An inc reasing number of kings in South Ind Ia bagan to

patroni sa Je inism after the fifth century A.D . In the North too,

tradi t iona l Hinduism wes on the decline, espec ia lly after Harsha

ambraced Buddhism. The revival of Hmduism was made possible

not only by the great intellectual debates of Shankaracharya in

the eighth century A.D" but also by the emotional content provided by the Bhakti (devot ion) movement of the Nayanars,

the She iva saints, and the Alvars, the Vaishnava saints.

Lika Buddhism end Jain ism. the Bhakti movemont advo­

cated a n egalitarian out look, teaching that a l l those who

worship the Lord ara equal in His eyes. Both the Nayanars and

the Alvars wore simple-hearted devotees. They expressed their

feelings in songs which are easy to comprehend and yet deeply

movIng.

The story of Kenneppa Nayanar is told in t he Periya PUranam in Tamil. In preparing th is Amar Chitra Katha, material has also

been drawn from the Kannada prose work, Ragale by Harihara .

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