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The Nayanars were a group of 63 Tamil saints living during the 6th to 8th centuries CE. Along with the Alvars, their contemporaries, they influenced the Bhakti movement in early medieval South India.
The Nalvar (lit. 'The Four') of Shaiva Siddhanta – (from left) Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar, the three foremost Nayanars, and Manikkavacakar.
The 63 Nayanars in a Shiva temple
Kannappa Nayanar
India statue of nataraja
Manikkavacakar
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Manikkavacakar was an ancient Tamil saint and poet who wrote Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar, books of Shaiva hymns. Tamil scholars and researchers share that he was a minister to the Pandya king Nedu
Nayanars
…include Sundarar himself and Sundarar's parents. The Nalvar (lit. 'The Four') are the three foremost Nayanars Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar along with Manikkavacakar. The list of the Nayanars was initially compiled by Sundarar (Sundararmurthi). In his poem Tiruthonda Thogai he sings, in eleven verses, the names of…
Manikkavacakar, Chola bronze, 12th century India, at the Linden Museum, Stuttgart
Manikkavacakar statue in tribhanga holding Palm leaf written "Om Namah Shivaya" in Tamizh script on it. Statue is in AP State Archeological Museum
Manikkavacakar (Wooden Image), ASI Museum, Vellore