Pandian Tamil Journal of Temple Studies (May 2020)

வள்ளலாரின் இறைநெறிச் சிந்தனைகள் / The Divine Thoughts of Vallalar

  • த. குருநாதன் / D. Gurunathan ,
  • முனைவர் நா. சாந்தகுமாரி / Dr N. Santhakumari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5802577
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Vallalar is one of the most famous benefactors in Tamil Nadu. He has given more details in his ‘Thiruvarutpa’ songs explained of God and the divine norms. He realized the fact that there is only one deity. Vallalar says that religion is related to God. The old and ancient features of Saivism revered as the mother religion. This own God called “Lord Shiva” is worshipping all over the world. Its proposal Love is God is an acceptable reality to all the people. This Lord Shiva also called “Attamoorthy”, “Engunathan”, doing “fivefold matter”, “Ammiyappar” and “Eternal light”. Such nature has been worshiped as a god since ancient times. Vallalar’s theology is based on attributes of nature and reveals five elements of nature and its philosophies. Mainly Vallalar considered ‘Light’ to be the lord as natural and naturalistic. This article examines his vision of nature and its uniqueness, as well as its ability to bring together the lord who helps us to act.

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