Periyalvar

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Alvar Tamil poet Vaishnavite saint

Periyalvar was a prominent 9th-century Tamil Vaishnavite saint-poet renowned for his devotional hymns praising Vishnu, which form a significant part of the Divya Prabandham.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Andal’s father (Periyalvar) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alvar ⓘ
Tamil poet ⓘ
Vaishnavite saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Periyazhvar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnuchitta NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Srivilliputhur Andal Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srivilliputhur Vatapatrasayi Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tirumala NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Srivilliputhur Divya Desam NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo Twelve Alvars NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Srivilliputhur NERFINISHED ⓘ
century 9th century ⓘ
contributedTo Naalayira Divya Prabandham NERFINISHED ⓘ
devoteeOf Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ranganatha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherOf Andal NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre devotional poetry ⓘ
guardianOf Andal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFestival Periyalvar Tirunakshatram NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorific Periyalvar (meaning “great Alvar”) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn Sri Vaishnava theology ⓘ
Tamil Bhakti literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryMovement Bhakti movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Periyalvar Tirumoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
hymns in the Divya Prabandham ⓘ
numberOfVersesAttributed about 473 ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
temple priest ⓘ
partOf Alvars NERFINISHED ⓘ
praisedDeity Ranganatha of Srirangam NERFINISHED ⓘ
praisedDeity Vatapatrasayi NERFINISHED ⓘ
praisedDeity Venkateswara of Tirumala NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheme devotion to Vishnu ⓘ
praise of Krishna’s childhood ⓘ
region Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Sri Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptureStatus Divya Prabandham poet ⓘ
style emotional devotionalism ⓘ
textLanguage Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn Sri Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil Hindu tradition ⓘ
worshippedAs saint ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andal → adoptiveFather → Periyalvar ⓘ
Andal → associatedWithPerson → Periyalvar ⓘ
Amuktamalyada → hasCharacter → Periyalvar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andal’s father (Periyalvar)
Divya Prabandham → includesPoets → Periyalvar ⓘ