Alwarthirunagari
Deities

Alwarthirunagari

Tirukkurukur / Ālvārtiruṉagarī — birthplace of Nammalvar

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · 8th c. CE (Nammalvar's birth and Tirukkural composition); 9th–14th c. (Nalayira Divya Prabandham compilation); 16th–21st c.

Alwarthirunagari

One of Nava Tirupati (9-temple cluster). Birthplace of Nammalvar (c. 880 CE), the greatest of the 12 Alvars. Tamarind tree under which Nammalvar meditated for 16 years still stands.

Divya Desam canonical status

One of the 108 Divya Desams — temples sung in the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (the "Four-Thousand Divine Hymns") by the 12 Alvars (6th–9th c. CE). The 108 Divya Desams include 106 earthly sites, plus 2 extra-cosmic realms (Paramapadam = Vaikuntha, and Tirupparkadal = the Milk-Ocean). Each Divya Desam has a Moolavar (sanctum deity), Utsavar (processional image), and a specific Alvar-mangalāśāsana dedication.

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