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Sundarar

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Sundarar (Tamil Cundarar), also known affectionately as Tampiran Tōḻan (Comrade of the Master, meaning friend of Shiva) was an eighth-century poet who was one of the most prominent Nayanars, the Shaiva bhakti (devotional) poets of Tamil Nadu. [1]

130 relations: Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam, Agnipureeswarar Temple, Thirupugalur, Aiyarappar temple, Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple,Thirukkadaiyur, Appar, Avinashi, Āgama (Hinduism), Bhaktajaneswarar temple, Bhakti, Bharadwaja, Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai, Chennai, Cheraman Perumal, Chidambaram, David Dean Shulman, Dikshitar, Fred Goodwill, Garbharakshambigai temple, Gotra, Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur, Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, Thiruvelvikudi, Kanchipuram, Kandeeswarar Temple, Kandiyur, Karuppariyalur Kutram Poruttha Naathar temple, Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam, Kedarnath, Kedarnath Temple, Kerala, Ketheeswaram temple, Kodi Kuzhagar temple, Kotpuli, Kripapureeswarar temple, Kulothunga Chola III, Kumbakonam, Mahalakshmeeswarar Temple, Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur, Manikkavacakar, Masilamaniswara Temple, Thirumullaivoyal, Mayiladuthurai, Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai, Metraleeswar temple, Nagapattinam, Nambiyandar Nambi, Nannilam, Narthana Vallabeswarar temple, Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Nayanars, Neelivaneswarar Temple, Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai, ..., Ona Kantheeswarar Temple, Paadal Petra Sthalam, Pallava dynasty, Periya Puranam, Point Calimere, Puja (Hinduism), Purisai, Pushpavananathar Temple, Tiruppoonturutti, Raja Raja Chola I, Sakkottai, Thanjavur district, Sakshinatheswarar Temple, Thiruppurambiyam, Sambandar, Sangam period, Sanskrit, Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi, Sekkizhar, Shaiva Siddhanta, Shaivism, Shiva, Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Sirkazhi, Siva Temple, Thirumalapadi, Sivagurunathaswamy Temple, Sivalokanathar Temple, Tirupunkur, Sivapuram, Tamil Nadu, Soundareswararswamy Temple, Thiruppanaiyur, Srikalahasteeswara temple, Srikalahasti, Srivanchiyam, Swetha Vinayagar Temple, Swetharanyeswarar Temple, Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, Thevaram, Thirukkadaiyur, Thirukkuvalai, Thirumazhapadi, Thirumullaivoyal, Thirumuruganatheeswar temple, Thirumuruganpoondi, Thirunageswaram, Thirunallar, Thiruparankundram, Thirupparamkunram Murugan temple, Thiruppunavasal, Thiruppurambiyam, Thiruvadigai Temple, Thiruvaduthurai, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvalanjuli, Thiruvanaikaval, Thiruvanchikulam Temple, Thiruvarur, Thiruvenkadu, Thiruvennainallur, Thiruvidaimarudur, Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur, Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirukkazhippalai Palvannanathar Temple, Tirumantiram, Tirumular, Tirumurai, Tirunageswaram Naganathar Temple, Tirunallar Dharbaranyeswarar Temple, Tirunallur, Tiruppukkozhiyur, Tiruvacakam, Tiruvottiyur, United Theological College, Bangalore, Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple, Vaippu Sthalam, Vanchinadha Swamy Temple, Vedagiriswarar temple, Vedaranyam, Vedaranyeswarar temple, Vedas, Veezhinathar Kovil, Thiruveezhimizhalai, Vriddhagiriswarar Temple, Vriddhachalam. Expand index (80 more) »

Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam

Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam (ஆதி கும்பேசுவரர் கோயில், கும்பகோணம்):ta:கும்பகோணம் ஆதி கும்பேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in the town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Agnipureeswarar Temple, Thirupugalur

Agnipureeswarar Temple (அக்கினிபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில், திருப்புகலூர்):ta:திருப்புகலூர் அக்கினிபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்(also called Thirupugalur temple) in Thirupugalur, a village in Nagapattinam district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

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Aiyarappar temple

Aiyarappar temple (ஐயாறப்பர் கோயில்):ta:திருவையாறு ஐயாறப்பர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the village of Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple,Thirukkadaiyur

Amritaghateswarar Abhirami Temple (திருக்கடையூர் அமிர்தகடேசுவரர் கோயில்):ta:திருக்கடையூர் அமிர்தகடேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in his manifestation as "Destroyer of Death" and his wife Parvati as Abhirami.

