Thirumalisai Alvar
Lyricist
Who is Thirumalisai Alvar?
Thirumalisai Alvar is a Tamil saint revered in the srivaishnavism school of south India, in Tondai Nadu. He was born in 4203 BCE. The legend of this saint devotees of Srivaishnavism believe that he was the incarnation of Vishnu's disc, Sudarshana.
A childless tribal couple called Tiruvaalan and Pankaya Chelvi engaged in cutting canes found the child and took it home. The couple also had a son named Kanikannan who was a disciple of Thirumalisai Alvar.
He belonged to Paraiyar, he proclaimed that he didn't belonged to Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya & Shudra in one of his couplets as he was considered untouchable and casteless person.
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