# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manikkavasagar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:29.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manikkavasagar"
name: "Manikkavasagar"
slug: "manikkavasagar"
description: "Manikkavacakar was an ancient Tamil saint and poet who wrote Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar, books of Shaiva hymns. Tamil scholars and researchers share that he was a minister to the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan II and lived in Madurai (or) he was a minister to the Pandya king Arikesari."
tagline: "Manikkavasagar is one of the 4 Saiva samayakkuravars/ 63 Naayanmaars."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clevelandart_1967.148.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "800"
deathDate: "900"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             4.723756906077347
  historical:           8.857816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മാണിക്കവാചകർ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump