1. Sundarar, referred to as Chuntarar, Chuntaramurtti, Nampi Aruran or Tampiran Tolan, was an eighth-century poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism.
14 Facts About Sundarar
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Sundarar is among the Tevaram trio, and one of the most prominent Nayanars, the Shaiva bhakti poets of Tamil Nadu.
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Sundarar's songs are considered the most musical in Tirumurai in Tamil language.
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Sundarar was adopted by regional feudatory dedicated to Shiva, and that brought the name "Aruran".
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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.
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Sundarar was born in Tirunavalur in a Shaiva Brahmin family to Sadaiya Nayanar and Isaignaniyar towards the end of the 7th century.
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Sundarar is unique among the Nayanars in that both of his birth parents are recognized as Nayanars.
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The document stated that Sundarar was bonded to serve him, the old man, his master.
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Sundarar seeks the latter to provide for his family and to pay for the charitable temple kitchen that fed hundreds of Shaiva pilgrims.
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Sundarar then embarked on a mission to recover the hymns.
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Sundarar sought the help of Nambiyandar Nambi, who was a priest in a Ganesha temple.
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Sundarar's composition is compiled in the seventh volume of the Tevaram.
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Sundarar compositions have a signature last stanza, where he links his hymns to Shiva, the Vedas or a temple location, and the benefits of reciting or listening to that hymns.
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Sundarar shared the same respect as Sambandar and Appar for the Vedas.