who were the nayanars?
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The Nayanars were a group of 63 saints in the 6th to 8th century who were devoted to the Hindu god Shiva in Tamil Nadu. They, along with the Alwars, their contemporaries who were devoted to Vishnu, influenced the Bhakti movement in Tamil.
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- ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 8ᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ 9ᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀɪᴇꜱ ᴄᴇ, ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴜᴛʜ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ , ɢʀᴏᴜᴘꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀʟᴠᴀʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴀʏᴀɴᴍᴀʀ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏᴠᴇ , ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇʀᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ɢᴏᴅ.
- ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀʏᴀᴍᴀʀꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴅʜɪᴘᴇᴅ ꜱʜɪᴠᴀ .
- ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʜᴀᴋᴛɪ ꜱᴀɪɴᴛꜱ , ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ꜰ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜꜱ ʀᴇꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ɪꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀꜱ " ʙʜᴀᴋᴛɪ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ".
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