Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.1.11 Southern kingdoms c. 300–750 CE

3.1.11.5 Alvars and Nayanars: early Bhakti in the Tamil country

From about the sixth to the ninth century, twelve Vaishnava Alvars and sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars sang in Tamil of personal devotion, shifting popular religion away from Buddhism and Jainism.

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  • Alvars
  • Nayanars
  • Nalayira Divya Prabandham
  • Nathamuni
  • Tevaram
  • Tirumurai
  • Periya Puranam
  • Andal
  • Appar
  • Sambandar
  • Sundarar
  • Manikkavasagar

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