# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/periyalvar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:03.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/periyalvar"
name: "Periyalvar"
slug: "periyalvar"
description: "Periyalvar, also known as Vishnuchittar, was one of the twelve Alvar saints of South India who are known for their affiliation to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. He was the foster father of Andal. Andal, also called as Kodhai, is the only female Alvar, and is considered to be the incarnation of Bhudevi according to Sri Vaishnavism."
tagline: "Tamil Vaishnava poet-saint"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Periazhwar.jpg/330px-Periazhwar.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.58
  momentum:             1.443768996960486
  historical:           7.293774666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "విష్ణుచిత్తుడు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "পেরিয়ালবর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Periyalvar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periy%C4%81%E1%B8%BBv%C4%81r"
    title: "Periyāḻvār"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಪೆರಿಯಾಳ್ವಾರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "പെരിയാഴ്‌വാർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पेरियाळ्वार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Перияльвар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "பெரியாழ்வார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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