Women Odhuvars

  • Recently, Tamil Nadu government has appointed women Odhuvars in temples.
  • Odhuvars are devotional singers dedicated to Siva Temples.
  • They sing the sacred Thevaram hymns as musical offerings to the Deity as part of the structured temple worship.
  • Rigorous training in the Thirumurai texts and Thevaram music is imparted to them at an early age.
  • They have to sing from the Thirumurai during each puja and also during special functions and festivals.
  • In the past, they were supported with honorariums by Kings.
  • Thevaram are hymns sung by Saivite Saints roughly 1,300 years ago.
  • Thevaram denotes the first seven volumes of the ....
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