Nayanar saints

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nayanar_saints
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:saint
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Vaishnavism
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Tamil_Shaiva_tradition
gptkbp:century 6th to 8th century CE
gptkbp:commemorates temples in Tamil Nadu
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Aarupadai_Veedu_festival
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nayanar saints
gptkbp:iconography depicted with Shaiva symbols
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Shaiva_Siddhanta
Sanskrit literature
Bhakti poetry
gptkbp:language gptkb:Tamil
gptkbp:mentions gptkb:Periya_Puranam
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Appar
gptkb:Manikkavacakar
gptkb:Sundarar
gptkb:Karaikkal_Ammaiyar
gptkb:Sambandar
gptkb:Tirugnana_Sambandar
gptkb:Tirunavukkarasar
gptkb:Sundaramoorthy_Nayanar
gptkbp:number 63
gptkbp:region gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Alvar_saints
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Vaishnavism
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:South_India
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:Thiruvannamalai_Temple
gptkb:Shiva
gptkb:Chidambaram_Temple
gptkb:Madurai_Meenakshi_Temple
gptkb:Thiruvarur_Temple
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tiruttondar_Puranam
gptkb:Tamil_Shaivism
gptkb:Tiruthonda_Thogai
gptkb:Tiruvacakar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7