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Nayanmars are saints who adore Siva. There are in all 63 of them. The most important of them are Appar, sundarar, Sambandar who lived in the 7th and 8th centuries AD and also Manickvachakar who lived in the 10th century. they all sang in praise of Siva and their work is called Thevaram which a work in Tamil language. Thevaram is sung even to ay in some Siva temples and are set to a particular melody called "PANN". They are all Saiavites.
AAlwars are those saints who adored Lord Vishnu and are called Vaishnavaites. They are several in numbaer. some of the most famous are Periyalwar, Peyalwar, Thirmangai alwar and so on. Their work in Tamil is summarised in Nalayira Prabandham.
Both this and Thevaram constitute a good portion of Tamil literature Ramanuja was the greatest of ll Vaishnavite saints who was born in the 12th century. He has contributed a lot to the philosophy of Vaishnava. He also organised the working schedule fo te Great Temple in Rameswaram which is being followed even to day.
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