Early Bhakti Saints, Alvars in South India were immersed in the devoti

Early Bhakti Saints, Alvars in South India were immersed in the devotion of

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Ram.

Krishna.

Shiva.

Vishnu.

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The Alvars were a group of 12 Tamil poet-saints of South India who were proponents of Vaishnavism, deeply devoted to Vishnu and his avatars.

– Their devotional poems, compiled as the Divya Prabandha, are central texts of Tamil Vaishnavism.
– Their devotion encompassed various forms and avatars of Vishnu, including Rama and Krishna.

The Nayanars were their Shaivite counterparts, devoted to Shiva. The Alvars and Nayanars played a significant role in the early Bhakti movement in South India between the 6th and 9th centuries AD. While they sang praises of Rama and Krishna, these are considered incarnations of the supreme deity Vishnu in Vaishnavism.

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