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Some of the earliest known mentions of Perumal, and the Tamil devotional poems ascribed to him, are found in Paripāṭal – the Sangam era poetic anthology. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He is a popular Hindu deity particularly among Tamils in Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora, and in Vaishnava temples. [ 7 ]
The earliest verses of Paripadal describe the glory of Perumal in poetic terms. Many poems of the Paripadal consider Perumal as the supreme god of the Tamils. [48] Paripāṭal also mentions that Vishnu is only Shiva and Brahma; he is everything and is the supreme god and represents himself as different gods. [48]
Kulasekhara was the author of "Perumal Tirumoli" in Tamil and "Mukundamala" in Sanskrit. [3] Kulasekhara Alvar's poems are devotional in nature, being dedicated to the most prominent avataras of god Vishnu - Rama and Krishna. He identifies himself with several roles in the events of their lives. [2]
Although Lakshmana is worshipped with Rama in Rama temples, there are some temples dedicated him, where he is worshipped alongside his wife, Urmila. [46] Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana Perumal Temple, where Lakshmana is the main deity. In Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, there is a temple dedicated to Lakshmana and Urmila.
A man named Hamsha [g] informs his son, the eponymous protagonist, about actions this god plans to take, but their description is not preserved. [235] Kumarbi is also mentioned in a historiola focused on the flood hero in a text presumed to be a healing ritual of “Hurro- Luwian ” background, in the past sometimes classified as a fragment of ...
Ottima, the wife of the rich silk-mill owner Luca Gaddi (and the lover of Sebald, a German) Jules, a French art student, who is today marrying Phene, a beautiful woman he knows only through her fan letters; Luigi, an Italian patriot who lives with his mother in the turret on the hill; Monsignor, a cleric; I.—Morning
A poem of Periyalvar names the ruling Pandya king as Netumaran, and states that the king extolled the lord of Thirumalirumsolai (that is, Vishnu). The Pandyan kings were generally staunch Shaivites: the only king described as a parama-vaishnava ("Great Vaishnavite") in the Pandyan inscriptions was Jatila Parantaka (r. c. 765-815), who was also known as Netun-jataiyan.
Family of Sundarar (l->r): Sadaya Nayanar (father), Isaignaniyar (mother), Paravai Nachiyar (wife), Sundarar, Sangili Nachiyar (wife), Narasinga Muniyaraiyar (foster-father). The Tevaram hymns compositions of Sundarar are a source of biographical information about him, as are the hagiographic texts written about him few centuries after he died ...