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Tiruvempavai
Tamil hymns dedicated to Shiva / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tiruvempavai (Tamil: திருவெம்பாவை, IAST: Tiruvempāvai) is a collection of songs composed by the poet-saint Manikkavacakar.[1] It consists of 20 stanzas devoted to the Hindu deity Shiva.[2] It forms part of the collection called the Tiruvasagam, and the 8th book of the Tirumurai, a canonical text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. The songs form part of the pavai ritual for unmarried young girls during the Tamil month of Margali.
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Triyampawai, one of the twelve month ceremonies in royal Thai Hinduism, descended from the tradition of Tiruvempavai.[3]