NayanarLes Nayanar ou Nayanmar étaient des poètes de l'hindouisme considérés comme des saints. Ils étaient shivaïtes, vivaient dans l'état du Tamil Nadu, en Inde, et, ils furent actifs entre le et le . L'hagiographie shivaïte tamoule , l'un des volumes du , écrit durant le , raconte l'histoire de chacun des soixante-trois Nayanar, bien que ce nombre ait sans doute été choisi pour sa valeur symbolique. L'hagiographie jaïne , un ouvrage en sanskrit du de , qui liste soixante-trois saints jaïns, a probablement fourni la base du Periya Puranam ainsi que le nombre de Nayanar.
VedaranyamVedaranyam (ʋeːdaːɾaɳjam) (also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is named after the presiding deity of the Vedaranyeswarar Temple. The recorded history of Vedaranyam is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire and the British. During India's independence struggle, C.
ViluppuramViluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram (ʋiɻɯppɯɾam) is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, and National Highway 45 passes through it. Agriculture is a main source of income. As Government of India 2011 census data indicated, Viluppuram had a population of 96,253. and the town's literacy rate has been recorded as 90.16% by Census 2011.
