Re: What is the object this Saint is carrying?
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Eastern Mind
Vannakkam: Yes, it is a broom. Appar was fond of cleaning in and about the temples.
Aum Namasivaya
Namaste EM Ji,
Carrying a broom makes sense as the Shaiva Agamas say that cleaning shrines and taking part in maintaining them is not only meritorious but also aids spiritual progress.
I am still in the beginning of the Periya Puranam and I came across an other Nayanmar known as Sri Nandanar(Tirunalaippovar) who engaged in similar Seva.
Thanks for finding out about the object.
He dances in the golden hall of Chidambaram, Let us worship His rosy anklet girt Feet.
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