The Tamil saints Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar sing Shiva through the temple towns of the south; their Tevaram hymns, later gathered as canon, carry Tamil Shaivism into the temple liturgy where they are still sung.
The Event
- Date
- c. 650 (approximate)
- Era
- Classical; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Tamil country; today Tamil Nadu, India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Shaivism
- Key figures
- Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar
- Key texts
- Tevaram
Primary Sources
- Tevaram
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Michaels, Hinduism: Past and Present (Princeton, 2004)
Provenance: HIST-0312; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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