- the
hagiographic Puranas in Tamil, Sekkilar's
Tiruttondar Puranam or
Periyapuranam,
composed during the rule of
Kulottunga II (1133–1150 CE)
stands first...
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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...
- the
birthplace of Sekkizhar, a well-known poet-saint who aut****d the
Periyapuranam. The
locality is
known for the
Kundrathur Murugan Temple, one of the...
- The
legend of the
Cheraman Perumal is
narrated in the
hagiographic Periyapuranam,
composed by Chekkizhar, a
courtier of
Chola Kulottunga II, in mid-12th...
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trained ritualists. They are
mentioned in the 12th
century work, the
Periyapuranam of Sekkizhar. They were
originally the
ritual arbiters of
imperial legitimacy...
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Chola monarch is the
version found in the
later texts as well as in the
Periyapuranam, the
great compendium of the
Shaiva saints. The
period covered by the...
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published many books,
including a
critically acclaimed translation of
Periyapuranam, a
Saivite religious literature in Tamil. "The
History of the Holy Servants...
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overthrew the Kalabhras.
Acchchutakalaba is
likely the last
Kalabhra king.
Periyapuranam, a
Shaivite religious work of 12th
century tells us of the
Pandya king...
- of sixty-two Nayanmars. This was
later elaborated by
Sekkilar in his
Periyapuranam (4,272 verses) . Manikkavasagar, who
lived around the 8th
century CE...
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temple in
their poetic work, Tevaram. Sekkizhar, the
author of the
Periyapuranam,
wrote that both
Appar and
Sambandar worshiped Arunachalesvara in the...