Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1250
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1250
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c8.1250
There is a traditional lore about the birth of Nammālvār. There was a ruling chief named Kāriyār in Tirunagari. Udayamaṅkayār was his wife. The couple once went to the Vaiṣṇavite temple near Mahendra mountain known as Tirukkuṟuṅkuṭi temple and prayed to the god consecrated there called Nambi, for a son. Reply was given through the priests that the god himself would take birth as their son. Accordingly Udayamañkayār gave birth to Nammālvār. Scholars say that the birth of Nammālvār was on the 43rd day of Kailyuga-that is in B.C.3102.