The distinction of Nammalwar with his contemporaries is above the devotional aspects in writing, the visualization and dramatic movement. He mentions Vishnu in various aspects frequently in all his verses. The poems of Tiruvirrutam are depicted fully between the lone context of the hero and heroine. Most of these are utterances of the hero, heroine, her friends to the heroine or her mother to the heroine. The heroine always perceives his hero, Vishnu everywhere around her. As per Varadachari, Tiruviruttam is an account of the pilgrimage of the soul to its transcendence over its ignorance, sleep and sloth in which it is caught up in the body. While the medieval poetry is considered self-pity and repentance, his works always have a message of hope.