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Sundarar
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Chidambaram
Chidambaram (சிதம்பரம் en tamoul, चिदाम्बरम en sanskrit) est une ville de taille moyenne dont les quartiers d'habitation n'ont aucun attrait particulier, mais qui est connue dans toute l'Inde pour son sanctuaire du Naṭarāja, le « danseur cosmique », l'une des plus célèbres représentations du dieu Shiva effectuant sa « danse bienheureuse » (dite Ananda Tandava). Elle est située dans le Tamil Nadu, à 50 km au sud de Cuddalore (et à 60 km au sud de Pondichéry), sur le golfe du Bengale.
Nayanar
Les 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.
Thiruvarur
(en திருவாரூர், en तिरुवारूरु) ou Tiruvarur est une ville du sud-est de l'Inde chef-lieu du district de Tiruvarur, dans l’État du Tamil Nadu. En 2011, sa population était de . La ville est célèbre pour son temple de Thyagaraja et la fête rituelle du char (Ratha Yatra ou localement teroṭṭam), une procession religieuse organisée au printemps durant le mois de Chitra (avril/mai). La ville est héritière d'un passé prestigieux, ayant été depuis l'époque de la dynastie Chola patronnée en tant que centre culturel rayonnant sur l'ensemble de l'Inde du Sud.
Sekkilhar
Sēkkilān Mādēvadigal Rāmadēva (12th century CE), known popularly by his family name as Sekkizhar, was a saint and a contemporary of Kulottunga Chola II. He compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam (Great Story or Narrative) in 4253 verses, recounting the life stories of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars, the devotees of Shiva. Sekkilhar himself was later canonised and his work, the Periyapuranam became the twelfth and final book of the sacred Saiva canon. Sekkilhar was born as Arulmozhithevan, meaning the one of the divine language.
Sirkazhi
Sirkazhi (ˈsiːɾkaːɻiː), also spelled as Sirkali and Siyali, is a major municipal town in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located from the coast of the Bay of Bengal, and from the state capital Chennai. Sirkazhi was a part of Thanjavur district until 1991 and has later been part of Nagapattinam district. The town covers an area of and in 2011 had a population of 34,927. It is administered by a second grade municipality. Sirkazhi is part of the Cauvery delta region and agriculture is the major occupation.
Appar
Appar, also referred to as (திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime between 570 and 650 CE. Appar composed 4,900 devotional hymns to the god Shiva, out of which 313 have survived and are now canonized as the 4th to 6th volumes of Tirumurai. One of the most prominent of the sixty-three revered Nayanars, he was an older contemporary of Thirugnana Sambandar.
Sambandar
Sambandar (Tamil: சம்பந்தர்), also referred to as Tirugnana Sambandar (lit. Holy Sage Sambandar), Tirujnanasambanda, Campantar or Jñāṉacampantar, was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th century CE. He was a child prodigy who lived just 16 years. According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he composed an of 16,000 hymns in complex meters, of which 383 (384) hymns with 4,181 stanzas have survived. These narrate an intense loving devotion (bhakti) to the Hindu god Shiva.
Manikkavacakar
Manikkavacakar, or Maanikkavaasagar (Tamil: மாணிக்கவாசகர், "One whose words are like gems"), was a 9th-century Tamil saint and poet who wrote Tiruvasakam, a book of Shaiva hymns. Speculated to have been a minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 CE–885 CE) (also called Arimarthana Pandiyan), he lived in Madurai. He is revered as one of the Nalvar ("group of four" in Tamil), a set of four prominent Tamil saints alongside Appar, Sundarar and Sambandar.
Rameswaram
Rameswaram (en tamoul : இராமேசுவரம் ou இராமேஸ்வரம் dans sa graphie officielle, la prononciation dialectale étant plutôt ராமேஸ்வரம்), s'écrit également Rameshwaram, est une ville d'Inde située à l'extrême pointe sud du Tamil Nadu, sur l'île de Pamban faisant face au Sri Lanka. Cette ville est célèbre pour son temple hindou dédié à Ramanathaswamy, haut lieu de pèlerinage pour les vishnouites comme pour les shivaïtes ainsi que pour la tradition smarta. Rameswaram est une des villes saintes de l'Inde, parfois baptisée petit Varanasi du sud.
Mayiladuthurai
Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a town and district headquarter of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located at a distance of from the state capital, Chennai. Mayiladuthurai was ruled by Medieval Cholas and subsequently ruled by various dynasties, including the Vijayanagar Empire, Thanjavur Nayaks, Thanjavur Marathas and the British Empire. Mayiladuthurai was a part of the erstwhile Tanjore district until India's independence in 1947 and Thanjavur district until 1991 and subsequently a part of the newly formed Nagapattinam district.