History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c7.s1.65

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by Appar as a well-known Śaiva saint. He is said to have worshipped at Tirunaraiyūr near Kumbhakonam by Tirumangai Āḻvār, the Vaiṣṇava saint who also notes that he built as many as seventy temples dedicated to Śiva. If Ko-Śengaṇṇan could become so popular as early as the seventh century to be mentioned by the Śaiva saints of the period in their hymns a considerable time must have elapsed between his period and the period of the Śaiva saints. It would not be wrong to assign him to the period succeeding the age of Karikāla (third century A.D.) and immediately preceding the advent of the Pallavas of Kāñchīpuram.