The Sixty-Three Nāyaṉmārs

A Tatpada edition of the lives of the sixty-three Tamil Śaiva saints, told as the tradition tells them and in the order Sundarar sang their names, with Māṇikkavācakar beside them at the close.

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A practical grouping, not a received tradition: nine saints a day for seven days, in the verified canonical order of the Tiruttoṇṭar Tokai. No fixed-length recitation cadence for the 63 Nāyaṉmārs is citable — each keeps his own Guru Pūjā day scattered across the Tamil calendar instead.

Sundarar
Tiru Neelakanta Nayanar
Iyarpagai Nayanar
Ilayankudi Maranar
Meiporul Nayanar
Viralminda Nayanar
Amaraneedi Nayanar
Eripatha Nayanar
Yenathinathar
Kannappar
Kungiliya Kalaya Nayanar
Manakanchara Nayanar
Arivattaya Nayanar
Anaya Nayanar
Murthi Nayanar
Muruga Nayanar
Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar
Nandanar
Tiru Kurippu Tondar
Chandesvara Nayanar
Appar
Kulachirai Nayanar
Perumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar
Karaikkal Ammaiyar
Apputi Adigal
Tiruneelanakka Nayanar
Nami Nandi Adigal
Sambandar
Eyarkon Kalikkama Nayanar
Tirumular
Dandi Adigal Nayanar
Murkha Nayanar
Somasi Mara Nayanar
Sakkiya Nayanar
Sirappuli Nayanar
Siruthondar Nayanar
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar
Gananatha Nayanar
Kootruva Nayanar
Pugal Chola Nayanar
Narasinga Muniyaraiyar
Adipatta Nayanar
Kalikamba Nayanar
Kalia Nayanar
Satti Nayanar
Aiyadigal Kadavarkon Nayanar
Kanampulla Nayanar
Kari Nayanar
Ninra Seer Nedumaara Nayanar
Mangayarkkarasiyar
Vayilar Nayanar
Munaiyaduvar Nayanar
Kazharsinga Nayanar
Idangazhi Nayanar
Seruthunai Nayanar
Pugazh Thunai Nayanar
Kotpuli Nayanar
Pusalar Nayanar
Nesa Nayanar
Sengenar
Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar
Sadaiya Nayanar
Isaignaniyaar
Manikkavacakar