TIRUVANNAMALAI

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The glory of Tiruvannamalai is enshrined in almost all scriptures. In many languages too. The Vedas, Upanishads, Samhitas, Puranas, Sthalapuranas, devotional treatises contain such a great corpus of authentic material that it bewilders readers with countless accounts and awe-inspiring episodes. 

The illustrious Nayanamars, like Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar, Manicavachagar on their visits poured out their souls in sweet verses, some in ecstatic raptures, and others in books recollected in tranquility. Arunagirinathar, Guhai Namasivayar and his illustrious Sishya Siva Prakara Swamigal, Ellappa Navalar etc. have eulogized the glory of the kshetra and the deity in such elaborate way that nothing is left for any further composition. Moreover, archives also furnish certain anecdotes occurred in the lives of rulers, native and alien, testifying to the historicity of this shrine.

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