which sacrificing even the life, meypporuL nAyanAr stands extremely high in our reverence and in devotion to God.
		So he did not blame when the enemy performed his real cruelty, rather even in that stage he saved muththanAthans life because he was still on the holy form he really adored.
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	Temples & legends Of Kerala/Introduction-(page8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As already stated, the Bhakti movement was led by Saiva Nayanars like Appar and Sambandar and the Vaishnava, Alwars, likeThirumalisai and’ Tirumangai, who toured the land, findling the religious fervor of the masses by their Bhajan or devotional parties and processions.
		Of the sixty-three Nayanars, Viralminda (also called Viramainter) and Cheraman Perumal, and- of the twelve, Alwars, Kulasekhara belonged to Kerala.
		We shall discuss briefly the life and work of these Kerala savants in the propagation of the Bhakti cult,which provided the real impetus to the temple - building activity in Kerala.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/kerala/Introduction/page8.htm (209 words)

	Why did God become an Avatar?
		The earliest bhakti poets were the followers of Siva, the Nayanars (Siva Devotees), whose first representative was the poetess Karaikkal Ammaiyar, who called himself a pey, or ghostly minion of Siva, and sang ecstatically of his dances.
		Tirumular was a mystic and reformer in the so-called Siddhanta (Perfected Man) school of Saivism, which rejected caste and asceticism, and believed that the body is the true temple of Siva.
		Appar, a self-mortifying Jain ascetic before he became a Saiva saint, sings of his conversion to a religion of love, surprised by the Lord stealing into his heart.
	www.appiusforum.com /avatar.html (2447 words)

	HINDUISM
		We also cannot do justice to the literature of the medieval saints who expressed their devotion to Shiva or Vishnu in dance, poems, and love songs in the vernacular languages of the many states of India.
		In Tamil-nadu the Nayanars adored Shiva and the Alvars sang of Vishnu: chief among them was Nammalvar who wrote of the devotee as a woman totally immersed in love with her husband Vishnu.
		Of Hindi poets the foremost was Kabir, whose poetry joining Hindu and Islamic Sufi concepts has become an enduring source of wisdom for all Indians; we meet some of his verses as they have been incorporated in the Sikh scriptures.
	oit.vgcc.cc.nc.us /religion/World_Religions/hinduism.htm (1687 words)

	Indologica
		This book brings together eleven key essays that debate how the religious and worldly aims of religious movements in premodern South Asia have been linked and how their ideologies, social bases, and organizational structures both continued and changed over the course of time.
		The collection covers five topics: Alvars and Nayanars, conversion to Islam, Rama and the Muslims, Kabir and the Sants, and historical overviews of the genesis of such movements.
		From Devotion and Dissent to Dominance: The Bhakti of the Tamil Alvars and Nayanars
	indologica.blogg.de /index.php?tag=24&monat=2&jahr=2004 (659 words)

	Thirugnana Sambanthar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tirunavukkarasu Nayanar, familiarly known as Appar, was Sambandar’s senior contemporary.
		Among the Shaiva Nayanars (Divine infatuated worshippers of Shiva) four are said to be the leaders.
		The divine songs that emanated from these four and many other Nayanmars are called the Shaiva devotional hymns numbering around 16,000.They have been arranged into eleven books called Shaiva Tirumurai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thirugnana_Sambanthar (738 words)

	Nayanars: Encyclopedia - Nayanars
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		Adi Shankara names him as the role model for all devotees, in his Sivananda-lahari.
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	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Nayanars/id/531467 (459 words)

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