nayanar (nāyanār (nāyanmār))

(Language: Tamil)

Alternate Spellings: nayanmar

Short Description: The word means a leader or chieftain. The Nayanmars are devotees of Siva and are 63 in number, including members of all jatis like Brahmins, hunters, untouchables.

Long Description: The word means a leader or chieftain. The Nayanmars are devotees of Siva and are 63 in number, including members of all jatis like Brahmins, hunters, untouchables. Their lives are told in Sundarar’s Tirut; oridarttogai, Nambi Andar Nambi’s Tiruvantadi and Sekkizhar’s Periy wuranam. Names of some Nayanmars; Tirujnanasarnbandhar, Appar, Sunddrar, Manikkavacakar, Kannappar, Nandanar, Karaikkal Ammayar, Ceraman Perumal