The ''Vaippu Sthalam'' :ta:வைப்புத் தலங்கள் also Called Tevara Vaippu Sthalam are places in

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that were mentioned casually in the songs in

Tevaram The ''Thevaram'' ( ta, தேவாரம், ), also spelled ''Tevaram'', denotes the first seven volumes of the twelve-volume collection ''Tirumurai'', a Śaiva narrative of epic and puranic heroes, as well as a hagiographic account of early ...

, hymns composed in praise of the god

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during 7th-8th century. The ''

Paadal Petra Sthalam The Paadal Petra Sthalam, also known as Thevara Sthalam, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent. The Divya Desams by comparison ar ...

'' by comparison are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of

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Nayanars The Nayanars (or Nayanmars; ta, நாயன்மார், translit=Nāyaṉmār, translit-std=ISO, lit=hounds of Siva, and later 'teachers of Shiva ) were a group of 63 Tamil Hindu saints living during the 6th to 8th centuries CE who were de ...

in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent.

Thevaram

Thevaram ( ta, தேவாரம்) refers to the collection of verses sung on the primary god of the Shaivite sect of

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by three

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poets (known as ''Saiva Kuruvars'') - Thirugnana Sambanthar (aka Campantar),

Tirunavukkarasar Appar, also referred to as ( ta, 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 ...

(aka Appar) and Sundaramoorthy Nayanar (aka

Sundarar Sundarar (Tamil: சுந்தரர்), also referred to as Chuntarar, Chuntaramurtti, Nampi Aruran or Tampiran Tolan, was an eighth-century poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism. He is among the Tevaram trio, and one o ...

). The former two lived in the 7th century AD while the latter around 8th century AD. All songs in ''

'' are believed to be in sets of 10 songs (called ''pathikam'' in

List of Vaippu Sthalam

The list of the ''Vaippu Sthalam'' is found in each verse of ''

'' that may be part of verses glorifying other temples (''

'') .http://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0211.pdf. Project Madurai

References

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