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Kirubanandha Variyar | |
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 Kirupanandha Variyar on a 2006 stamp of India | |
| Born | 25 August 1906 |
| Died | 7 November 1993 (aged 87) |
| Other names | Variyar Swamigal, 64th nayanmar |
| Parent(s) | Father : Mallayadasan Mother : Kanagavalli |
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Thirumuruga Kirupanandha Variyar (1906–1993) was a Shaivite spiritual teacher from India. He was a Murugan devotee who helped rebuild and complete the works on many of the temples across the state. He is known for his discourses on various Shaivite legends.
At the time when the atheist movement swept the state of Tamil Nadu, he helped to sustain and re-establish Hinduism and Theism in the state.[1] He has also scripted a movie, Siva Kavi.[1] He used all possible mediums to spread Hinduism. He did not consider one as inferior and another as superior.[citation needed] In his Detroit discourse on Muruga's kindness, he proposed that women's name should also be added as an initial to the child's name.[2]
He insisted on discipline being as important to devotion saying one without the other would be fruitless.[3] He is considered to be 64th nayanmar by the people of the state.[4]
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