Nayanmar

The Nayanars or Nayanmars were Shaivite devotional poets of Tamil Nadu, active between the fifth and the tenth centuries CE.

The sixty-three Nayanmars

1. Anaya
2. Adipaththa
3. Aiyadigal Kaadavarkon, Pallava King Aiyadigal Perumaanaar
4. Amaraneedi Nayanar
5. Appudhi Adigal
6. Arivattaya
7. Chandeshvara Nayanar
8. DhandiyadigaL
9. Enatinatha
10. Eripaththa
11. Eyarkon Kalikkaama
12. Gananatha
13. Idankazhi
14. Ilayankudi maranar
15. Isaignaniyaar - Female Nayanar
16. Iyarpagaiar
17. Kaari
18. Kalikkamba
19. Kaliya
20. Kanampulla
21. Kannappa Nayanar
22. Karaikkal Ammeiyar, Female Nayanar
23. Kazharchinga
24. Kazharir-rarivaar, Chera King, also Cheraman Perumal
25. Kochengat Cholan, A Chola King
26. Kootruva
27. Kotpuli
28. Kulachchirai
29. Kungiliyak Kalaya
30. Manakkanychaara Nayanar
31. Mangayarkkarachiyar, Female Nayanar
32. Meiporul Nayanar
33. Murkha
34. Murti
35. Munayaduvaar
36. Muruga
37. Nami Nandi Adigal
38. Narasingha Munayaraya
39. Nesa Nayanar
40. Ninra Seer Nedumaara
41. Perumizhalaik Kurumba
42. Pusalar
43. Pugal Chola, A Chola King
44. Pugazh Thunai Nayanar
45. Saakkiya
46. Sadaiya Nayanar
47. Saththi
48. Seruthtunai
49. Sirappuli
50. Siruttonda
51. Somaachi
52. Sundarar
53. TirugnaanaSambandar
54. Tirukkuripput Tonda
55. Tirumular
56. Thirunalai Povar Nayanar, popularly known as Nandanar
57. Tirunavukkarasar, popularly known as Appar
58. Thiruneelakandar
59. Tirunilakanda Yaazpaana
60. Tirunilanakka
61. Uruttira Pasupati
62. Vaayilaar
63. Viralminda nayanar

Karaikkal Ammaiyar (Tamil: காரைக்கால் அம்மையார், which means the mother from Karaikkal), one of the few females amongst the sixty three Nayanmars, is one of the greatest figures of early Tamil literature. Her birth name was Punithavathi, born at Karaikkal, South India, and lived during the 6th century. She was a great devotee of Lord Shiva.

ISAIGNANIYAR is a female poetess who lived in Tirunavalur of Tirumuraipadi. All her ancestors were ardent devotees of Lord Siva and her husband Sadaiya nayanar is too one of the 63 nayanars. She was also devoted to the Lord. Due to their virtuous deeds in their past life, a divine child was born to them. He was no other than Sundaramurthi Nayanar.