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Kulasekhara Alvar

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Mahodayapura-paramesvara or "the Lord of the City of Makotai". He is known as the author of two Sanskrit plays called "Tapatisamvarana" and "Subhadradhananjaya" and the Sanskrit champu kavya "Ascharya Manjari" (perhaps also the author of the Sanskrit play "Vicchinnabhiseka"). An inscription from Chembra (954/55 AD) also mentions the performance of the play "Tapatisamvarana".
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Kulasekhara Alvar is generally identified with Kulasekhara Varma, the medieval dramatist from the Chera royal family. Kulasekhara Varma describes himself as the Keralakula-chudamani or "the Crown Jewel of the Chera dynasty", the Keraladhinatha or "the King of the Chera Country" and
44: 1288:, the foster parents, looked after him. Kulasekhara expresses Devaki's desolation at being separated from her child and for union with him. In some poems, Kulasekhara also identifies himself with a gopi in love with god Krishna. 1200:, in the western country, in Kali Era 28 to the Chera ruler Dridhavrata. When the prince came of age, his father abdicated the kingdom and retired from public life, and the new king Kulasekhara ascended the throne. 1136:, says that it was consecrated to the memory of Kulasekhara Perumal (by certain Vasudevan Kesevan of Mullappalli, Malai Mandalam). The earliest known inscription from the temple is dated to c. 1015 AD. 1081:
Vaishnavite traditions describe the Alvar as a king of the Chera royal family of the western coast (Kerala). Scholars identify Kulasekhara with royal Chera playwright Kulasekhara Varma and
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to be his own. His devotion was so intense that he worshipped the devotees as forms of Vishnu. In one song, he identifies himself with
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The following is the traditional biography of king Kulasekhara from sources generally dated to 12th-14th century AD.
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Kulasekhara later threw off the reigns of kingdom and started out on a pilgrimage to the holy site of
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Veluthat, Kesavan (2004). "Mahodayapuram-Kotunnallur: a Capital City as a Sacred Centre".
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Kulasekhara Alvar's poems are devotional in nature, being dedicated to the most prominent
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Devadevan, Manu V. (2020). "The Semantic Universe of the Kudiyattam Theatre".
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Devadevan, Manu V. (2020). "The Semantic Universe of the Kudiyattam Theatre".
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is traditionally associated Kulasekhara Varma and his courtier
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is considered as the Alvar's birthplace, located in modern-day
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Karashima, Noboru, ed. (2014). "States in Deccan and Kerala".
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theologian and devotional poet from medieval south India. The
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A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations
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Ayyar, A. S. Ramanatha, ed. (1925). "Kulasekhara Perumal".
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South Indian Horizon: Felicitation Volume for François Gros
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complex commemorates the daughter of king Kulasekhara.
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K. G. Sesha Iyyer, "Kulasekhara Alvar and his Date",
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Vaisnavism, Saivism and other Minor Religious Systems
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Kulasekhara was the author of "Perumal Tirumoli" in
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Index

Kulashekhara Alwar

Alvar
Hinduism
shrine
Kodungallur
Vaishnavite tradition
Bhakti
Perumal Tirumoli
Mukundamala
a series
Vaishnavism
Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
Vishnu
Krishna
Rama
Dashavatara
Matsya
Kurma
Varaha
Narasimha
Vamana
Parasurama
Rama
Balarama
Krishna
Buddha
Kalki
Dhanvantari
Guruvayurappan

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