The fourth, fifth and sixth Thirumurai were authored by ThirunAvukkarasar, He spent his long span of 80 years in social service. It was Sambandhar who began calling him Appar, out of respect, and he is known most famously by this name. He met Sambandhar as he traveled around, and they sang verses together from temple to temple. When he was cured, he began singing in praise of Lord Shiva in verses which later came to be called thevAram. He and his sister prayed fervently at the Shiva Temple in their town. He returned home to his sister after acquiring a disease. Then he joined a Jain monastery, where he earned the title Dharmasenar. His parents died when he was young child, and he stayed with his sister Tilakavathiyar for some time. He was one of the 63 NAyanars of the 8th C.C.E. He is regarded by some as an incarnation of Lord Karthikeya.Ģ) Appar also known as Thirunavukkarasar was a Saivite poet born as Marulnikkiyar in Thiruvamur. He sang many verses opposing Jainism and Buddhism and brought back faith in Hinduism. Through this encounter, people say Sambandhar received some “divine qualities.” When Sambandhar received his Upanayanam, he began singing in great detail about the Vedas. When his parents came back and asked him who had fed him (seeing the drops of milk on his cheek) he started singing in praise of Lord Shiva and his consort Parvathi. The child was so lonely, he started crying, and immediately, it is said that the goddess Parvathi consoled him and nursed him. When he was around three years old, his parents took him to a Shiva temple and told him to stay on the steps while they prayed to the deities. He was better known as “TAALA VENDHAN” (the unparalleled King of Rhythm).
He was a child prodigy of the “Thevara Moovar”, belongs to the 7th century A.D. 1) Sambandhar also known as Thirugnana Sambandhar was born to Bhagavathiyar and Sivapada Hridayar in Sirkazhi.
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