We must cultivate the habit of chanting the verses of Tevaram on a daily basis in order to live a peaceful life. Along with Sambandar and Sundarar, Appar is also praised for his great contribution in the shaivite siddantha. It is believed that by singing the verses of Thevaram, one will get relieved from their past and present birth sins and will be merged with Lord Shiva. He was a humble and a soft spoken saint, who cured the dreaded diseases of the devotees by applying the holy ash ( VIBUTHI) of Lord Shiva on their body.Įven still in most of the shiva temples, his famous work “ TEVARAM” is recited every day, and especially on Mondays. He was praised for his kindness, wisdom, courage, knowledge and devotion to Lord Shiva. The great shaivite saint Sri Nambi Andar Nambi,recovered some of the divine scripts of tevaram through the blessings of Lord Shiva in 10 century AD.Īppar was a great saint who removed the sins of the devotees by chanting the shiva mantra “ OM NAMASHIVAYA”. One of his famous songs verses are as follows:. He attained SALVATION at TiruPukalur Siva temple at the age of 81. Appar is believed to have travelled to most of the shiva temples in Tamil Nadu, and preached the importance of shaivism among the people. Navukkarasar met Thirugnana Sambandar at Sirkali and both of them traveled together by singing devotional songs on Lord Shiva.
He also converted the Pallava king, Mahendravarman to Shaivaism. He was called as Tirunavukkarasu, due to his divine speech. Then he was back to Shaivism from Jainism. Once he suffered severe stomach pain, after praying to Lord Shiva, he got cured. He is regarded as an avatar of the holy “ SIVA GANAM VAGEESAR” in KAILASA.Īt his younger age, Appar was very much attracted to Jainism and stayed in the Jain Temple and was known as Darmasena. His sister Thilagavathiyar lived a saintly life and took care of him properly. Appar had contributed a portion of his writings in the famous writing Thiruthondar Thogai. All the contributions of Appar, Sundarar and Thirugnana Sambandar are collectively called as ThevaramĪppar was born in 7th century AD in Tiruvamur, Tamil Nadu. Appar also known as Tirunavukkarasar Nayanar was one among the 63 nayanmars.
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