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Alwarthirunagari, Tamil Nadu · 8.6071°, 77.9383°
The foremost of the nine Nava Tirupati temples on the Tamiraparani and a Divya Desam, celebrated as the birthplace of Nammalvar, the greatest of the twelve Alvar saints, whose tamarind tree still stands in the temple.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The infant Nammalvar is said to have sat silent in meditation in a hollow of the temple tamarind for sixteen years, until the poet Madhurakavi's riddle drew out his voice.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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