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Appar

Appar Tirunavukkarasar Nayanar (திருநாவுக்கரசர் "King of the Tongue, Lord of Language"), also known as Navakkarasar and Appar "Father", was a seventh-century Śaiva Tamil poet-saint, one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars.

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Avinashi

Avinashi (previously known as Thirupukkoliyur) is a Special grade Town Panchayat in Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Āgama (Hinduism)

The Agamas (Devanagari: आगम, IAST) are a collection of scriptures of several Hindu devotional schools.

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Bhaktajaneswarar temple

Bhaktajaneswarar Temple (பக்தஜனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:திருநாவலூர் பக்தஜனேஸ்வரர் கோயில் (also called Thirunavalur Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Poondi, a village in Viluppuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".

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Bharadwaja

Bharadwaja, also referred to as Bharadvaja (IAST: Bharadvāja) or Bharadvaja Bṛhaspatya, was one of the revered Vedic sages (rishi) in Ancient India, who was a renowned scholar, economist and an eminent physician.

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Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai

Brahmapureeswarar Temple (பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில், திருக்குவளை):ta:திருக்குவளை பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில் or Tiurkolili is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Thirukkuvalai in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Cheraman Perumal

Cheraman Perumal (literally "the Great One of the Chera People", Ashoka Prakrit: Ketalaputo, Sanskrit: Kerala Putra) is the royal title used by the Cheras of Karuvur (2nd century BC – 3rd century AD), India.

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Chidambaram

Chidambaram is a town and municipality in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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David Dean Shulman

David Dean Shulman (born January 13, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an Indologist and regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on the languages of India.

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Dikshitar

Dīkṣitars (Tamil: தீக்ஷிதர்) or Thillai Vazh Anthaanar are a Brahmin servitor community of Tamil Nadu who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram; they were originally the ritual arbiters of imperial legitimacy in the Chola Empire, ritually crowning successive monarchs.

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Fred Goodwill

Fred Goodwill (born 1874) was a British missionary stationed in Bangalore, British India between 1899 and 1924, serving as the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Tamil Mission, Bangalore and Kolar Gold Fields.

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Garbharakshambigai temple

Garbharakshambigai Temple (கர்ப்பரட்சாம்பிகை கோயில்):ta:திருக்கருகாவூர் முல்லைவனநாதர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Thirukarukavoor, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Gotra

In Hindu society, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is commonly considered to be equivalent to clan.

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Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval

Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval (ஜம்புகேஸ்வரர் கோயில், திருவானைக்காவல்):ta:திருவானைக்காவல் ஜம்புகேசுவரர் கோயில்(also Thiruvanaikal, Jambukeswaram) is a famous Shiva temple in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur

Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur (கல்யாணசுந்தரேஸ்வரர் கோயில், நல்லூர்):ta:திருநல்லூர் பஞ்சவர்ணேசுவரர் கோயில் or Thirunallur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Nallur, in the outskirts of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, Thiruvelvikudi

Kalyanasundareswarar Temple (கல்யாண சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில்):ta:திருவேள்விக்குடி கல்யாண சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located at Thiruvelvikudi in the Kuthalam taluk of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram also known as Kānchi is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu.

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Kandeeswarar Temple, Kandiyur

Kandeeswarar Temple (கண்டீசுவரர் கோயில், கண்டியூர்):ta:திருக்கண்டியூர் பிரமசிரக்கண்டீசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva located in Kandiyur also known as Thirukkandiyur or Tirukkandiyur, near Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Karuppariyalur Kutram Poruttha Naathar temple

Karuppariyalur Kutram Poruttha Naathar temple (கருப்பறியலூர் குற்றம் பொறுத்த நாதர் கோயில்):ta:தலைஞாயிறு குற்றம் பொறுத்த நாதர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located at Thalaignaayiru in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam

Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam (காயாரோகணசுவாமி கோயில், நாகபட்டினம்):ta:நாகபட்டினம் காயாரோகணேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Siva situated in the town of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kedarnath

Kedarnath is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has gained importance because of Kedarnath Temple.

