Tiruppan Alvar (Tamil: திருப்பாணாழ்வார், romanized:Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār) was one of the twelve Alvars of South India, who were poet-saints known for their affiliation to the Sri Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The verses of the Alvars are compiled as the Naalayira Divya Prabandham and the 108 temples revered in the text are classified as Divya Desams.

2022年4月21日 · He also installed bronze statues of himself and his queens standing in anjali mudra inside the temple compound, still visible today. The temple’s gopurams and walls are decorated with sculptures of deities, Puranic narratives, royal patrons, Alvar saints and animals.

Orthodoxy posits the number of Alvars as ten, though there are other references that include Andal and Madhurakavi Alvar, making the number 12. [4] . Andal is the only female Alvar among the 12. Together with the contemporary 63 Shaivite Nayanars, they are among the most important saints from Tamil Nadu.

According to traditional account, the first three Alvars belong to Dvapara Yuga (before 4200 BCE). As per Hindu legend, Poigai was found in a small pond near the Yadhotakaari temple at Tiruvekkaa. In Tamil, small pond is called poigai, and since …

The Tamil word ‘Alvar’ means “one who remains immersed”. Alvars were devotees who were immersed in bhakti for the Supreme, Narayana. The Alvars who have contributed rightly to the Sri Vaishnava scripture, Nalayira Divya Prabhandham, are twelve in number.

During the Garuda Seva festival in the month of Vaikasi (May - June), Utsavar Images of Lord Vishnu from all the Nava Tirupati temples are brought in Alvar Thirunagari in Garuda Vahanam. The Utsavar Image of Nammalvar is also brought out in a Anna Vahanam (Palanquin).

2024年12月1日 · Nammalvar - The Divine Poet of Srivaishnavism: Nammalvar also spelled Nammazhwar, was an Alvar saint, and revered as one of the most important among the twelve saints ( Fifth in line of the 12 Alvars) in the Vaishnavite tradition. Nammalvar, one of the most prominent among the Alvars was born in Alwarthirunagari, Tamil Nadu in the 8th century CE.

2021年7月13日 · Nav Tirupati is a set of nine temples dedicated to Bhagwan Vishnu situated on the banks of the Thamiraparani river, in a 12-kilometers radius of the Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route in Tamil Nadu. These temples are called 'Divya Desams' by the 12 poet saints, or Alvars.

on Thirukannapuram Divya Desam – Kulasekhara Alvar sung a very beautiful lullaby to Lord Ram which is even today sung during in all the Vishnu temples. The poem depicts the beauty of Lord Ram, his limbs, hair, style of walking, holy feet, smile and many more.

Every Vaishnava temple in the Tamil land has a sculpture of this great saint. His contemporary and disciple was Madhurakavi Alvar who was born in Tirukolur, and who sang of none other than his master Nammalvar. Kulasekhara Alvar was a king of Kerala who was well versed in both Sanskrit and Tamil and was also a great devotee of Narayana. Later ...