HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
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Pallavas, Kaktyas and Cholas
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Pallavas, Pandyas and Cheras
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Rashtrakutas, Pandyas and Cholas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nayanars and Alvars played a very important role in the Bhakti Movement in Southern India during the 5th-10th Centuries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nayanars were devotees of Shiva while the Alvars were the devotees of Vishnu. They came from all castes including those considered ‘untouchable like the Pulaiyar and the Panars. They preached the love of Shiva or Vishnu as the path to salvation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Orthodoxy posits the number of Alvars as ten, though there are other references that include Andal and Madhurakavi Alvar, making the number 12. Andal is the only female Alvar among the 12. Together with the contemporary 63 Shaivite Nayanars, they are among the most important saints from Tamil Nadu.