Appar
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Appar, also referred to as Tirunavukkaracar or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Shaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Shaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years
Appar (Wooden Image), ASI Museum, Vellore
Amirthakadaieeshwarar temple relief depicting Appar bearing Sambandar's palanquin
Bronze image of Appar from 12th century - Vembavur, Perambalur district
Sambandar
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Sambandar, also referred to as Tirujnana Sambandar or Gnana Sambanthar, was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th century CE. According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he comp
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…now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was an older contemporary of Sambandar. His images are found and revered in Tamil Shiva temples. His characteristic iconography in temples show him carrying a farmer's small hoe – a gardening…
A copper alloy sculpture of Sambandar with forefinger pointing slightly up (symbolically towards Parvati and Shiva)
The Child Saint Sambandar, chola bronze, 12th century India, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Sambandar (Wooden Image), ASI Museum, Vellore