

Sambanthar, the next three by Appar and the seventh one is composed by Sunda Appar and Thiru.Gnaana. 96 of these songs with a total of more than 8.The three poets were not only involved in portraying their personal devotion to Shiva, but also involved a community of believers through their songs.It is one of the important sources of Tamil Bhakti, a movement that inspired the agricultural community.The word Dvram means garland of poems to the lord.EvolutioneditThree stages have been identified in the evolution of Thevaram first is the mark of Shiva as the supreme deity during the 7th 9th century, the second involved Chola kings initiating the compilation of all the hymns and installing the images of the 3 saint poets during the 1.Saiva Siddantha canon in the 1.Both the Saiva and Vaishnava textual tradition negated the Vedic orthodoxy and Smartha tradition practised during the era.The authority of the hymns were established with the Saivities calling the Tevaram as Tamil Marai meaning Tamil Veda, while Vaishnavities called the Nalayira Divya Prabandham as Dravida Veda.The usage of Sanskrit liturgies for religion was overcome with the usage of Tamil in both Tevaram and Prabandham.Sangam literature established the convention of akam internally orineted and puram externally orientated poetry.Though influence of Sangam literature is often seen in Thevaram, the strict conventions were not followed.Though Lord Murugan is the sole object of praise, each Thiruppugal being addressed to Him and ending with perumLE my Lord, etc., Arunagirinathar so dexterously.The verses were more oriented towards folk tradition, which was easily accessible to people.The first three Tirumurais meaning parts of Tevaram are composed by Thiru.Gnaana. Shiva temples that are casually mentioned in the verses are classified as vaipu sthalam.It was Tevaram for Saivism and Nalayira Divya Prabandam for Vaishanvism.There are 7.


Tevaram Wikipedia.The Tevaram Tamil Tvram denotes the first seven volumes of the Tirumurai, the twelve volume collection of aiva devotional poetry.All seven volumes are dedicated to the works of the three most prominent Tamil poets of the 7th century, the Nayanars Sambandar, Tirunavukkarasar and Sunda 123 The singing of Tevaram is continued as a hereditary practise in some Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu.In the tenth century, during the reign of Raja Raja Chola I, a collection of these songs was found abandoned in the Chidambaram temple, along with other religious literary works, and collated by Nambiyandar Nambi.It is during the Chola dynasty that Saivism came of age and Tevaram, with its body of texts on rituals, philosophy and theology, was canonized.The 2.
