▁" N and in ▁and ▁V ṛ ṣ ab ha " ▁ ▁N ay an m ars ▁▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁Sh iva ▁tem ples ▁in ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁have ▁the ▁shr ines ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 3 ▁Sh a iv ite ▁sain ts ▁called ▁n ay an m ars ▁or ▁Ar ub ath imo ov ar , ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁to ▁ 9 th ▁century ▁A . D . ▁ ▁Some ▁smaller ▁tem ples ▁carry ▁the ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 ▁prime ▁n ay an m ars ▁namely ▁Appar , ▁Tir ug n ana ▁S amb and ar , ▁Sund ar ar ▁and ▁Man ick avas agar . ▁ ▁Pa adal ▁Pet ra ▁S th al am ▁are ▁ 2 7 5 ▁tem ples ▁that ▁are ▁rever ed ▁in ▁the ▁vers es ▁of ▁Te var am ▁by ▁the ▁three ▁n ay an m ars ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 th - 9 th ▁century ▁CE ▁and ▁are ▁amongst ▁the ▁prime ▁Sh iva ▁tem ples ▁of ▁the ▁continent . ▁ ▁The ▁V ai pp u ▁S th al ang al ▁are ▁places ▁that ▁were ▁mentioned ▁cas ually ▁in ▁the ▁songs ▁in ▁Te var am . ▁ ▁A ▁post ure ▁or ▁symbol ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁each ▁saint , ▁and ▁every ▁generation ▁of ▁sculpt ors ▁has ▁followed ▁the ▁convention ▁without ▁any ▁individual ▁identity . ▁ ▁U ts ava ▁de ities ▁Each ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁de ity ▁has ▁a ▁festival ▁image ▁called ▁u ts av ar ▁ ▁associated ▁with ▁them . ▁