Among the bronze idols unearthed recently in the Sattainathar or Thoniappar temple in Sirkazhi in Mayiladuthurai district are the copper plates with Thevaram hymns inscribed on them. This is the ...

CHENNAI: In the 7th and 8th centuries, the ancient hymns of Thevaram were recited by priests and filled the temples of Shiva in south India. Today, they are a peek into the wave of the Bhakti ...

As a result, he becomes blind. His subsequent hardships are reflected in several Thevaram hymns. Through his devotion, he eventually regains sight. In a scene featuring demons, the young girls ...

Due to his fondness for Tamil hymns – Thevaram and Thiruvasagam — he had gone to recite verses from them in the Natarajar temple at Chidambaram in 2000. But he was beaten up by the dhiksitars.

Your article quoted Vishnu Pillay as stating that the Thevaram hymns were in praise of Ravana. The hymns in the Thevaram are in praise of Lord Shiva, who does the cosmic dance. Pillay must stop ...

More than a hundred rare copper plate manuscripts of an explication of the hymn ‘Thevaram’, written by Thirugnanasambanthar, one of the three saint poets, have been unearthed near the ...