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

patroni sa Je ini sm after the fifth century A.D . In the North too,
tradi t ion a l Hinduism wes on th e 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 (devo t ion) movement of the Nayanars,
the She iva saints, and th e Alvars, the Vaishnava saints.
Lika Buddhism end Jain ism. the Bhakti movemont advo-
cated a n egalitarian ou t look, teaching that a l l those wh o
worship the Lord ara equal i n 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.
Th e 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 Kan n ada prose work, Ragale by H arihara .

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