63 நாயன்மார்கள் - Nayanmaargal

Mar 22, 2023

The saintly devotees of Shiva are known as 63 Nayanmars.
In the 10th century, king Raja Raja Chola I collected the volumes of Tevaram after hearing excerpts of the hymns in his court.:50 His priest Nambiyandar Nambi began compiling the hymns into a series of volumes called the Tirumurai. He arranged the hymns of three saint poets Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar as the first seven books which he called the Tevaram.