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UGC NET November 2017 History
Who among the following was a Saiva teacher in the south?
ABhutayogi
BBhrantayogi
CKulashekhara
DSundaramurti ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Sundaramurti — Sundaramurti was a Saiva teacher in the south, so the answer is Sundaramurti.
Explanation
★Sundaramurti was a Saiva teacher in the south, so the answer is Sundaramurti.
★The Nayanars were sixty-three Saiva saints of the Tamil land.
★They lived between about the third and eighth centuries.
★They were devoted to Shiva.
★Sundaramurti was one of them.
★He first compiled the names of the Nayanars in his poem the Tiruthonda Thogai.
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