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According to Champakalakshmi, there were at least three stages in the evolution of Tevaram: first was the composition of the hymns by the Tevaram trio, then these were adopted in temple rituals and festivals by patikam singers, and thereafter came a conscious 11th-century structuring of these poems into a canonized text.
The text has roots in 6th to 8th century CE devotional poetry, that was compiled into Tevaram text in the 11th century. It is a part of the canonical literature of Tamil Shaivism, and devotionally sung in Shiva temples in the contemporary times. It has been called the Shaivism traditions' Tamil Veda.
Appar's poems dealt with inner, emotional and psychological state of the poet saint. [2] The metaphors used in the poems have deep agrarian influence that is considered one of the striking chords for common people to get accustomed to the verse. [18] The quote below is a popular song of Appar glorifying Shiva in simple diction. [19]
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. [4] Sundarar was born in Tirunavalur in a Shaiva Brahmin family to Sadaiya Nayanar and Isaignaniyar towards the end of the 7th century. [ 5 ]
The Odhuvars were from the vellala community and were trained in ritual singing in Tevaram schools. [27] Periya Puranam, the eleventh-century Tamil book on the Nayanars that forms the last volume of the Tirumurai, primarily had references only to Tevaram and subsequently expanded to 12 parts and is one of the first anthologies of Tirumurai. [28]
Tevaram: Tirumurai: Tamil people: Sangam: Sangam landscape: ... Yashodhara Kaviyam is one of the five minor epic poems of Sangham literature. [1] [2] Description
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, a group of Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri. [2]
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirunavukkarasar. Praises of the temple have been sung by Sambandar in the Thevaram. The temple is also associated with the life of Thiruneelakanta Nayanar. [citation needed]