Nayanars

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The Nayanars were a group of early medieval South Indian Shaivite poet-saints whose devotional hymns greatly shaped the Bhakti movement and the worship of Shiva.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement saints ⓘ
Hindu religious group ⓘ
Shaivite poet-saints ⓘ
AlvarsRelation Vaishnavite contemporaries in Bhakti movement ⓘ
associatedText Tevaram ⓘ
Tirumurai ⓘ
associatedWithTempleTradition Chidambaram Nataraja Temple ⓘ
Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple ⓘ
classification Tamil Shaivite saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
commemoratedBy festival processions in Tamil temples ⓘ
compiledBy Nambiyandar Nambi ⓘ
contrastedWith Alvars ⓘ
linked to: Alvar saints
culturalImpact shaped Tamil devotional poetry ⓘ
strengthened Shaivite identity in South India ⓘ
devotionalForm bhakti ⓘ
devotionalTheme condemnation of ritualism without devotion ⓘ
love and surrender to Shiva ⓘ
floruitCentury 6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
hymnsPreservedIn Tirumurai canon ⓘ
linked to: Tirumurai
iconography processional bronze images in temples ⓘ
influenceOn Bhakti literature ⓘ
South Indian temple worship ⓘ
Tamil Shaivism ⓘ
linked to: Shaivism
keyFigure Appar ⓘ
Manikkavacakar ⓘ
Sambandar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
languageOfHymns Tamil ⓘ
legacy foundation for later Shaiva Siddhanta tradition ⓘ
mainDeity Shiva ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
numberOfSaints 63 ⓘ
opposedPractice Jain influence in Tamil regions ⓘ
promotedPractice singing of devotional hymns ⓘ
temple-centered worship of Shiva ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
socialBackground multiple castes and social groups ⓘ
timePeriod early medieval period ⓘ
veneratedIn Shaivism ⓘ
Tamil Hindu tradition ⓘ
linked to: Tamil culture
worshippedAs saints in Tamil Shaivite temples ⓘ
worshipStyle personal devotion to Shiva ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaivism → hasDevotionalPoets → Nayanars ⓘ
Bhakti movement → hasPart → Nayanar movement ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Tirumurai → includesHymnsAbout → Nayanars ⓘ
Nayanars → classification → Tamil Shaivite saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Appar → scriptureStatus → His hymns are part of the canonical Tamil Shaiva scripture Tevaram ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Appar → associatedWith → Nayanars ⓘ
Sambandar → oneOf → 63 Nayanars ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Sundarar → memberOf → Nayanars ⓘ
Annamalaiyar Temple → associatedWith → Tamil Saiva saints (Nayanmars) ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Arubathimoovar festival → honors → 63 Nayanmar saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Nambiyandar Nambi → associatedWith → Tevaram poets ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Tevaram hymns → associatedWith → Tamil Bhakti saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Sirkazhi Brahmapureeswarar Temple → associatedWith → Nayanmar saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Kulachirai Nayanar → honorificTitle → Nayanar ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Sundaramurti Nayanar → honorificTitle → Nayanar ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars
Karaikal Ammaiyar Temple → associatedWith → Nayanmar saints ⓘ
linked to: Nayanars