Mortal · Shaiva · South India · Tirupperunturai, Madurai, Chidambaram
Manikkavacakar
The Pandya minister sent to buy horses who met Shiva as an ascetic at Tirupperunturai and spent the king's money on a temple; author of the Tiruvacakam and Tirukkovaiyar, the eighth Tirumurai. His date is uncertain (third or ninth century).
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