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search Om symbol Om symbol Parts Name Author 1,2,3
Tirukadaikkappu Sambandar 4,5,6 Tevaram Tirunavukkarasar 7
Tirupaatu Sundarar 8 Tiruvacakam & 9 Tiruvisaippa & 10
Tirumandhiram Tirumular 11 Various 12 Periya Puranam Sekkizhar
Paadal Petra Sthalam Paadal Petra Sthalam Raja Raja Chola I
Nambiyandar Nambi  Tirumular (Tamil:திருமூலர் ,also spelt
Thirumoolar etc., originally known as Cuntaranātar) was a Tamil
Shaivite mystic and writer, considered one of the sixty-three
Nayanars and one of the 18 Siddhars. His main work, the
Tirumantiram (also sometimes written Tirumanthiram,
Tirumandhiram, etc.), which consists of over 3000 verses, forms
a part of the key text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta, the
Tirumurai.   Legend has it that Tirumūlar was a travelling
Shaiva saint and scholar from Kailash who used his yogic powers
to transmigrate into the body of a southern cowherd, Mūlan. He
would wake up from a state of intense meditation once a year and
compose one