Nandanar, also known as Thirunaallaippovaar and Tirunallaipovar Nayanar, was a Nayanar saint, who is venerated in the Hindu sect of Shaivism. He is generally counted as the eighteenth in the list of 63 Nayanars. Like the other Nayanars, he was a devout devotee of the god Shiva.
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Nandanar was longing to see the icon of Nataraja in Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. A fresco in the temple depicting Nataraja.
K. B. Sundarambal (left) as Nandanar and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer as Vediyar in the 1935 film Nandanar.
Nandanar depicted as part of the Nayanars group.
Nandanar depicted as part of the Nayanars group, with a kamandalu and danda (staff) in hand
Mahatma Gandhi (pictured) regarded Nandanar as a true practitioner of Satyagraha, a means of Nonviolent resistance.About this person
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