Download: https://isha.sadhguru.org/Thevaram Apple music: https://music.apple.com/in/album/thevaram-outpourings-of-tamil-devotion/1498829897 JioSaavn: https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/thevaram:-outpourings-of-tamil-devotion/xR4IgoEOkT8_ Amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B084RHRGHQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Gl0dguJVEjQghvC9KzxIQ Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Sounds_of_Isha?id=Aohjygs5bov5vfqzue7byjzufve&hl=en_US Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/soundsofisha/sets/isha-thevaram-outpourings-of-tamil-devotion Listen to other songs from this album here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd1t7W2ShsB-_t5i5TdKvlMn11fQOukQb Learn more about Isha Samskriti: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru/mission/educational-initiatives-isha-samskriti Thevarams are devotional hymns sung in praise of Shiva by the 3 Nayanmars: Sambandar, Thirunavukkarasar and Sundarar. Rendered in an ancient musical style that precedes most Indian classical music systems, these songs give us an insight into the wave of bhakti that swept across southern India during the 7th Century. In this album, children of Isha Samskriti have rendered a select few Thevaram, as an offering to today’s world. The Nayanmars travelled the length and breadth of South India, predominantly in current day Tamil Nadu, and the temples in this region find a place in their songs. The 275 temples mentioned in Thevaram are referred to as “Paadal Petra Thalam,” which literally means “the temples that were sung in the verses”. The singing of Thevaram is still an active process in many Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu. Thirunavukkarasar was elemental in reaching the essence of devotion to the royal patronage of his time, hence allowing the larger masses access to it. Travelling to various temples, he sang heart rending hymns about shiva, touching people deeply. In awe of Shiva’s form in Thiruvannamalai, he sang this song in devotion, expressing how his existence would mean nothing devoid of Shiva. He is known to have visited over 125 shrines scattered over a thousand miles in Southern India, and came to be known as “Appar” or father, a name fondly given to him by a younger contemporary of his, Sambandar. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/soundsofisha http://isha.co/soundsofishadownloads https://www.twitter.com/soundsofisha https://www.soundcloud.com/soundsofisha Isha Foundation is a non-religious, not-for-profit, public service organization, which addresses all aspects of human well being. http://www.ishafoundation.org/ Learn more about Sadhguru http://www.isha.sadhguru.org