Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar

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Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar was a devout Saivite queen of the Pandya kingdom in South India, revered as one of the 63 Nayanmar saints for her role in restoring Shaivism at court.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar canonical 1
Queen of the Pandya kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu saint ⓘ
Nayanmar saint ⓘ
Shaivite devotee ⓘ
queen ⓘ
associatedWith Madurai ⓘ
Tamil Bhakti movement ⓘ
restoration of Shaivism in the Pandya court ⓘ
category Medieval Indian women ⓘ
Shaivite saints ⓘ
Tamil royalty ⓘ
Women in Hinduism ⓘ
collaboratedWith Appar (Tirunavukkarasar) ⓘ
linked to: Tirunavukkarasar

Kulachirai Nayanar ⓘ
Thirugnana Sambandar ⓘ
linked to: Tirugnana Sambandar
commemoratedBy festivals honoring the 63 Nayanmars ⓘ
temple worship in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
country Pandya kingdom ⓘ
culture Tamil ⓘ
devoteeOf Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to: Shiva
devotionalTradition Bhakti ⓘ
linked to: Bhakti movement
era early medieval South India ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus one of the 63 canonical Nayanmars ⓘ
hasOccupation queen consort ⓘ
honorificTitle Nayanmar ⓘ
influenced religious policy of the Pandya kingdom ⓘ
knownFor bringing Saint Appar to the Pandya court ⓘ
bringing Saint Sambandar to the Pandya court ⓘ
devotion to Lord Shiva ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
legacy symbol of female royal devotion in Tamil Shaivism ⓘ
memberOf 63 Nayanmars ⓘ
linked to: Nayanmar
mentionedIn Periya Puranam ⓘ
notableWork supporting the revival of Shaivism in the Pandya kingdom ⓘ
opposed Jain influence at the Pandya court ⓘ
partOf Shaivite hagiographical tradition ⓘ
placeOfActivity Madurai ⓘ
Pandya kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Queen of the Pandya kingdom ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
religiousAlignment Shaivite orthodoxy at the Pandya court ⓘ
role royal patron of Shaivism ⓘ
spiritualStatus saint ⓘ
spouse Pandya king Koon Pandyan ⓘ
title Mangayarkkarasiyar ⓘ
veneratedIn Hinduism ⓘ
Tamil Shaivism ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Sambandar → associatedWithFigure → Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar ⓘ
Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar → positionHeld → Queen of the Pandya kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar