Cheraman Perumal Nayanar
Hindu poet and religious teacher
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar (Malayalam: ചേരമാൻ പെരുമാൾ നായനാർ; Tamil: சேரமான் பெருமாள் நாயனார்; literally meaning "Chera king the Nayanar") was a bhakti poet-musician and religious teacher of the Tamil Shaiva tradition in medieval south India, and is counted among the sixty-three revered nayanars. The Cheraman Perumal's companionship with Sundarar, also known as Sundara Moorthy Nayanar, one of the "Three Nayanars", is celebrated in the bhakti tradition. The legend of the Cheraman Perumal is recounted in the hagiographic work "Periyapuranam", composed in the mid-12th century AD by Chekkizhar, a courtier of Chola ruler Kulottunga II. This collection draws upon an earlier compilation by Nambiyandar Nambi (10th-11th centuries AD). The Thiruvanchikulam Shiva Temple in Kodungallur, on the Malabar Coast, is closely associated with both the Perumal and Sundarar Moorthy Nayanar. The Cheraman Perumal is credited with composing several devotional works, including the "Ponvannattandadi", a collection...
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