# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chandeshvara-nayanar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:45:20.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chandeshvara-nayanar"
name: "Chandeshvara Nayanar"
slug: "chandeshvara-nayanar"
description: "Chandesha or Canda or Chandikeshwara is one of the 63 Nayanars. Processional bronze images of him generally show him as a boy, with entwined locks of hair, standing with his hands in Añjali Mudrā and with an axe in the crook of his arm. In the Shaiva temples of South India, his shrine is positioned within the first enclosure wall of the temple complex and to the North East of the lingam. He is there typically shown seated, with one leg dangling downwards, a hand on one thigh and an axe clasped in the other. He faces inwards towards the main temple wall. He is depicted as deeply lost in meditation, and devotees snap their fingers or clap their hands to attract his attention. Another explanation, since he is considered to be the guardian of the temple belongings, is that devotees clap their hands to show that they are leaving the temple empty-handed. It is also customary to leave even the sacred ash inside the temple itself."
tagline: "Nayanar saint"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Chandekeshwara_sculpture_at_Ramalingeshvara_temple_at_Narasamangala.jpg/330px-Chandekeshwara_sculpture_at_Ramalingeshvara_temple_at_Narasamangala.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.283154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Chandeshvara Nayanar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "চন্দেশ্বর নায়নার"
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    title: "Chandeshvara Nayanar"
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    title: "சண்டேசுவர நாயனார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "चंदेश्वर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandeshvara_Nayanar"
    title: "Chandeshvara Nayanar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump