Tiruppugazh

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Tiruppugazh is a celebrated corpus of devotional Tamil hymns composed by the poet-saint Arunagirinathar, renowned for its complex rhythmic patterns and fervent praise of the deity Murugan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tiruppugazh canonical 2
Tiruppugazh hymns 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hymn collection ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
Tamil devotional literature ⓘ
associatedWith Murugan temples ⓘ
linked to: temples of Murugan

Temple worship ⓘ
author Arunagirinathar ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 15th century ⓘ
composer Arunagirinathar ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance Important text for Murugan devotees ⓘ
Major work in Tamil religious canon ⓘ
dedicatedTo Murugan ⓘ
describedAs Celebrated corpus of Tamil hymns ⓘ
devotionalFocus Murugan as supreme deity ⓘ
genre Bhakti poetry ⓘ
Devotional poetry ⓘ
hasTheme Devotion to Murugan ⓘ
Moral instruction ⓘ
Praise of divine grace ⓘ
Spiritual surrender ⓘ
influenced Carnatic music repertoire ⓘ
Tamil devotional music ⓘ
knownFor Complex rhythmic patterns ⓘ
Fervent devotional expression ⓘ
Intricate prosody ⓘ
Musical metres ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryCulture Tamil bhakti movement ⓘ
literaryForm Hymn ⓘ
mainDeity Murugan ⓘ
meter Varied complex metres ⓘ
partOf Tamil bhakti literature ⓘ
period Late medieval period ⓘ
praises Murugan ⓘ
recitationContext Pilgrimage festivals ⓘ
Religious gatherings ⓘ
Temple singing ⓘ
region Tamil Nadu ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Tamil script ⓘ
style Highly musical ⓘ
Imagery-rich poetry ⓘ
Rhythmically complex ⓘ
tradition Tamil Shaivism ⓘ
usedIn Murugan worship ⓘ
Religious festivals ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Tamil culture → hasMusicForm → Tiruppugazh ⓘ
Murugan bhakti movement → usesLiterature → Tiruppugazh hymns ⓘ
linked to: Tiruppugazh
Thirupparankundram Murugan Temple → associatedWith → Tiruppugazh hymns ⓘ
linked to: Tiruppugazh