Apputhi Adigal | |
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Personal | |
Born | 7th century CE |
Religion | Hinduism |
Organization | |
Philosophy | Shaivism, Bhakti |
Honors | Nayanar saint, |
Apputhi Adigal, also spelt as Apputhi Adikal, Atputhi Adigal, Apputi Adigal, Appoodi Adikal, Appoothi Adikal and Appudhi Adigal and known as Appuddi Nayanar, was a Nayanar saint, venerated in the Hindu sect of Shaivism. He is generally counted as the twenty-fifth in the list of 63 Nayanars.[1] He is described as a contemporary of Appar or Thirunavukkarasar (first half of the 7th century CE), one of the most prominent Nayanars.