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Kedarnath Temple

Kēdārnāth Mandir (Kedarnath Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Ketheeswaram temple

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Kodi Kuzhagar temple

Kuzhagar Temple or Kodi Kuzhagar Temple (கோடிக் குழகர் கோயில்):ta:கோடியக்கரை அமுதகடேசுவரர் கோயில் (also called Amrithakadeswarar Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kodikkarai in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kotpuli

Kotpuli, also known as Kotpuliyar and Kotpuli Nayanar, was a Nayanar saint, venerated in the Hindu sect of Shaivism.

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Kripapureeswarar temple

Kripapureeswarar Perumal Temple (கிருபாபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:திருவெண்ணெய்நல்லூர் கிருபாபுரீசுவரர் கோயில் (also called Arutkondanathar or Thiruvennainallur temple) in Thiruvennainallur, a panchayat town in Villupuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

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Kulothunga Chola III

Kulothunga Chola III was the ruler of the Chola empire from 1178 to 1218 CE, after succeeding Rajadhiraja Chola II.

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Kumbakonam

Kumbakonam, also spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum in the records of British India, is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mahalakshmeeswarar Temple

Mahalakshmeeswarar Temple (மகாலட்சுமீஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:திருநின்றியூர் மகாலட்சுமீசர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located in the village of Tirunindriyur in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur

Mahalingeswaraswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Manikkavacakar

Manikkavacakar or MaanikkaVaasagar was a 9th-century Tamil poet who wrote Tiruvasakam, a book of Shaiva hymns.

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Masilamaniswara Temple, Thirumullaivoyal

Masilamaniswara Temple, Thirumullaivoyal (மாசிலாமணீசுவரர் கோயில், திருமுல்லைவாயில்):ta:வடதிருமுல்லைவாயில் மாசிலாமணீசுவரர் கோயில் or Masilamaniswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the Chennai-Avadi road, India.

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Mayiladuthurai

Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a historic town in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

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Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai

Mayuranathaswamy Temple, Mayiladuthurai (மயூரநாதஸ்வாமி கோயில், மயிலாடுதுறை):ta:மயிலாடுதுறை மயூரநாதசுவாமி கோயில் or Mayuranathar Temple is a Hindu temple in the town of Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) in the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu in India.

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Metraleeswar temple

Metraleeswarar Temple (மேற்றளீஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:காஞ்சிபுரம் திருமேற்றளீசுவரர் கோயில் (also called Kanchi Metrali) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Pillaiyar Palayam area in Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam (nākappaṭṭinam, previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District.

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Nambiyandar Nambi

Thirunaraiyur Nambiyandar Nambi was an eleventh-century Shaiva scholar of Tamil Nadu in South India who compiled the hymns of Sampantar, Appar and Sundarar and was himself one of the authors of the eleventh volume of the canon of the Tamil liturgical poetry of Shiva, the Tirumurai.

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Nannilam

Nannilam is a panchayat town in Thiruvarur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Narthana Vallabeswarar temple

Narthana Vallabeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Thirukoodalaiyathoor, a village in Cuddalore district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

Nataraja Temple, also referred to as the Chidambaram Nataraja temple or Thillai Nataraja temple (Tamil: தில்லை நடராஜர் கோவில்,சிதம்பர நடராஜர் கோவில்), is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja – Shiva as the lord of dance – in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Nayanars

The Nayanars (alt.

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Neelivaneswarar Temple

Neelivaneswarar Temple, or Vishwanathar Temple, is a Hindu temple situated 20 km north of Tiruchirappalli.

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Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai

Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai (ஓதவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில், திருச்சோற்றுத்துறை):ta:திருச்சோற்றுத்துறை சோற்றுத்துறை நாதர் கோயில் or Oppillaselvar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located near Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Ona Kantheeswarar Temple

Ona Kantheeswarar Temple (ஓணகாந்தேஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:ஓணகாந்தன்தளி ஓணகாந்தேஸ்வரர் கோயில் (also called Onakanthali) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Panjupettai, Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Paadal Petra Sthalam

The Paadal Petra Kovil (Tamil: பாடல் பெற்ற தலங்கல்) are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent.

