page_title: Vaippu Sthalam
hierarchical_section_title: Vaippu Sthalam
caption_attribution_description: English: Nalvar, Thirukkarugavur
context_page_description: The Vaippu Sthalam also Called Tevara Vaippu Sthalam are places in South India that were mentioned casually in the songs in Tevaram, hymns composed in praise of Lord Shiva during 7th-8th century.
  The Paadal Petra Sthalam by comparison are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent.
  The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the contemporary Vaishnava Alvars of Tamil Nadu, India.
context_section_description: The Vaippu Sthalam  also Called Tevara Vaippu Sthalam are places in South India that were mentioned casually in the songs in Tevaram, hymns composed in praise of Lord Shiva during 7th-8th century.
  The Paadal Petra Sthalam by comparison are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent.
  The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the contemporary Vaishnava Alvars of Tamil Nadu, India.
caption: The 3 foremost Nayanars with Manickavasagar - collectively called the Nalvars: (from left)  Campantar, Appar, Cuntarar, Manikkavacakar.
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