 Thirugnana Sambandar was born into a family of Saivite Brahmins in Sirkazhi.Information about Sambandar comes mainly from the "Periya Puranam", the eleventh-century Tamil book on the Nayanars that forms the last volume of the "Tirumurai", along with Sundarar's "Tiruttondartokai" and other poetry, and Nambiyandar Nambi's "Tiru Tondar Tiruvandadi".A Sanskrit hagiography called "Brahmapureesa Charitam" is now lost.