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Pallava dynasty

The Pallava dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a portion of southern India.

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Periya Puranam

The Periya Puranam (Tamil: பெரிய‌ புராண‌ம்), that is, the great purana or epic, sometimes called Tiruttontarpuranam ("Tiru-Thondar-Puranam", the Purana of the Holy Devotees), is a Tamil poetic account depicting the lives of the sixty-three Nayanars, the canonical poets of Tamil Shaivism.

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Point Calimere

Kodiakkarai also called Point Calimere or Cape Calimere, (கோடியக்கரை Kodiakkarai), is a low headland on the Coromandel Coast, in the Nagapattinam district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Puja (Hinduism)

Pūjā or Poojan or Poosei (Thamizh) (Devanagari: पूजा) is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus of devotional worship to one or more deities, or to host and honor a guest, or one to spiritually celebrate an event.

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Purisai

Purisai is a village panchayat of Cheyyar Taluk.

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Pushpavananathar Temple, Tiruppoonturutti

Pushpavananathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located near Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Raja Raja Chola I

Raja Raja Cholan I (or Rajaraja Cholan I) born as Arul Mozhi Varman known as Raja Raja Cholan was a Chola Emperor from present day South India who ruled over the Chola kingdom of Ancient Tamilnadu (parts of southern India), parts of northern India, two third's of Sri Lankan territory (Eezham), Maldives and parts of East Asia, between 985 and 1014 CE.

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Sakkottai, Thanjavur district

Sakkottai is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Sakshinatheswarar Temple, Thiruppurambiyam

Sakshinatheswarar Temple (சாட்சிநாதேஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:திருப்புறம்பியம் சாட்சிநாதேஸ்வரர் கோயில் or Thiruppurambiyam Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the Thiruppurambiyam, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Sambandar

Sambandar (also called Thirugyana Sambandar, Tirugnana Sambanthar, Campantar, Champantar, Jnanasambandar, Gnanasambandar) was a young Saiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived around the 7th century CE.

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Sangam period

Sangam period is the period of history of ancient Tamil Nadu and Kerala (known as Tamilakam) spanning from c. 3rd century BC to c. 3rd century AD.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi

Sattainathar temple, Sirkazhi (சட்டைநாதர் கோயில், சீர்காழி):ta:சீர்காழி சட்டைநாதசுவாமி கோயில் (also called Brahmapureeswarar temple and Thoniappar temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Sirkali, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Sekkizhar

Sekkizhar (Tamil: சேக்கிழார்) was a saint and a contemporary of Kulothunga Chola II.

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Shaiva Siddhanta

Shaiva siddhanta,(IAST: Śaiva siddhānta), provides the normative rites, cosmology and theological categories of Agamic and Vedic Shaivam combined.

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Shaivism

Shaivism (Śaivam) (Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय) (Bengali: শৈব) (Tamil: சைவம்) (Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం) (Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu

Lord Shiva has innumerable temples dedicated to him throughout the length and breadth of India.

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Sirkazhi

Sirkazhi is a municipal town in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Siva Temple, Thirumalapadi

Thirumazhapadi is situated on the bank of Kollidam River which is a branch of the Kaveri.

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Sivagurunathaswamy Temple

The Sivagurunathaswamy temple (சிவகுருநாதசுவாமி கோயில்):ta:சிவபுரம் சிவகுருநாதசுவாமி கோயில் one of the Padal petra stalam, Hindu God, Shiva temples revered by 7th Century poets mentioned in the Tevaram.

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Sivalokanathar Temple, Tirupunkur

Sivalokanathar Temple (சிவலோகநாதர் கோயில்):ta:திருப்புன்கூர் சிவலோகநாதர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Sivapuram, Tamil Nadu

Sivapuram is a village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

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Soundareswararswamy Temple, Thiruppanaiyur

The Soundareswararswamy Temple or Sountharyanathar temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva.

