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Nammalvar is considered the foremost of the Alvars, a group of twelve semi-legendary saints dedicated to God in the form of Vishnu in the Tamil-speaking southern regions of India. His name can translate as "our own Alvar," a sign of the deep personal connection Tamil Vaishnavas have always felt for this poet-saint. |
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Hymns for the Drowning: Poems for Vishnu by Nammalvar, Translated by A. K. Ramanujan |
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Nammalvar: (Makers of Indian Literature), Translated by A. Srinivasa Raghavan |
| Nammalvar's Life http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/nammalvar/life.html An excellent site with biographical notes about Nammalvar, information about the Alvars, and several excerpts from Nammalvar's four books of sacred poetry. |
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