Sundaramurti Nayanar

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Sundaramurti Nayanar was a revered 8th-century Tamil Shaivite saint and poet, celebrated as one of the 63 Nayanmars whose devotional hymns form a core part of the Tevaram.

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Sundara Murti Nayanar 1
Sundaramurthy Nayanar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nayanmar
Shaivite saint
Tamil poet
alsoKnownAs Sundaramurthy Nayanar NERFINISHED
Sundarar NERFINISHED
associatedMovement South Indian Bhakti movement NERFINISHED
associatedWith Shaiva temple worship in Tamil Nadu
associatedWithDeity Shiva NERFINISHED
associatedWithText Tevaram NERFINISHED
belongsTo medieval Tamil saints
centuryActive 8th century
commemoratedAs one of the 63 Shaiva Nayanmars
culturalSignificance key figure in Tamil Shaivite devotional literature
devotionalGenre Bhakti poetry
ethnicity Tamil NERFINISHED
focusOfDevotion Shiva as supreme deity
honorificTitle Nayanar NERFINISHED
influenced later Tamil Shaivite poets
language Tamil
literaryForm hymns
memberOf 63 Nayanmars
notableWork Tevaram hymns NERFINISHED
oneOf three principal Tevaram poets
partOf Shaiva canon of Tamil hymns NERFINISHED
poeticStyle devotional hymns to Shiva
region South India
religion Hinduism
Shaivism NERFINISHED
rememberedFor intimate and personal hymns to Shiva
roleInCanon Tevaram poet-saint
spiritualDiscipline Bhakti (devotion)
statusInTradition revered saint
tradition Tamil Bhakti movement
veneratedIn Shaivism NERFINISHED
Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
worshippedAs Shaiva saint
writingsFormPartOf Tamil Shaiva canonical corpus NERFINISHED

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Sundarar honorificName Sundaramurti Nayanar
Sundarar honorificName Sundaramurti Nayanar
this entity surface form: Sundaramurthy Nayanar
Sundarar honorificName Sundaramurti Nayanar
this entity surface form: Sundara Murti Nayanar