# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kannappa-nayanar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:14:10.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kannappa-nayanar"
name: "Kannappa Nayanar"
slug: "kannappa-nayanar"
description: "Kannappa was a devotee of the Hindu god Shiva and is significant in South Indian traditions. His story is closely connected with the Srikalahasteeswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the 63 Nayanmars in the Tamil Saiva Siddhanta tradition."
tagline: "Legacy of Bhilraj kannappa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kannappa.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-3102"
deathDate: "-3001"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.178590666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "భక్త కన్నప్ప"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "কান্নাপ্পা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kannappa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannappa"
    title: "Kannappa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "कन्नप्पा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಕಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "कन्नप्पा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கண்ணப்ப நாயனார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A3%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA"
    title: "ಕಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6363995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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