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Sundarar
8th-century Indian poet
Sundarar (Tamil: சுந்தரர், romanized: Cuntarar), also referred to as Chuntarar, Chuntaramurtti, Nampi Aruran or Tampiran Tolan, was an eighth-century poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism.
He is among the Tevaram trio, and one of the most prominent Nayanars, the Shaivabhakti (devotional) poets of Tamil Nadu.[2]
His hymns form the seventh volume of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume compendium of Shaiva Siddhanta.
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His songs are considered the most musical in Tirumurai in Tamil language.[3] His life and his hymns in the Tevaram are broadly grouped in four stages. First, his cancelled arranged marriage through the intervention of Shiva in the form of a mad petitioner and his conversion into a Shaiva devotee.
Second, his double marriage to temple dancers Paravai and Cankali with their stay together in Tiruvarur. Third, his blindness and then return of his sight. Finally, his reflections o