Tamil Alvar poetry

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Tamil Alvar poetry is a body of early medieval devotional hymns in Tamil that passionately praise Vishnu and form a foundational scripture for South Indian Vaishnavite tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti literature ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
Vaishnava scripture ⓘ
devotional poetry ⓘ
centralTheme devotion to Vishnu ⓘ
divine love (bhakti) ⓘ
personal relationship with God ⓘ
surrender (prapatti) ⓘ
consideredAs Tamil Veda ⓘ
linked to: TamilVeda
hasAuthorGroup Alvars ⓘ
hasForm strophic hymns ⓘ
hasGenre hymns ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced Carnatic music repertoire ⓘ
South Indian temple ritual ⓘ
Sri Vaishnava theology ⓘ
linked to: Sri Vaishnavism
hasKeyCollection Nalayira Divya Prabandham ⓘ
linked to: Divya Prabandham
hasKeyWork Periyalvar Tirumoli ⓘ
Tirumangai Alvar’s Periya Tirumoli ⓘ
linked to: Periya Tirumoli

Tiruppavai ⓘ
Tiruvaymoli ⓘ
hasLanguage Tamil ⓘ
hasMeter classical Tamil meters ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor 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 ⓘ
hasNumberOfAuthors 12 (traditional) ⓘ
hasNumberOfVerses 4000 (approximate) ⓘ
hasPeriod early medieval period ⓘ
hasRegion South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
hasReligion Vaishnavism ⓘ
hasTradition Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
isSacredTextOf South Indian Vaishnavism ⓘ
linked to: Sri Vaishnavism

Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
praisesDeity Krishna ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
recitedIn Divya Desam temples ⓘ
Vaishnava temples ⓘ
linked to: Vishnu temples
usedIn daily temple worship ⓘ
liturgical recitation ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ

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Sri Vaishnavism → integrates → Tamil Alvar poetry ⓘ
Periyalvar → influenceOn → Tamil Bhakti literature ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Alvar poetry
Tirumangai Alvar → culturalContext → Tamil Bhakti literature ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Alvar poetry
Tondaradippodi Alvar → literaryTradition → Tamil bhakti literature ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Alvar poetry