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Srikalahasteeswara temple

Srikalahasti Temple is located in the town of Srikalahasti, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Srikalahasti

Srikalahasti is a holy town in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Srivanchiyam

Srivanchiyam (Tamil: ஸ்ரீவாஞ்சியம்) is a village located in Tiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, and is best known for its Sri Vanchinadha Swamy temple.

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Swetha Vinayagar Temple

The Swetha Vinayagar Temple (Tamil: Vellai Vinayakar Koil) is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Thiruvalanchuzhi (also spelt as Thiruvalanjuli) near Swamimalai in Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Swetharanyeswarar Temple

Swetharanyeswarar Temple (சுவேதாரண்யேசுவரர் கோயில்):ta:திருவெண்காடு சுவேதாரண்யேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located in the town of Thiruvenkadu near Sirkazhi.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Thanjavur

Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore,Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thevaram

Thevaram is a Town Panchayat in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thirukkadaiyur

Thirukkadaiyur (Thirukadavur) is a temple town on the east coast of Tamil Nadu, about 300 km south of Chennai and 15 km north of Karaikal.

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Thirukkuvalai

Thirukkuvalai is a village situated in Nagapattinam district of Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thirumazhapadi

Thirumazhapadi is a village in the Ariyalur taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thirumullaivoyal

Thirumullaivoyal is a fast developing residential neighbourhood in Chennai Metropolitan Area (Tamil: சென்னை மாநகர பரப்பு) in India.

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Thirumuruganatheeswar temple

Thirumuruganatheeswarar Temple (also called Thirumuruganpoondi temple) in Thirumuruganpoondi, a panchayat town in Tiruppur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

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Thirumuruganpoondi

Thirumuruganpoondi is a panchayat town in Tirupur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thirunageswaram

Thirunageswaram is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thirunallar

Also refer to Tirunallar_Saniswaran_Temple Thirunallar is a small town in Karaikal, India, in the Union Territory of Puducherry, and can be reached by road from the town of Karaikal, an enclave which lies within the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruparankundram

Tirupparaṅkuṉṟam is a suburb in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thirupparamkunram Murugan temple

Tirupparankunram Murugan Temple is a Hindu temple and one of the Six Abodes of Murugan, located at Tirupparankunram.

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Thiruppunavasal

Thiruppunavasal (திருப்புனவாசல்.) is a coastal village in the Avadaiyarkoil Taluk of Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruppurambiyam

Thirupparambiyam (Tamil-திருப்புறம்பியம்) is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruvadigai Temple

Thiruvathigai Veerateeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.

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Thiruvaduthurai

Thiruvavaduthurai is a village in South India, where the Masilamaniswara Temple is located.

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Thiruvaiyaru

Thiruvaiyaru (also spelled as Tiruvaiyaru or Tiruvayyaru) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvalanjuli

Thiruvalanjuli is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruvanaikaval

Thiruvanaikaval (Thiru+Aanai+kaval) or Thiruvanaikoil is a suburb of the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruvanchikulam Temple

Mahadeva Temple or Thiruvanchikkulam Temple or ThiruvanJai Kalam Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Kodungallur in Thrissur district in the South Indian state of Kerala in India.

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Thiruvarur

Thiruvarur also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvenkadu

Thiruvenkadu (also spelled Thiruvengadu) is a village in the Sirkazhi taluk, Nagapattinam district, India.

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Thiruvennainallur

Thiruvennainallur is a panchayat town in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvidaimarudur

Thiruvidaimarudur (also spelt as Thiruvidaimaradur or Tiruvidaimarudur) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur

Thyagaragar Temple is a Shiva temple, located in the town of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur

Thyagaraja Temple (also called as Vadivudai Amman Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva.

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Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli (formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District.

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Tirukkazhippalai Palvannanathar Temple

Tirukkazhippalai Palvannanathar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Chidambaram in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tirumantiram

The Tirumantiram or Thirumantiram is a Tamil poetic work written in the fifth century by Thirumular and is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Shaiva Siddhanta and the first known Tamil work to use the term.

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Tirumular

Tirumular (also spelt Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Suntaranāthar) was a Tamil Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three Nayanmars and one of the 18 Siddhars.

