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It says that
Sekkilar, the Ganga kula tilaka, composed the Puranam in blemishless language. The title Bhagirathi kula tilaka appears in verse 97, nikarilap-pidu ceyda Bhagirathi kula tilakar Sekkilar ceyda perum tavam, that is, this is the famoush unparalleled contribution of Sekkilhar, the
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The king thereupon invited
Sekkilhar to expound the lives of the Saiva saints in a great poem. Since Sekkilhar was a scholar in both the Vedas as well as the Agamas and being a Saiva saint himself, knew about
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was so moved upon hearing the
Periyapuranam that he placed the poem and Sekkilhar on the royal elephant and took them out on a grand procession around the streets of
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According to a folklore, when
Sekkilhar sat pondering at Chidambaram temple as to how to begin his work, Lord Siva appeared and said his first verse should be:
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and the period, art, culture, civilization, rituals, socioeconomic conditions, and religion/secularism of the times and place surrounding it.
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reign. Although it is only a literary embellishment of earlier hagiographies of the Saiva saints it came to be seen as the epitome of
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178:. Sekkilhar himself was later canonised and his work, the Periyapuranam became the twelfth and final book of the sacred Saiva canon.
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Kalhar (white water-lily): studies in art, iconography, architecture, and archaeology of India and
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Kalhār (white water-lily): studies in art, iconography, architecture, and archaeology of India and
Bangladesh
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in his fourteenth century work (1313 CE) called
Sekkilhar Nayanar Puranam. Sekkilhar had the title
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Epigraphia Indica, Volume 27,Volumes 13-14 of : New imperial series, India
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that was begun by his ancestors. At the same time, he was very interested in the highly erotic
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There are temples dedicated to
Sekkilhar. These include the Kundrathur Sekkilhar Temple at
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festival for
Sekkilhar is celebrated annually in the month of Vaigasi-Poosam (May-June).
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appointed him as his Prime Minister on account of his talents. His life is celebrated by
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and it immediately took its place as the twelfth and the last book in the Saiva canon.
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He who is verily sublime light and who dances in the golden hall of chidambaram
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He who is of plaited locks of hair in which river flows and baby moon grazes
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781:. Orient Blackswan, 1998 - Literary Criticism - 434 pages. p. 356.
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841:. Sahitya Akademi, 1992 - Indic literature - 818 pages. p. 3904.
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K. M. Venkataramaiah, International School of Dravidian Linguistics.
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1019:. Sahitya Akademi, 1997 - Indic literature - 924 pages. p. 522.
950:. Mudgala Trust, 1994 - Chidambaram (India) - 632 pages. p. 66.
695:. International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 1996. p. 331.
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Contributions of saints and seers to the music of India, Volume 1
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Census of India, 1971: Series 19: Tamil Nadu, Volume 6, Part 2
965:. Gandhi Vidyalayam, 1985 - Sivaites - 238 pages. p. 206.
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The Tirumal?ava?i Temple: History and Culture Through the Ages
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Archaeological Survey of India, India. Dept. of Archaeology.
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995:. Marg Publications, 2004 - Travel - 140 pages. p. 48.
796:. Kaveri Books, 01-Mar-2007 - Art - 370 pages. p. 366.
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A Survey of the Sources for the History of Tamil Literature
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A Survey of the Sources for the History of Tamil Literature
153:(12th century CE), known popularly by his family name as
811:. Luzac, 1954 - Śaiva Siddhānta - 152 pages. p. 32.
980:. Manager of Publications, 1900 - Housing. p. 49.
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920:. Superintendent, Government Press, 1962. p. 55.
1034:. Macmillan, 2007 - India - 356 pages. p. 102.
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Bhagirathi kula tilaka, as a result of his penance.
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854:Glimpses of Tamil Culture: Based on Periyapuranam
642:, where Saint Sekkilhar is the procession deity.
710:. B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1986. p. 43.
539:He who is known to those who forsake attachments
186:Sekkilhar was born as Arulmozhithevan, meaning
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226:race) by Umapati Sivacharya in his work, the
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905:. Manager of Publications, 1985. p. 96.
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503:or saints and would himself sing it in the
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748:. Annamalai University, 1977. p. 135.
721:C. Jesudasan, Hephzibah Jesudasan (1961).
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511:and arouse the latent Chola Saiva zeal.
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882:Enamul Haque, Gouriswar Bhattacharya.
856:. Koodal Publishers, 1977. p. 13.
792:Enamul Haque; Gouriswar Bhattacharya.
451:, then a young king, was a devotee of
729:. Y.M.C.A. Pub. House, 1961. p.
194:village (a suburb of the present-day
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524:Ulakellam unarnthu otharkku ariyavan
157:, was a saint and a contemporary of
935:. Infobase Publishing. p. 327.
886:. Kaveri Books, 2007. p. 369.
869:An Introduction to Tamil Literature
530:malar chilambadi vaazhthi vanakuvom
499:about the lives of the sixty three
1049:. Mudgala Trust, 1994. p. 91.
528:Alakil jothiyan ambalatthu aaduvan
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188:the one of the divine language
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993:Chidambaram: Home of Nataraja
991:Vivek Nanda; George Michell.
916:Madras (India : State).
725:A history of Tamil literature
526:Nilavulaviya neermali veniyan
151:Sēkkilān Mādēvadigal Rāmadēva
29:Sēkkilān Mādēvadigal Rāmadēva
238:Compilation of Periyapuranam
161:. He compiled and wrote the
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214:. Sekkilhar is also called
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