The 63 Nayanmars – the great Shaiva saints of Tamil Nadu – told afresh in Tamil and English.
Sekkizhar’s Periya Puranam sings the lives of the sixty-three devotees named in Sundaramurthy Nayanar’s Thiruthondathogai: kings and potters, hunters and queens, poets, farmers, merchants and child saints. Each of them reached Lord Shiva through love and service. This app brings all 63 lives to your phone in a new, easy-to-read design.
WHAT’S INSIDE
• All 63 Nayanmars in the Periya Puranam order, each with a full life story in Tamil and in English – switch the language with one tap
• Town, region, community and the Guru Pooja month and star of every saint
• Their sacred service (thiruthondu), the message of their life, and where they attained Shiva’s feet
• The line of the Thiruthondathogai that praises each saint
• Guru Pooja calendar – the coming Guru Pooja days worked out from the Tamil month and star, with today’s Guru Pooja on the home screen
• The complete Thiruthondathogai – tap a highlighted line to read that saint’s story
• Nayanar of the day, search by name or town, filters by region and for the women saints
• Quiz – ten questions at a time on towns, services, Guru Pooja days and the hymn
• Save your favourite saints, share a story with family and friends
• Adjustable text size, light and dark themes, Tamil or English interface
FREE, OFFLINE, NO ADS
The app has no advertisements, needs no internet connection and collects no personal data.
Pictures are temple idols, paintings and festival photographs from Wikimedia Commons, credited inside the app. Guru Pooja dates are calculated for Tamil Nadu and may differ by a day from your local temple – please check your panchangam.
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