Alvar saints

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The Alvar saints were Tamil poet-saints of South India whose devotional hymns to Vishnu helped shape the Bhakti movement and the Sri Vaishnavism tradition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alvar saints canonical 12
Alvars 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of poet-saints ⓘ
religious movement figure ⓘ
associatedMovement Bhakti movement ⓘ
associatedTradition Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
associatedWith Divya Desam temples ⓘ
associatedWithText Nalayira Divya Prabandham ⓘ
linked to: Divya Prabandham
coreTheology devotion to Vishnu ⓘ
personal relationship with God ⓘ
surrender to God ⓘ
culturalImpact integrated Sanskritic Vaishnavism with Tamil culture ⓘ
shaped Tamil Vaishnava identity ⓘ
devotionalFocus Vishnu and his avatars ⓘ
Vishnu’s consort Lakshmi ⓘ
linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)
devotionalMode prapatti (total surrender) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
includesSaint Andal ⓘ
Bhutath Alvar ⓘ
linked to: Bhoothath Alvar

Kulasekhara Alvar ⓘ
Madhurakavi Alvar ⓘ
Nammalvar ⓘ
Periyalvar ⓘ
Pey Alvar ⓘ
Poigai Alvar ⓘ
Tirumalisai Alvar ⓘ
Tirumangai Alvar ⓘ
Tiruppan Alvar ⓘ
Tondaradippodi Alvar ⓘ
influenceOn Bhakti movement in South India ⓘ
linked to: Bhakti movement

Sri Vaishnava theology ⓘ
linked to: Sri Vaishnavism

Tamil devotional literature ⓘ
temple worship practices in South India ⓘ
language Tamil language ⓘ
linked to: Tamil
legacy inspired later bhakti poets across India ⓘ
their hymns are recited in Sri Vaishnava temple liturgy ⓘ
notableWorkType devotional hymns ⓘ
numberOfTraditionalMembers 12 ⓘ
poeticGenre bhakti poetry ⓘ
primaryDeityWorshipped Vishnu ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTradition helped canonize Divya Desam temples through hymns ⓘ
scripturalStatus their hymns are considered sacred scripture in Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
timePeriod early medieval South India ⓘ
timePeriodApproximate 6th to 9th century CE ⓘ
veneratedIn Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
viewedAs saints by Sri Vaishnavas ⓘ
worshipStyle emotional devotion ⓘ
personal devotion ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Nayanars → contrastedWith → Alvars ⓘ
linked to: Alvar saints
Divya Prabandham → composedBy → Alvars ⓘ
linked to: Alvar saints
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam → associatedWith → Alvars ⓘ
linked to: Alvar saints
Andal → memberOf → Alvars ⓘ
linked to: Alvar saints
Sarangapani Temple → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Thiruvarangam → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Ranganatha → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Madhurakavi Alvar → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Tiruviruttam → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Tiruvaciriyam → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ
Parthasarathy Temple → associatedWith → Alvar saints ⓘ