Nāyaṉmār
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thumb|right|290px|The Nalvar () of Shaiva Siddhanta – (from left) [[Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar, the three foremost Nayanars, and Manikkavacakar.]] The Nayanars (or Nayanmars; ) 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 names of the Nayanars were first compiled by Sundarar. The list was expanded by Nambiyandar Nambi during his compilation of material by the poets for the Tirumurai collection, and would include Sundarar himself and Sundarar's par
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- History
- List of Nayanars
- Other saints
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|290px|The Nalvar () of Shaiva Siddhanta – (from left) [[Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar, the three foremost Nayanars, and Manikkavacakar.]] The Nayanars (or Nayanmars; ) 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 names of the Nayanars were first compiled by Sundarar. The list was expanded by Nambiyandar Nambi during his compilation of material by the poets for the Tirumurai collection, and would include Sundarar himself and Sundarar's parents.
The Nalvar () are the three foremost Nayanars Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar along with Manikkavacakar.