Nalayira Divya Prabandham

Madhurakavi Alvar

Philosophy       Vaishnava Bhakti
Birth place       Thirukollur
Literary works   Kanninun Siru Thaambu

Madhurakavi Alvar is one of the twelve azhwar saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The verses of azhwars are compiled as Nalayira Divya Prabandham and the 108 temples revered are classified as Divya desam. Mathurakavi is considered the sixth in the line of the twelve azhwars. He was the disciple of Nammazhwar, considered the greatest among the twelve azhwars and his contributions amount to 11 among the 4000 stanzas in the Nalayira Divya Prabandam. One can say that the 11 verses of Kanninun Siru Thambu composed be Swami Madhurakavi Alvar can be considered as the key which opened the treasure to the 4000 verses of Nalayira Divya Prabandham. These verses were chanted by Swami Nathamuni 12,000 times to propitiate Swami Nammazhwar and re-obtain the lost Nalayira Divya Prabandham from Swami Nammazhwar.