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Tirumurai

Thirumurai (Tamil: திரு முறை, meaning holy division) is a twelve volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century by various poets in South India.

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Tirunageswaram Naganathar Temple

Tirunageswaram Naganathar Temple, (திருநாகேஸ்வரம் நாகநாதர் கோயில்):ta:திருநாகேசுவரம் நாகநாதசுவாமி கோயில் also known as Rahu Stalam is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tirunageswaram, a village in the outskirts of Kumbakonam, a town in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tirunallar Dharbaranyeswarar Temple

Tirunallar Saniswaran Temple or Dharbaranyeswarar Temple(திருநள்ளாறு தர்ப்பாரண்யேசுவரர் கோயில்:ta:திருநள்ளாறு தர்ப்பாரண்யேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Sani(saturn) located in Tirunallar in Karaikal district of Pondicherry, India. The presiding deity is Lord Siva, Dharbaranyeswar and the place Tirunallar was historically called Dharbaranyam. The temple is revered by the hymns of 7th century Tamil saivite poets, Appar, Sundarar and Sambandhar and is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.

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Tirunallur

Tirunallur is a village in the Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tiruppukkozhiyur

Tiruppukkozhiyur (also called Karunaiyaaththaal Temple, Avinasilingeswarar temple and Avainasiappar temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Avinasi, a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tiruvacakam

Thiruvasagam (lit) is a volume of Tamil hymns composed by the ninth century Shaivite bhakti poet Manikkavasagar.

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Tiruvottiyur

Tiruvottiyur (Thiruvottriyur or TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation.

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United Theological College, Bangalore

United Theological College (UTC) is a seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.

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Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple

Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple (also called Ujeevanathar temple, Karkudimalai or Thirumalainallur)) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located on the banks of Uyyakondan river, Trichy, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as Uyyakondan, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Anjanakshi Amman. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. The temple complex covers four acres, constructed on a hillock. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Uyyakondar and his consorts Maivizhi and Kanniyumaiyal, being the most prominent. All the shrines of the temple are enclosed in large concentric rectangular granite walls. The temple is approached by a flight of steps from the basement that houses the temple tank. The temple has four daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar. The Brahmotsavam festival is celebrated during the day of the Magam (February - March) is the most prominent festival. The original complex is believed to have been built by Cholas. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The temple has inscriptions from the Chola period.

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Vaippu Sthalam

The Vaippu Sthalam (வைப்புத் தலங்கள், also Called Tevara Vaippu Sthalam) are places in South India that were mentioned casually in the songs in Tevaram, hymns composed in praise of Lord Shiva during 7th-8th century.

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Vanchinadha Swamy Temple

Sri Vanchinadha Swamy temple (வாஞ்சிநாதசுவாமி கோயில்):ta:திருவாஞ்சியம் வாஞ்சிநாதசுவாமி கோயில் is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Vedagiriswarar temple

Vedagiriswarar temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva located in Tirukalukundram (also known as Thirukazhukundram), Tamil Nadu, India.

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Vedaranyam

Vedaranyam also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is named after the presiding deity of the Vedaranyeswarar Temple. The recorded history of Vedaranyam is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire and the British. During India's independence struggle, C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, launched a salt march in Vedaranyam parallel to the Dandi March launched by Gandhi in 1930 to protest against the sales tax levied on salt extraction. Vedaranyam comes under the Vedaranyam assembly constituency which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years and it is a part of the Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency) which elects its Member of Parliament (MP) once in five years. The town is administered by the Vedaranyam municipality, which covers an area of. As of 2011, the town had a population of 34,266. Vedaranyam was a part of Thanjavur District till 1991 and Nagapattinam District from then on. The town is a part of the fertile Cauvery delta region, but salt extraction and prawn cultivation are the major occupations. Roadways are the major mode of transportation to Vedaranyam and the nearest Airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, located away from the town.

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Vedaranyeswarar temple

Vedaranyeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

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Veezhinathar Kovil, Thiruveezhimizhalai

Veezhinathar Temple is an ancient temple located in Thiruveezhimizhalai dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Vriddhagiriswarar Temple, Vriddhachalam

The Vriddhagiriswarar Temple is a Hindu temple in the town of Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore district.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarar

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